What a Fantastic Weekend in Malton

The Malton Food Lovers Festival was absolutely amazing. The organisers had put together a varied and interesting spread of demonstrations and activities. Plus the fabulous food market packed with the best food and drink the region has to offer.

There were talks, tastings, cookery lessons, demonstrations and new for this year a festival party. The chef line up included Prue Leith, Stephanie Moon, Andres Pern, James Mackenzie (both from Michelin starred restaurants locally), Peter Sidwell and Valentine Warner to name but a few.

Perhaps the star of Saturday was Levi Roots, Dragons' Dens most famous find. Levi demonstrated his lively kitchen style and created a tropical storm of Caribbean flavours. However his talent was not just limited to the kitchen. On the Saturday evening he and his 12 piece band played at the inaugural festival party. The atmosphere in the market place was magical. A warm evening with everybody outside soaking up the sun with a cool drink and listening to great Reggae music. This must go down as the most successful food festival yet.

Special thanks! 

Particular thanks must go to Tom Naylor Leyland and both his family and team at the Fitzwilliam Estate that all worked so tirelessly throughout the weekend.

A big thank you to Gilly Robinson and her team of helpers from Malton Cookery School - those in the Milton Rooms, at the Cookery Theatre in particular for helping us set up and dismantle the demonstration area.

Sam and Kim and all at Well Pleased Events (who did a brilliant job of running everything). 

All the chefs involved in the various different activities around the whole of the market. The stall holders and finally a huge thank you to all the people of Malton that volunteered their time and help to make the weekend such a successful event for the town.

A lovely letter from Norton Town Council about Tour de Yorkshire

We were delighted to be part of such a wonderful event!

Get Your Tickets

Hurray! Tickets for the Chefs Demo Theatre at the Malton Food Lovers Festival this weekend are only £5 until 6pm today.

Tickets include all demos in the cookery theatre sponsored by us! Free parking, entry to the VIP area and loads more.

To buy tickets click HERE

The festival itself is free to enter. Other ticketed events include toured tastings, talks and cookery lessons.

We look forward to welcoming you to the cookery theatre tomorrow! 

 

 

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The day Tour de Yorkshire came to town

We had a great day at the shop last weekend for Tour de Yorkshire! The day dawned with grey skies and a chilly wind but at least it was not raining!

We made sure we had several AGA's switched on inside the shop as standing by a warm and cosy AGA was going to be a winner given the chill outside (and we weren't wrong!)

We had freshly baked chocolate muffins and bags of homemade biscuits for sale along with tea, coffee and squash. We set up a table at the front of the shop with all our wares displayed.

One of our first visitors was a Dutch cycling enthusiast who came in for directions. He was apparently cycling the route in advance but seemed to have got a bit confused with the signage and where to head next. With the help of our office map we soon had him on the right track! He joked that he was one of the competitors and was currently in the lead.

We then had a steady stream of visitors throughout the day, both before and after the race. For the duration of the race being in Norton we actually closed the shop and all went outside to watch the spectacle. It was an amazing sight, the cyclists were traveling very fast and so close together. The different colours of their jackets made a really strong visual impact, like a load of different coloured paint pots being spilled out over a page. Norton high street was buzzing, alive with locals and visitors alike cheering and waving. We felt very lucky to be involved with such an event and having it pass so close to the shop was a real bonus.

We had all donned our yellow Tour de Yorkshire t-shirts for the day and were thrilled when Ray King, Northon's Mayor popped in. We even got a picture of him with a blue bicycle stencilled into his hair! 

The really important part of the day for us however was selling our goodies to raise money for the Jenny Unwin Appeal. People were very generous (and hungry). All our chocolate muffins went as did most of the biscuits. As it was such a cold day the lure of a cup of tea and a sit by an AGA was irresistible and we were thrilled to have raised £45 for Jenny's appeal.

A big thank you to everybody that helped both us and Norton to make such a success out of the day the Tour de Yorkshire came to town.

All that remains now is to get a very woolly Eric the horse out of the library and back into his stable at Malton equine laundry!

Eric the horse!

Eric the horse has been completely kitted out ready for Tour de Yorkshire passing by Malton tomorrow.

Here is is at Norton Library being wool bombed in Tour de Yorkshire colours!

He has a lovely knitted mane and knitted bandages with a knitted head collar with knitted Yorkshire rosette.

He's never looked so beautiful! 

Spring Entertaining

We had a full house for our Spring Entertaining cookery demonstration.

Guests were greeted with fresh coffee and homemade Whittington biscuits (from the AGA National Trust recipe book). Customers then took their seats and watched two starters, two main courses and two puddings evolve in front of their eyes.

Alison started with a salmon and avadado terrine. Not only would this make a delicious starter for a dinner party, but it would also be a good lunch dish, served with a green salad and crispy bread.

Next up was a light and flavoursome rice and Parmesan tart. The pastry for this tart was short and crisp with a definite taste of Parmesan. The filling was light and delicate, almost fluffy in texture. Served with a chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc made an excellent combination.

For the main course we started with chicken breasts poached in stock, served with a green vegetable broth and accompanied by a herbed cream sauce. This not only tasted delicious but was also healthy (even the herbed cream was made with creme fraiche!)

The other main course was a barbequed pork fillet with a Vietnamese caramel sauce. The fillets of pork were cooked on the roasting floor, so no nasty cooking smells and the accompanying sticky sauce and rice made this a tasty and filling dish. 

For those that were still hungry there were two unusual puddings. One was a lime and mango meringue. With light pastry cases and perfectly cooked meringues, these little treats showed that limes and mangoes are suitable companions.

The second dish of almond and orange syrup cake was served with an amazing Limoncello based semi freddo that balanced the sweetness of the cake beautifully.

We finished lunch and discussing recipes around 2.30pm so it was a pretty busy and tasty morning!