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Joe Collier and his team from Eastwoods Butchers, in conjunction with Pepper, staged yet another successful Celebrity Cookery Demonstration at the Centenary Theatre, Berkhamsted Collegiate School on Friday 18th April. Prior to the main event scrumptious home made pork sausages and ‘AWT’ spicy pork burgers were prepared and served in freshly baked buns by the ‘Ladies in Pigs’ who kindly brought their catering trailer along to support the event. A packed house of over 500 people came to see the team of professionals inform and delight them with scintillating cookery and conversation. Joe Collier spoke about the Pork Industry as the main theme of the evening. Together with his contemporaries from the meat world and a selection of guest chefs, Joe advised the audience about animal welfare followed by the preparation of various pork recipes. Joe Collier, David Bunting, Ben Langdon, Keith Mulford and Alan Bennett were our expert butchers for the evening. Guest chefs and sous chefs were Doug Brunen, Aida Poppleston, Ashley Walcott and Caroline Marston.
David Lidgate opened the proceedings and during the course of the evening, interviewed each of the celebrity guests. MC for the evening was the irrepressible BBC radio journalist Nigel Barden who kept the pace alive with his wit and wisdom. Jimmy Doherty from the acclaimed BBC TV series ‘Jimmy’s Farm’ and award winning turkey farmer Paul Kelly from Kelly Bronze Turkeys, captivated the audience with a talk about game and the survival of the game industry. After a variety of mouth-watering dishes were prepared, particularly Aida’s recipe for a succulent beef dish from her native Dominican Republic, some of the hot food was available for the audience to sample during the interval. Other cold prepared pork dishes were available to buy at the end of the show. The main attraction, celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson, delighted and entertained the audience during the second part of the show with his recipes and demonstrations of Chicken Kiev and Steak au Poivre dishes.
Nigel then hosted an auction with a selection of fantastic items on offer. After some frenetic bidding we are overwhelmed to report that the total raised from the auction alone was an amazing £3,625. Overall, the evening raised over £9,000 for Pepper – almost enough to nurse two children in their own homes for a year. Our thanks as always, must go to Joe and his team for the huge commitment they all put into making this event a success, but also to everyone who took part, from the guest © Photography by Paul Lunnon 27th August 2009 |
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A culinary evening with Antony Worrall Thompson and friends
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