Diamond wedding anniversary

Janice Turner has been  a writer with the Times newspaper  since 2003 and who has her own column in Saturdays edition. She was hosting a family dinner party for her parents diamond wedding anniversary, and so contacted me .

It was a small gathering of 11 family members – everybody arrived on time and were ready for dinner at seven thirty.

They began with canapés followed by a Salmon and crab starter with a citrus dressing. The main course was Rack of Lamb with gratin potatoes and rosemary jus. For deserts a diamond shape chocolate and raspberry cake was served.

There’s not much else to say on this occasion, however I did receive a warm thank you from everybody at the table, and had a photo with the stars of the evening. I joked that I’ll be available to do their 70^th wedding anniversary.

Eric hosts another Dinner Party

Following on from a previously successful dinner party, Eric Lanlard from Cake Boy, asked me back to cater for another one of his magnificent dinner parties.

As usual the guests were from some interesting professions, including a judge whom Eric had met on one of his extravagant holidays.

Luckily Eric briefed me that she was very particular about her food, and liked her meat very rare. Knowing in advance what your clients’ preferences are is always a good thing as you can prepare accordingly.

The menu was interesting one yet again, beginning with canapés followed by the starter known as Oeuf a al Russe (creamy scrambled egg served in a local farm duck egg topped off with caviar).

A Tuna Carpaccio dish was served followed with the main and dessert courses.

The evening was a great success from both sides, as everybody came into the kitchen to thank me on their way home. It means a lot to a chef knowing that his cooking was thoroughly enjoyed.

Eric wanted me to cook again for him on the 8^th of August but unfortunately I’ll be away in France cooking for three weeks for another client.