Judges celebrate launch of KM Kent Cooks competition
1st July 2015Judges of the KM Kent Cooks competition got a grilling during the launch of the annual cookery contest for schools. Launch of Kent Cooks 2015 at Abbots Barton Hotel with members of the judging panel: Sean Turk, William Britton, Paul Babra, Jono Erodotou, Bill Parkinson, Emma Owen and Sarah Leipnik. They were challenged to cook…
A C Goathams partner Vitality Sportsfest
Vitality SportFest are delighted to announce their brand new British food partnerships for this summer’s sports festival! June 2015 – As well as the delicious food provided by Jamie Oliver’s company JOFF (Jamie Oliver’s Fabulous Food), Vitality SportFest are excited to announce brand new partnerships with a whole host of leading food brands such as…
Lots of events at The Blackthorn Trust
Blackthorn Garden is a beautiful, tranquil space and a working kitchen garden supplying the café. Blackthorn Café, Plant Nursery and Shop are open Monday to Saturday, 930am-330pm? Light lunches, cakes, Artisan bread, crafts and herbal items, also there is a donations shed available for any unwanted used goods people may have (no large items or…
Paul Babra – teaching English as well as Indian cooking!
30th June 2015Savouring the English Language and Indian cuisine, at the Guy Mollet Arras school, France Thierry Larivière, an English teacher at the Guy Mollet High School, France, organized an Indian cooking workshop for students, run by chef Paul Babra, Canterbury. Arras. ” A language course should not pass only through books but through the five senses….
Hush Heath Estate wins Gold at World Wine Awards
Balfour 1503 Classic Cuvée has won a gold medal at the recent Decanter Awards. Available through Majestic, this award winning wine is one of a new range of 1503 sparkling wines produced on the Hush Heath Estate in Staplehurst, Kent. Wine Producer Richard Balfour-Lynn said: We only launched the Balfour 1503 Classic Cuvée in November…
First ever virtual butcher at Court Farm
Ask Court Farm’s world first AI bot, Sir Loin Your Virtual Butcher, all about Kent Wildlife Trust’s Dexter beef and Herdwick hogget. Sir Loin can guide you to these “KWT Special Reserve” meat products in our eshop on www.courtfarm.org Get your order in quick because stocks are limited! “Click & Collect” from our farm shops…
Cherries Galore at Brogdale
Over 30 varieties of Cherries to Taste & Buy Tractor Trailer Tours of the Cherry Orchards Vintage Tea Rooms & Cherry Cake The Cherry Fair at Brogdale, Faversham is to take place on the 19th July to celebrate the hundreds of varieties being preserved in the National Fruit Collection. Visitors will find a display of…
ELEGANT DESIGN MAKEOVER FOR ICONIC SHEPHERD NEAME BEER
Britain’s oldest brewer Shepherd Neame has unveiled a new look for its award-winning 1698 Bottle Conditioned Kentish Strong Ale. Originally brewed in 1998 to celebrate the tercentenary of the Faversham-based brewery, 1698 is a dark amber-coloured ale with a robust hop character as it is thrice-hopped using Kentish Admiral and Goldings hops. As a Kentish…
Curiously Kentish short-listed in GB Farm Produce Awards
Curiously Kentish, the café-delicatessen in Birchington-on-Sea has had its Salami Chorizo Verdi short-listed in this year’s Great British Food Farm Produce Awards. Having made it through the qualifying round of the charcuterie section, the salami will be judged by TV chef Rosemary Shrager, who runs an eponymous cookery school in Tunbridge Wells. The winners will be announced…
Cooking with moss
Gardeners’ Question time meets the Kitchen Cabinet at Saltwood on the Green For gardeners whose lawns are plagued by an invasion of moss following a wet spring and a cool start to the summer, Kent chef Jeff Kipp at Saltwood on the Green in Kent has a novel solution. Cook it. Known for his use of…


