On June the 19th 1979 I opened 'Porters' aiming to fill a gap in the market, and said, "The few specialist English Restaurants in London tend to serve food at rather high prices; Porters will give a lot of people good, simple, traditional English dishes in comfortable surroundings, at very reasonable prices!".

Fortunately we have said farewell to the meagre days of Nouvelle Cuisine (or seen a decline in the designer plate!), and English cooking is now widely appreciated for its qualities of good, wholesome food with no frills.