How to Make Cocktails at Home over Christmas

Posted on Saturday, November 29th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Following on from my radio stuff recently, I’ve compiled a guide for anyone who fancies staying in over the festive season, with a few tips for how to make some nice cocktails.
Wherever cocktails are involved, preparation is usually required. Don’t think of them as drinks, but little starters. You wouldn’t throw a dish together at [...]

SW UKBC Heat is a GO-GO!

Posted on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | No Comments

Look slike i’m going to have to enter a different heat for the 2009 UKBC. The South West one falls directly on two days of team meetings at work so I wont even be able to spectate! I’m looking in to competing in the Cardiff heat instead, since it’s the next closest to me.
And no, [...]

Taste of Christmas

Posted on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | No Comments

I’m going to be hosting the Gordon’s Spirit and Wine stage with Nigel Barden at Gordon Ramsay’s Taste of Christmas event at EXcel on 4th-7th December, come along and see me! Pictures and round-up to come after the event.

Radio Feature

Posted on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | No Comments

I’m current curled up in my travelodge room in central London fighting off the makings of a cold as I prepare for a radio recording session this afternoon.
I’ll be heading over to the Smooth FM studios to do a feature on entertaining at home over Christmas. Fortunately this one isn’t live, I say this one, [...]

Coffee from St Michael’s Primary School, Uganda

Posted on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments

I quite often get coffee sent to me in the post. Yesterday however, I received a bag of coffee which was was different to the rest. For starters it was green beans, usually the coffee I get is from roasters. Secondly, the label was handwrtten.

Our friend Fiona, regularly travels out to Uganda. In 2002 she [...]

Mixology Monday: Made From Scratch

Posted on Monday, November 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment

This month Doug at The Pegu Blog is hosting Mixology Monday and as usual it is our task, as fellow bloggers, to come up with drink recipes so that we can all laugh at each other.
Doug’s theme is Made From Scratch and what an awesome theme! - Particularly for me, because I absolutely love making [...]