Abigail Ahern
Abigail and the EGG
As part of Big Green Egg’s 50th birthday celebrations, we’re sharing 50 brand-new recipes from an amazing cast of cooks. Next up is interiors expert, designer and retailer Abigail Ahern. For Abigail, creating a space that triggers a positive emotional response is the principal aim of any design, and that applies as much to her garden as to any interior room. “For me, the outdoors is just as important as the indoors,” she says. “I’m obsessed with being outdoors all year round.”
Her Big Green Egg is a centrepiece of her beautiful garden and she cooks on it at every opportunity, regardless of the season. “There’s this sense of freedom when I’m outside and I’m cooking on it,” she says. “The craziness of the day goes away. It all just goes away.”
A CHAT WITH Abigail
Abigail settled into one of her gorgeous sofas to talk to us about her design philosophy, her love of cooking over fire, and why she applies the same painstaking care to sourcing her ingredients as she does to stocking her shop.
Abigail’s Persian chicken with spiced hummus and flatbreads
Abigail cooked us a simple but flavour-packed chicken dish, paired with homemade hummus and flatbreads. And, inevitably, she presented it beautifully using some of her highly distinctive tableware.
THE MIGHTY MINIMAX
Abigail has a Large EGG permanently installed in her garden. “I love it,” she says. “It’s literally moulded into my kitchen.” But for these recipes, she turned to a MiniMax, the small but mighty model that fits in even the most bijou of outdoor spaces and is equally suited to being taken on the road. While compact, the MiniMax more than big enough to turn out a meal for four people.
SHOP THE EDIT WITH ABIGAIL
“For a seamless flow from your living space, treat the garden like your interior and zone areas with lighting, accessories and furniture,” says Abigail. To help you do just that, she’s curated the perfect selection of Abigail Ahern products to grace the garden of a keen outdoor cook, from tables to lanterns to serving bowls.
ABOUT ABIGAIL
Abigail Ahern is one of the country’s leading experts on interior design. Since 2003, when she returned to UK after several years working on projects in the United States, she’s been the creative force behind the Abigail Ahern homewares brand, which sells her own product designs and those of likeminded designers through its online shop and Islington store. She has also authored five books and is a regular judge on the primetime BBC1 show Interior Design Masters.
Join us for our 50th Celebrations
There’s no party quite like a Big Green Egg party. There’s something about cooking in the open air over fire and smoke that turns casual gatherings into special occasions and special occasions into truly memorable events. We’ve been providing those magical moments for people all around the world since the brand’s foundation exactly 50 years ago. Throughout 2024, we are celebrating our 50th birthday of Big Green Egg the only way we know how: bringing people together to share exceptional food and unforgettable experiences.
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