Events that are not regular happenings
A couple of months ago I attended an Alumni event hosted by a company I used to work for. At this fabulous event at the Tate Modern, we were given a goodie bag with a couple of novels and a box with some home made marshmallows. With this, a flyer which I found most interesting and unusual in such an environment (‘high finance’, as the title of one of the books in the bag). Andrew Kojima, Master Chef finalist, was…
As we read on their website, for the London Fashion Week, Bompas and Parr “designed a temporary drive-thru restaurant called – drum roll, please – “Mercedes Drive-Thru“! From September 14 – 16, guests can enjoy an extraordinary art and dining experience, featuring a spectacular mix of food, light, and fashion. The formerly humdrum act of deciding which size soft drink to guzzle while going 90kmh will morph into an exciting, delicious, and signaturely awesome sensory experience.” Having missed out on…
Regent Street Boutique I was recently invited to enjoy breakfast at the new flagship Nespresso store, to be prepared for us by Michelin star chef Phil Howard. I accepted with pleasure: I had watched Phil in this year’s Great British Menu and I was excited at the opportunity to meet him in person. On the other hand, being a traditional Neapolitan I do not have a Nespresso machine, preferring the more old fashion moka, but since plenty of my friends…
On top of the Royal Festival Hall – photo by Robert Carr Images The Cube is something I had been longing to try since it opened in London a few weeks ago and a few fellow bloggers were invited to an opening lunch, writing great things about their experience. I decided that if the only chef I really wanted to see was on on my birthday, I would have treated myself and @bmcboy to this special and fairly pricey…
FareShare warehouse A few weeks ago Raffaella Baruzzo and I met, when she donated a gorgeous hamper of chocolates to my work raffle we held in support of MCS. As we talked about charitable causes, she mentioned one called FoodCycle. I had not heard of them, but I was familiar with a similar concept, FareShare. Volunteering at their Bermondsey warehouse some time ago, I was shocked to see the amount and the quality of the ‘surplus’ food they receive from…