Where did the inspiration come from?

So many places really ...

• Lots of Mediterranean and UK holiday nights out in restaurants with wood fired ovens
• General love of eating and drinking outside
• Playing with fire, brick, food, you name it !

.. but the point at which I knew I could build my own oven came when I finished reading a book on the subject: Build Your Own Earth Oven by Kiko Denzer and Hannah Field. You can buy it from Amazon for about £15, but its priceless. Its the best reference book on any subject I've read - striking exactly the right tone of what is helpful, optional, essential.