Chinese new year starts today. The festival itself lasts 15 days with families celebrating with huge feasts, parties and street parades....

This week I had the pleasure of working with Will Devlin from No Fixed Abode. Will is a local ‘pop up’ Chef who works in various Kent...

It was a busy morning at BBC Radio Kent. I was on air with Julia George at about 11.15 but I am afraid I lost track of time! Such a...

If you have met me or we have eaten together, you know I am not a vegetarian. I enjoy the occasional roast dinner, juicy steak and cook...

Have you planned your summer holiday yet? There is nothing better on a dreary, dark January day to spend your time flicking through a...

Happy New Year – may it be a healthy and successful 2018 for you and yours! So are you like me trying to ‘wean’ yourself off all that...

Date: Wednesday 7th February 2018 Time: 7.30pm-10pm Location: Squerryes Winery ‘Tasting Room’, Beggars Lane, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QP...

So I could do with three more weeks to get everything wrapped and sorted. Why do I always think I am organised and then realise actually...

Another busy week has rushed by and as I write this the house smells delicious with gingerbread cooking and cranberries simmering ready...

Further down the list of festive preparations, however, I cannot find a purple tractor for my 5 year old nephew, every other colour, the...

Friday Foodie blog time and it happens to land on the 1st December 2017. An appropriate time to start the Christmas countdown. In our...

This week has been one of the busiest food related for the year, so far!  With the lead up to Thanksgiving my thoughts are back to our...

Date: Saturday 9th December 2017 Time: 11:30-2.30pm Venue: Crockham Hill Village Hall, TN8 6RP Come and get all ready for...

Date: Wednesday 6th December 2017 Time: 7.30pm-10pm Venue: Crockham Hill Village Hall, TN8 6RP Come and get your festive entertaining...

Following my chat just yesterday on BBC Radio Kent I thought I would write my blog today about cookery books. The story came about as...

‘Pimp up your Prosecco’ is not a phrase I had heard until this summer when I was invited to an event organised by a friend of mine. It...

“If you go down in the woods today you better go in disguise, if you go down in the woods today you are sure for a big surprise”… keep...

Date: Wednesday 1st November 2017 Time: 7.30pm-10pm Venue: Crockham Hill Village Hall, TN8 6RP Jack Sturgess from ‘Bake with Jack’ is...

Date: Thursday 9th November Time: 7pm – 9.30pm Venue: The Little Bull, Brenchley, Kent Cost: £19.95 Tickets available by contacting The...

So a brief review and summary of this years Chocolate Show as I am hoping you still have time to head up to Olympia over the weekend. If...