17.Apr.2012 Spring a leek competition
Last Sunday marked the end of mour most recent Vegetable Garden Competition, the Spring a Leek recipe competition. This time around our guest judge was Kerstin Rodgers, aka @msmarmitelover, who started one of Britain’s first supper clubs and currently runs the Secret Garden Club. As always, the blogger with the most creative recipe won a £200 voucher [...]
09.Jan.2012 The Christmas Carrot Competition
Following the success of the Taste for Tomatoes Competition, this past December I ran the Christmas Carrot Competition for LoveTheGarden.com. This time our guest judge was the talented Niamh from Eat Like a Girl. She had the tough job of choosing her favourite carrot recipe to win a £200 voucher to a UK restaurant of [...]
07.Dec.2011 Get creative with carrots this Christmas and win a £200 meal
I’ve recently launched the next competition in the Vegetable Garden Competition series. It’s the final one before the end of 2011 and fittingly for the time of year it’s Christmas themed.The last competition, Taste for Tomatoes, was the best one since we started. Loads of people got involved and I really enjoyed chatting with everyone [...]
17.Nov.2011 Pie & Fractals
Last week another veggie box arrived for me at the office; this time with two special surprises. The first was a complimentary cartoon of eggs… and the second was a vegetable that I have a bit of an aesthetic obsession with, the Romanesco Cauliflower. It’s a gorgeous, light green vegetable that grows in a natural [...]
04.Nov.2011 My (oh so) exciting veggie box adventure
Last week I (re)signed up for an Abel & Cole veggie box delivery. They’re a London based company that delivery boxes of seasonal organic fruit and veg (plus other grocery items if you chose) to your door. You don’t get to chose what goes in your box, but you can specify fruit & veg that [...]
25.Oct.2011 Taste for Tomatoes
This past month I’ve had the pleasure of running the third in a series of vegetable garden competitions for LovetheGarden.com. I’ve run all three of them actually, but this one was special because for the first time we had a guest judge! Food blogger and writer James Ramsden from JamesRamsden.com kindly agreed to choose his [...]
18.Oct.2011 Real Food Market
A few weekends ago I took a trip down to the Real Food Market at Southbank Centre. It was a gorgeous, sunny day and uncharacteristically, but pleasantly warm for October. Myself and a friend (see him getting interviewed for a German TV programme below) went down to peruse the stalls. The first one we came [...]
04.Oct.2011 Strawberry & Cream Cheesecake
I’ve only ever made 3 cheesecakes in my life… 2 of them being in the last week. I don’t know about anyone else, but they take me AAAAGGGEEESSS to make, although I think it might have more to do with the specific kind I was making (I’ve only ever made the one kind). Long nights [...]
17.Aug.2011 Picky Eaters Diary: Greek Salad
In my family and circle of friends I am famous (infamous?) for being a picky eater. I’ve got some slightly bizarre eating habits, for instance I can only eat carrots in certain occasions. They need to be either: Shredded thinly in a salad Sliced thinly in a stir-fry Cooked in chicken noodle soup A carrot [...]
11.Aug.2011 Got a great potato recipe? Want to win a £200 dinner?
If you fancy yourself a bit of a chef (or even if you just like to cook) my company is putting on a competition for our client, Love The Garden. It’s the 2nd in a series of vegetable garden competitions being run to promote creativity in the both the kitchen and the garden. For anyone [...]
