Market Kitchen - Dandelion and Burdock/Eden Coffee

Posted on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The reason that we had to leave the Bristol UKBC heat early yesterday was that I had another two Market Kitchen episodes to film in London. I tried to arrange it for another day but in a way it did save doing a long drive twice.
Dandelion and Burdock
The first feature simply involved making Dandelion & [...]

UKBC 2008 Bristol Heats - Live Blogging!

Posted on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 | 3 Comments

For a more detailed write up of the whole event check out the Mentness blog. 
Most recent stuff at the top of the post…
1:00 And I’m afraid that’s all from us. Got to head off to London for another coffee venture which I’ll blog later, thanks for tuning in, its been fun!
12:40 Will has just finished his [...]

Eden Coffee Project Summary

Posted on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Just a short post to say that the media surrounding eden coffee yesterday went very well. It was just nice to see some coffee get so much attention really, this photo sums it up nicely i think…

The story gets a write up in todays Saturday guardian (p19), check it out if you get a chance. [...]

UKBC Northern Heat 2007

Posted on Friday, January 11th, 2008 | No Comments

Mentness has done a detailed write up of this years UK Barista Championship Northern heat, the winner was Barry Lawrenson - well done. Check out the full write up now.

Busy Day Tomorrow

Posted on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment

I’m going to be on BBC Radio York tomorrow morning at about 7.30 for any Northern readers, i’ll be talking about Eden Coffee again, sorry if this story is getting boring! You can also get it on the BBC listen again service.
Then in the afternoon we’ve got a big media event going on at the Restaurant [...]

Missed My Competition

Posted on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 | No Comments

It’s not like everyone needs to know this so it’s in ‘asides’, but I was supposed to be at the South heats for the Reserve Brands Tanqueray gin bartender competition today. My car decided to break down however so I had to drive back home for an hour in 3rd gear! All that preparation for [...]