Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards
I am absolutely delighted to announce that I have been asked to judge the Independent Retailer of the Year category in the Surrey Life Food & Drinks Awards 2015. For all you foodies out there follow this link to have a look at the categories and vote for your...
Reigate Easter Market
An order has been put in for the sun to shine on the Reigate Easter Market in Tunnel Road on Saturday 4th April. From 11-3pm Tunnel Road will be filled with delicious food stalls and arts & crafts plus hot street food traders too. Hopefully this will be the first...
Sunday Lunch Round Tony’s
Sunday roast is one of those dishes that we all have an expectation of and quite frankly the best Sunday roast is ours, so it’s always very difficult when choosing to dine out for this institution of a British dish. So when chef Tony Tobin tweeted that there was...
Reigate – Well and Truly Pillaged
Ghoulies & ghosties, witches, Batman, Spiderman, werewolves and pumpkins were all to be seen ‘pillaging’ Reigate Town Centre at the weekend. The sun came out on Saturday (1st Nov) to welcome everyone coming into town to celebrate Reigate Hallowmas and to #PillagetheVillage. Hundreds of families descended on Cullenders in...
Ghoulies, ghosties, guising & souling
Hallowe’en (All Hallows Eve) is a well celebrated tradition across the UK. Trick or treating, parties, apple bobbing & veritable home grown drinking games. Where does the term ‘Hallowmas’ come from? The tradition of going from door to door receiving food already existed in Great Britain and Ireland in...
It’s a long and winding ‘street food’ road
“Has Britain’s street food revolution run out of road?” asks Paula Cocozza of the Guardian today. Paula questions whether the both the use of the word ‘street’ in street food is apt and also how authentic can it be when a great deal of ‘street food’ is now being...
Lashings of Cricket & Street Food
Reigate Priory Cricket Club in Park Lane are playing host to the star studded cricket team that is The Lashings All Stars World XI this Friday (25th July). Heavyweights of the cricket world such as Phil Defreitas, John Emburey, Devon Malcolm & Saqlain Mushtag to name but a few will be taking...
The School Gate Survival Guide
Reigate resident and local author Kerry Fisher visited the BBC Surrey studios to speak to Mark Carter about her new book The School Gate Survival Guide, how she became an author, her life experiences and challenges of publishing a book. The School Gate Survival Guide was released on 3rd...
Street Food Returns to Historic Tunnel Road
Hip & happening events aren’t just for the city folk. The incredibly popular foodie attraction Street Eats is returning to Surrey in Tunnel Road, Reigate on Saturday 5th July with a very tasty line up of food. After a hugely successful first event in May, Street Eats returns with another...
Arriba, Arriba! Mexicode Opens
After a bit of a slow and bumpy start the new burrito bar Mexicode is opening this week with a soft opening on Tuesday 1st July and fully open on Wednesday 2nd July. Very pleasing on the eye aesthetically, both externally and internally, Mexicode is a much welcomed change...