‘What?!’ You might exclaim at this revelation.

‘Call yourself a Jerseyman?! But you live in an Island surrounded by sea, a sea that is teeming with fresh, delicious seafood!’

I know all of this. I have heard these statements many times over the years and have also been called immature, uncultured and actually been accused of being ‘fishist’ – just because I don’t necessarily think that moules are a delicacy or that seabass (just bass, surely?) is in any way comparable to a juicy bit of steak.

But as we are in the midst of the excellent annual Jersey Food Festival, I can’t help but feel a pang of envy that so many of the events and tastings are off limits to me.

My main problem with fish is that, without wishing to point out the obvious, it smells of fish.

Read the rest of Ramsay’s column in Saturday’s JEP

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