Back in April I received a very exciting invitation from my lovely friend and creator of The Clandestine Cake Club, Lynn Hill. She was asking if I was free to simply pop up to Leeds for the day, bake a cake and join her and some fellow cake-loving comrades at a top secret location for some fun with a television crew. This wasn’t just any crew either, as lovely as they all were, they were actually following the legendary
Godiva is a luxury chocolate brand, with the legend of Lady Godiva and her passion within their own chocolates. I was invited to the launch night for their new Xmas range within their Regent Street store in London and having walked past the shop front just an hour before the event, it had been impressively turned into a luxury Grotto very quickly. In fact, chatting to one of the team during this luxurious chocolate tasting eve
What can you actually buy for £2 nowadays?! This was recently a question I posed to my Twitter friends, the findings being very amusing in places… A pack of post it notes 8 Freddo Frogs 5 packets of Chinese noodles from Al-Amin on Mill Road A local bus ticket (mine is £3.50 single from Cambourne to Cambridge – oof!) 2 items from Poundland (perhaps even more if you got the right multiple bargains!) A punnet of of
Did you know that cream teas have been voted Britain’s 3rd favourite comfort food in a recent poll undertaken by a BBC Good Food poll? Not only is Rodda’s clotted cream great to dollop on top of your freshly baked scones, but it can be used to top any pudding, dessert, sweet treat no matter what… any old excuse eh?! Hot, cold, it doesn’t matter – in fact, it’s highly encouraged by the Rodda&
You may or may not have read by now that I have recently been taken on by Hotpoint as their passionate food blogger and roving social media reporter for their Kitchen Experience stand at the BBC Good Food Show 2014. This is one very exciting partnership and I’m thrilled skinny to be involved – I’ll be taking to the floor and casting an eye on the latest food trends, gadget testings and Celebrity demos through
With luxury travel being the best it has been in many years, it was only a matter of time before the likes of Twitter took over our lives in many different ways. As you may know by now, I am a Twitter ADDICT… you can follow me here! Not only can you connect with your clients, friends, even your favourite celebrities through a Tweet, but you can now also check into and interactive directly with your hotel using the magic
I’ve decided to share some blog post love here, as I do this regularly over at my other blog (if you haven’t checked out Stir Up Media yet, then why ever not?!…) and seeing as I am addicted to the creativity of my fellow bloggers, it seems right to share some of my favourites with you my dear reader. If like me, you have many unfinished books sat on your bedside table, but you simply can’t put your iPad
This is a story that hit the news and spread like wildfire just yesterday throughout the world wide web… London’s first cereal cafe. Yes, these two trendy new cafe owners will be simply serving bowls of Captain Crunch, Honey Nut Loops and Shreddies amongst 100 other brands of our favourite type of breakfast, it’s a novel idea and personally, I think it’ll work very well. As a business owner myself, I t
So far in my experience of reviewing some amazing spas and country retreats, I haven’t yet bathed in the Mediterranean sunlight whilst I’m retreating. That is, until now. Setting The Scene: I recently enjoyed my first holiday in 7 years, I haven’t had a stamp in my passport since then and it was about time I enjoyed a week away, completely away from distraction, namely the technology that surrounds me. Going
On a return-flight to the UK from Nice recently, I was flicking through the Easyjet-owned “Traveller” magazine and clocked a striking question midway through reading. It was asking me what the latest “must-have” accessory was in Europe’s luxury hotels… It was so striking in fact, that a blog post was bubbling up within me before I’d even read the true answer to this mysterious question