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  • Columnist for Norfolk Online

    22nd January 2020The Delicate Diner

    Norfolk Online is a new website celebrating all things Norfolk, and I am delighted to be their food and drink columnist. The site went live last year, and you can read my columns here. The are also features focusing on business and career, fashion and style, healthy and beauty, home and leisure, and out and about. Bookmark the site today and enjoy this one-stop portal for Norfolk.

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  • My Top Ten Norfolk Foodie Christmas Gifts

    11th December 2019The Delicate Diner

    It is that time of year when the tills are ringing, the plastic is flexing, and big conglomerates are rubbing their hands in glee. Which is exactly why I spurn them and stick to local, buying from my favourite producers; supporting them means a lot more financially – it puts money back into the local economy, you are supporting their dream, and you receive a much, much better service. So, what is on my Christmas Foodie wish list this year? Number One – Flint Vineyard Bacchus 2018I love our local wines. Norfolk has such a rich variety of English wine…

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  • The Brasted’s Experience

    10th November 2019The Delicate Diner

    I have seen, and got to know, the Brasted’s team over several years – namely at the Royal Norfolk Show, where they do an incredible job catering for the Vice Presidents and guests. We have also met at numerous foodie events across the county, with Managing Director Nick Mills becoming one of the more familiar faces. Nick is a true example of how to grow in a role, joining Brasted’s as a part-time waiter and then coming up through the ranks. Chef, Chris ‘Buzz’ Busby is also well known, and he is often seen doing his legendary cooking demos. Younger…

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  • LEAF Open Farm Sunday at Old Hall Farm

    4th June 2019The Delicate Diner

    This Sunday, 9 June, hundreds of farms across the UK open their doors to visitors. As part of the LEAF Open Farm Sunday initiative, the aim is to “offer a fantastic chance for people to discover real farming first hand and see for themselves how their food (and much more besides) is produced. It is also a great way for farmers to shine a light on what they deliver and why supporting British farming matters.” While many local farms are taking part, I am highlighting the fantastic open day offered by our friends at Old Hall Farm in Woodton. I…

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  • The Pascall tin…

    14th November 2018The Delicate Diner

    Wednesday. November. Before all the chaos begins. Next week sees me head off to Paris with The Arabian Magazine for the Paris World Championships, the pinnacle of the halter showing year. The latest magazine come back this Friday. So now is the time to breathe and pause, and spend treasured time with family before incredibly busy times return. So with this in mind, I needed to follow a desire that has been nagging me for a few weeks now. Lunch at Benedicts Restaurant. And it didn’t disappoint. The moment you walk past the curtain, it is as though you are…

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  • The Norwich Food & Drink Festival – a Preview

    10th June 2018The Delicate Diner

    I cannot wait for next Sunday! A celebration of all things foodie – and all things Norfolk – at the annual Norwich Food and Drink Festival. This brilliant day out for all the family will be held once more at The Forum in Norwich, as well as on the adjoining streets, and there is so much to look forward to. Cozens-Hardy LLP Solicitors are once more the headline sponsors for this fabulous event, which will see everything from cooking demos and a foodie street market to Battle of the Bangers and Splat the Dad. The event begins at 10am on Sunday…

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  • Easter in Norfolk

    2nd April 2018The Delicate Diner

    Hello my lovely Delicate Diners – and a very Happy Easter to you! What a miserable day it is; typical Bank Holiday style, tipping it down with rain outside, and not a Bond film to be found on the TV inside. So what better to do than share some of my brilliant Easter weekend experiences in Norfolk. I suggest you pull up a glass of something, sit back, and enjoy this foodie blog celebrating fabulous foodie Norfolk. My weekend began a day early as I had a friend up from London for a visit. I had returned from Switzerland the…

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  • Celebrating my Norfolk Foodie ‘Eating Out Top Ten’ of 2017

    26th January 2018The Delicate Diner

    I know that this particular blog – celebrating my Foodie Top Ten of 2017 – may seem a bit late. But with Dry January, Vegan January, Blue Monday, Have No Fun in January and all the other negative aspersions associated with this month, there didn’t seem much point in whetting your appetites for some of the most fantastic foodie offerings that there are in Norfolk. Yes, I do agree that we should all drink less and have more meat-free days but the total ‘new year, new me – in with the blender, out with the slow cooker’ – drives me…

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  • A Luxurious Afternoon Tea with the Artisan Pastry Chef

    7th January 2018The Delicate Diner

    The beginning of 2018 welcomed the Artisan Pastry Chef to the heart of Norwich with open arms. From Portugal, Joaquim Teles and his wife, Ana, have become familiar faces across Norfolk and Suffolk the past year. With approaching 30 years of experience behind him, Joaquim and Ana moved to the UK in 2015 and chose Norfolk as the best place to combine his brilliant patissier skills with the amazing produce that this region is so well known for. The result – the Artisan Pastry Chef, who has been seen at markets and pop ups across Norfolk and Suffolk ever since.…

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  • Celebrating a Wonderful Norfolk Foodie Year!

    31st December 2017The Delicate Diner

    What a year it has been here in Norfolk! I never tire of celebrating the great produce that comes from this much-loved part of the world, and we are so lucky to have so many dedicated producers and chefs within it, who all help put Norfolk on the map. Indeed, a highlight for me this year has to be when a friend from another part of the UK referred to Norfolk as the ‘food capital of the UK’. I can only agree. So, as we come to the end of 2017, it is time for reflection on the 12 months…

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