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The most fun JJ had had in ages. Me too. He was was in full Buzz Lightyear regalia while I had the more conventional chef jacket.... one day..... Scary watermelon - this was dessert.... more about that later. "You're my favourite deputy!"...
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Yes - it's that time of year again: canapé party season! We served these for 65 people in Cheltenham last Saturday in between running a cookery lesson and 3 other dinner parties. Cones of fish goujons & chips Traditional favourites asparagus tartlets...
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13 Nov 2012
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The nearest wedding venue to Tewkesbury Abbey? Quite possibly. Certainly the closest we have catered at. Another couple we are catering for in September are getting married at Tewkesbury Abbey too - can there be a better venue around the Cotswolds? Hardwick...
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2 Aug 2012
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Filed under: assiette of desserts, Roast, Marrow, catering, pork, canapes, risotto, Tewkesbury, wedding, Cheesecake, pavlova, caterer, black forest, scotch eggs, champagne jelly, croustade, griottine cherry, loin, quail
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Marquee weddings - all very nice, but if you're after a wow factor is has to be a yurt. This was a wedding we catered for back at the beginning of June - a whole lifetime ago, but only if you measure in terms of food. Yurts came from Yurts for Life...
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23 Jul 2012
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At last - a wedding where it didn't rain while we were loading & unloading - wahoo! The lake at Upper Court - makes a great backdrop to your wedding breakfast! The previous week on Stow on the Wold cricket field we had been caked in mud, wet through...
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17 Jul 2012
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Lamb shank stargazy pie - more than your average wedding party food offering! You can see why not many peopple serve it - took 14 hours just to put them together with the lamb shanks, veg, gravy and pastry - split between Thursday evening and Friday morning...
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The Venice of the Cotswolds - fell in love with Bourton on the Water when I was 7. A model railway shop, model village, Birdland - what more does a boy want? A tea shop for cream meringues? Don't worry - plenty of those too. Assiette of desserts....
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"Suprise!" "I've always dreamed of this!..... Getting caterer's in." It's always good when everyone can keep it a secret right till the last moment. Last Saturday it was for a special birthday in Droitwich and the birthday...
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16 Jan 2012
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The dining room end of the kitchen at Wellacres had been transformed by the time we got there: We have cooked for this family around the same time every year since 2007 when Wellacres first opened for business. This time it was for 2 meals - last Saturday...
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14 Dec 2011
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Planning a last minute Christmas dinner party at home? Staying in is the new going out! Click on the picture above to link to more info. For our catered meals we set up at your home, cook, serve and clear away afterwards leaving you time to spend with...
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25 Oct 2011
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Filed under: chef, catering, Cheltenham, Gloucester, gloucestershire, home, budget, Beat, Christmas party, december, double dip recession, special offer
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From one crazy busy week to the next. So after clearing up from The Underground Restaurant's outing at Bestival .... .... it was an early ferry from the Isle of Wight (was that 8am or 7:15am?) back on Tuesday, then back to London to unload. I had...
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26 Sep 2011
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At the end of May we catered for a wedding near Ross on Wye where the groom ran a farm in his spare time and had kept one of his Highland cows for his own wedding. A few months on it was his son's turn to get married and we used the same beef (some...
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29 Aug 2011
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Filed under: vegetarian, catering, Gloucester, crudites, wedding, smoked salmon, cake, terrine, Ross on Wye, mohito, whole lamb roast, bread sticks, grilled prawns, matador pie, strawberries and cream
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"So what have we got?....." asked one of the guests "I chose all my favourite things" said the host, whose birthday it was, just behind her. That's what birthdays are for isn't it!? When your parents live in such an amazing...
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16 Jun 2011
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Filed under: salad, catering, worcestershire, event, summer, thai, tex-mex, bedouin, chicken curry, creme catalan, garden, lamb cutlets, lamb tagine, tent
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Photo courtesy of Party Angels who were running front of house operations ".... the only thing is there's no kitchen...." said the organiser of the event (he had been at the hog roast we had served at Basepoint in Tewkesbury last year )...
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5 May 2011
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Filed under: dessert, catering, Cotswold Way ale, salmon, main course, crumble, starter, beef, rhubarb, special request, Tewkesbury, king prawns, brisket, Royal Naval Association
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You've got to love hen parties! They had a special guest at this one - didn't say much though, some people are just 2 dimensional I guess. The other one serving them cocktails in the lounge however, was much more.... er 3D and talkative. It must...
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Filed under: asparagus, vegetarian, catering, main course, Bread, aubergine, starter, stratford on avon, special request, trout, butternut squash, hen party, baba ganoush, en papillote, meze, taramasalata