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How exciting!  We had the pleasure of catering for Sophie and Ed's beautiful wedding at Chilham Village Hall last year, and they have reached the final round of "Wedding of the Year" with County Weddings Magazines

"Our wedding caterers were super helpful from the very first enquiry.  They  provided us with miles of bunting and helped sort out the chaos"

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Fantastic Flapjacks: a fun and fuss free recipe to make with little people


250g porridge oats
125g butter or baking margerine
80g sugar
2-3 tbsp golden syrup/honey/maple syrup


Melt the butter, then stir in the porridge oats and sugar.


Add the syrup or honey if your choice, mix thoroughly.


If you like, you can add a handful of dried fruit, chocolate chips, orange zest etc


Line a tin, scoop or pour in the mixture, and pay it down with the back of a spoon.


Bake on 180c for about 20 minutes, or until it starts to turn golden brown. Don’t worry if it still feels soft when you take it out of the oven, it will harden as it cools.


Tip: We make double the mixture, because these freeze really well (wrap carefully before freezing) and are perfect to take out one piece at a time for packed lunches.

Rob and Debra hosted a wonderful celebration after their wedding,  at Eridge Village Hall, just outside of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

We welcomed their guests with chilled glasses of Prosecco, and fresh canapés:  cucumber bites with smoked salmon, cream cheese and fresh dill, caprese skewers, and crostini with goats cheese and balsamic glazed beetroot.

The hall was beautifully decorated, with simple details, and the vintage crockery looked perfect in place.  Eridge Village Hall is such a lovely venue - we really hope to be there again for another booking :-)

This cocktail was soooooooo good, looking at the picture makes me want to go and whip one up right now!

•  Take a few peelings from your cucumber, if you are feeling fancy and want to decorate your glass
• Cut about a third of the cucumber, chop it roughly then throw it into your cocktail shaker, with a measure of gin (I highly recommend the dry gin from Anno) a good squeeze of lime, a teaspoon of sugar, and a handful of ice
• Shake for around 30 seconds, then strain into a glass with ice, top with tonic water (I used Fever-Tree)
• Enjoy! (responsibly, please)

Here is a really easy, and reliable recipe to make 'no spread' biscuits (which means whatever shape cutter you use, or pattern you want to make in them, it won't distort when you cook them) - perfect for something like these.

The cookie cutter I used is from VonShef, available from Amazon (and yes, you can get them next day with Amazon Prime if you have it):  http://amzn.eu/4gbiXVN

The cutter set comes with enough duplicate letters to come up with all sorts of words or phrases for your loved one.  My husband opened his lunch at work to find a cookie with 'nice bum' written on it ;-)

You will need:

200g unsalted butter or solid baking margarine (room temperature)
200g caster sugar
400g plain flour
1 egg (lightly beaten)
1 tea spoon vanilla essence

Instructions:

• Preheat your oven to 180C

• Mix the butter and caster sugar together - you may find this easiest by using the back of a wooden spoon to cream them together.

• Add the egg, and vanilla, and mix thoroughly

• Add the flour, and mix well until everything comes together into a ball.  You may need to use your hands for this.

• Roll out your biscuit mix (sprinkle flour onto your work surface, and your rolling pin) to about 1cm thick, and then cut out your desired shape.

• Add any words or patterns to your unbaked biscuits, and transfer them carefully to a baking tray.

• Bake for around 10 minutes, until the edges are golden brown.  Keep a close eye on them, they cook quickly.

• Transfer the biscuits onto a cooling rack once cooked - don't worry, they will still be a little flexible, they harden up when they cool.

• Make a cup of tea, and by the time you've done this, your cookies should be cool enough to eat.

• Test the cookies by eating around half of them, and save the rest for Valentines Day!