How to grow celeriac – what I learnt from growing the root crop for restaurants

Harvested celeriac roots laid out in a row.

Celeriac, which is also known as celery root, is a fantastic vegetable to grow. The plants produce unique knobbly swollen roots that have an earthy taste, similar to that of celery.

I always really enjoyed growing celeriac in the vegetable gardens that I worked in. I have cultivated and harvested a lot of celeriac in different gardens, and also on my home allotment. It was annually requested by chefs to be grown and highly-prized by them come harvest time.