Tag: Lisa Faulkner

Stay focused and get those mood boards out!

Stay focused and get those mood boards out!

Hi all, how are you doing? I was updating my mood board yesterday and I’m in middle of sourcing gorgeous images for it. I think it’s a great idea to stay focused and keep goals for the year at the forefront of your mind. Has 2016 been all you hoped it would be? It’s been a good year for me so far. …

Lisa Faulkner’s Bakewell Tart

Lisa Faulkner’s Bakewell Tart

Hi guys, hope all is well. People keep asking me which recipe I used for my recent bake (the delicious Bakewell Tart that I posted in a blog a short while ago). It was a recipe from Lisa Faulkner’s Tea & Cake cookbook. Please find below recipe – whenever you use, please do credit Lisa with it. Happy baking! Betty’s…

Bake-Off madness & perfect shortcrust pastry!

Bake-Off madness & perfect shortcrust pastry!

Hey all, How’s it going? Did you watch Bake Off last night? Wasn’t it just splendid? Commiserations to Alvin, who put up a valiant fight. I’m Team Tamal, who do you think will stay the distance? Highlights of the show included more animated face-pulling from the team (it should be entitled Great British Gurn Off) and Paul (the baker’s) Christmas…

Bolton Food & Drink Festival 2015

Bolton Food & Drink Festival 2015

I can’t believe it’s been a week since the Bolton Food Fest. It’s one of the biggest food festivals in the country. Latest figures show over a whopping 200,000 people were in attendance (THAT’s why it was so crowded), with many making the trans-atlantic foodie pilgrimage from far afield as Cyprus and Australia. So, what’s so great about the Bolton…

Nottingham Food Festival, Wollaton Park, 2015

Nottingham Food Festival, Wollaton Park, 2015

Hi guys, how are you all doing? This Derby foodie attended her very first Nottingham Food Festival and I absolutely loved it. Set in the serene Wollaton Hall Park a stone’s throw from the city centre (which is also a deer park), I mingled with the foodie throng as we ate our way through gorgeous burgers, wholesome bread, warm churros…

Bolton Food Fest smashes all records!

Bolton Food Fest smashes all records!

Hey guys, what were you up to this lovely Bank Holiday weekend? I had the best time ever. I was one of hundreds of thousands of foodies who flocked to Bolton for the town’s biggest and best food and drink festival yet. Organisers are still calculating visitor figures but early indications suggest they are set to top last year’s 152,000, with…

Celeb chefs head to foodie destination of… Bolton!

Celeb chefs head to foodie destination of… Bolton!

Hi all, how’s it going? This foodie cannot wait for the Bolton Food and Drink Festival, which is just around the corner. I have interviews lined up with a whole bunch of beyond cool chefs, including restaurant reviews in Bolton so watch this space and I promise you won’t be disappointed. What have you got planned for the upcoming bank…