I was emailed at the start of April by a lady called Alison who teaches English to foreign students visiting Cambridge and she had been asked to help with a special request by a student she was currently teaching. The lovely lady she’d been helping was a Japanese student visiting Cambridge for just 4 weeks, wanting to learn to bake her very own traditional Afternoon Tea. How could I resist? The only problem was that Mai,
As well as helping to judge the Cambridge Bake Off (starting this weekend, very exciting!) I have also been asked to judge a “Masterchef” style competition as a fundraiser event for Papworth Trust with John Lewis in June, I’m so excited to be asked to help, so of course I said that I would be thrilled to. You, my lovely readers, are also invited to come along and try some gourmet food at a great ticket price, so why not book a
Last week I gave my readers & followers the chance to publicly ask me absolutely anything. No rules, no topics, just to ask “Miss Sue Flay” a question… and for me to answer it as best I can. I have to say, I was inspired by the very talented & crafty lady, Claire Wilson who is better known online as Claireabellemakes. She did this and it inspired me to see what my followers would ask of me. To sa
Following my recent adventures and new found interest in Private Household Management & etiquette training, I’ve been finally getting into reading books… real, actual BOOKS! Anybody that knows me, namely my family, will know I’m one of those people that reads a chapter, gets bored (or I should probably say, distracted!) and moves onto the next one. However, I have got the reading bug ever since the
On Saturday 11th May 2013, a secluded (and very secret) Cambridgeshire location played host to The Secluded Blogfest – a second blogging & inspirational event for 17 fabulous guests. This was an unusual event in Cambridge where guests stumbled upon a breakfast of bacon sandwiches, a selection of Layer Cakes made by Mr Cake himself, a lunch provided by a fabulous Cambridge-based supperclub and were even invited to
How to host a Tarantino themed tea party This blog contains a theme of an adult nature – So as not to offend! As you may or may not know, I have a HUGE crush on the warped and twisted mind of Quentin Tarantino. I have been in love with him years before I should have been, thanks to my lovely mother introducing me to my first horror film (Wes Craven’s “Scream”) at a much younger age than I should have b
I have felt inspired to lay myself (potentially) very bare here and offer you the chance to ask me ANYTHING. Yup… you can ask me anything you like… but, “try” to keep it clean ; p After reading the lovely Claireabellemakes blog allowing her followers to do this on several blog posts, I felt inspired to ask my followers to do the same for me and have a little fun with it… So, go fo
Cake makers and enthusiasts listen up… It’s time to put on that frilly pinny and dust off those cookery books! You have got until 10th May to get your entries in for the best baking competition in Cambridge! Not only am I going through a very exciting re-brand and Plotting my “Secluded Blogfest” event for 11th May (This weekend) – Few tickets left ; ) … But… I have also been asked to
Following my last post, I had mentioned that I was asked to speak at a bloggers event at The Angel Hotel in Bury St Edmunds, which was my very first time speaking publicly… I was nervous to say the very least, but I happily waffled about where my blog has taken me and the advice that I would give other bloggers as some photos of my past events and exploits scrolled through on a screen behind me for some visual support.