Do you think you have a mouth watering

STARTER, MAIN-COURSE or PUDDING

which you believe is a recipe for success?

Do you have a unique take on a classic dish, a secret recipe that needs to be shared, or a stunning local ingredient to showcase to the rest of the UK?

Whatever your speciality, register you name and contact details with us so you can be invited to “pitch your dish” at an audition near you.

All auditions can be seen on our website; www.itv.com/beontv

ITV1 is looking for Britain’s Best Dish with a

£10,000 CASH PRIZE

for the winner

If you would like to register your details for the next series of Britain’s Best Dish call us on 09011 22 33 11 or email bestdish@itv.com

Calls cost 25p from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may be higher and from mobiles will be considerably more. Lines close for the London & South East / Wales & the South West -Friday 14th January 2011 (midday); the North / North-West – Friday 21st January 2011 (midday); Midlands / East – Friday 28th January 2011 (midday); Northern Ireland – Tuesday 1^st February 2011 (midday); Scotland – Friday 4th February 2011 (midday). Applications made after the regional line closures will not be considered but any calls will still be charged until lines close at 17.00 on Friday 4^th February 2011. You must be 14 or over to participate. Terms and Conditions at itv.com/terms

The theme for the 2010 York Food Festival (17 th to 26 th September) is “Meet the Yorkshire Food Heroes”. The Festival is working with Yorkshire’s National Parks, the National Trust and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to promote sustainable producers; especially those whose work helps maintain traditional landscapes. The Festival has developed the 2010 programme to include a series of innovative ‘collaborative stands’ at the Festival’s market, shared by quality producers from specific Yorkshire environments. Other Hero events involve an exciting line up of Michelin Star Chefs on stage with their favourite suppliers, ‘Slow Food’ Tastings, York Farmer’s market and demonstrations.

Key ‘Meet the Hero’ items include:

• Informal daily tastings conducted by Slow Food North Yorkshire, include:
  • A comparative tasting by Tom Wallis of Lowna dairy of his award winning Goat’s Cheese.
  • Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil discussing the production, health and gastronomic benefits of their oils.
• Collaborative stands, shared by producers from specific areas in Yorkshire, include:
  • A series of producers from the southern Dales led by Robert Phillip of Hellifield Beef. Robert’s Highland cattle play and important role maintaining the flora of Yorkshire’s Limestone landscape.
  • A second group led by Philip Trevelyan, Organic Millers and Sheep Farmer, from Pickering and the surrounding Moors. Producers of Trout, Watercress and Heather Honey all attend.
• The Festival Market Place:
  • Key Yorkshire attendees include Penny Hodgeson, producer of Thornhill Dexter Beef, Whitby Seafood and Richard Elmhurst, of Round Green Venison.
  • The Festival sets aside day stands for small producers to attend for one or two days, these include Brunswick Organic Nursery, which provides a workplace for adults with learning difficulties and Yorkshire Wold’s Apples.
  • York ’s regular farmers markets takes place within the Festival on Friday 24 th September.
  • Demonstrations by Yorkshire Producers include:
  • Phillip Leverington of Fresh Catering who will work alongside a succession of producers that can be found in the market place. James Wright of Taste Tradition will do a butchery demonstration of rare breed meat raised in the North Yorkshire Moors.
  • Producer’s Day
  • A show including demonstrations from Yorkshire Michelin Stared Chefs Andrew Pern and James Mackenzie on stage with their favourite Yorkshire producers and a Yorkshire Produce Buffet for lunch.

Background information:

York Food and Drink Festival, first run in 1997, was taken over by an independent (not for profit) company in 2008. The new organisation is dedicated to the promotion of regional produce.

The breadth of the Festival makes it unique with:

• The free entry markets and demonstrations continue until 7pm.
• The Festival runs across the city and in the surrounding area with shops and restaurants offering special menus, deals and events.
• The ticketed programme also continues through both the day and the evening with a full complement of dinners and tastings; many in York’s historic Mansion House and Guildhall.

Pre-Festival Event:

Meet the Yorkshire Food Heroes in our Cookery Class and Venison Meal

Oh my Goodness. What a brilliant time we had!

On Thursday 12th August, 7pm, York Food Festival goers had the opportunity to join Yorkshire Venison Farmer Nigel Sampson of Holme Farm and Chef Stephanie Moon of Rudding Park for an amazing cookery class.

But fortunately, you don’t have to miss out completely – you can still have the opportunity to enjoy this menu, on Tuesday 21st September, at Stephanie Moon’s Dinner in the Mansion House.

We watched Stephanie demonstrate the Venison starter and then the main-course, while she and Nigel explained why Venison is prepared and cooked as it is, and how to keep the meat moist.
We also learned about food presentation and using the plate as a frame to build our food picture on.
We then each made our own starter, which included preparing a raw quail’s egg yolk as part of our ‘Picture on the plate’ and then shared a communal meal of the food cooked.

Starter: Assiette of Venison :Venison Tarter, Marinated venison salad, and Peppered scorched venison
Main course: Venison steak with Herb crust, Carrot dauphinoise, summer greens and Rosti potato.
Dessert: Bailey’s and Coffee Meringue Roulade with Hazelnuts and Summer Fruits.

Ronald Smith said, “This has blown me away! The Food was wonderful.” While Sarah Waite, who was working beside Ronald said, “I just loved the Venison Tartare – I didn’t expect the raw meat to taste so good, it was full of flavour!”

The event highlighted the 2010 Festival’s theme “Meet the Yorkshire Food Heroes”. See www.yorkfoodfestival.com/festival.php?cat=1  for more information.

The Cooking Rooms is a new cookery school in York offering a range of food and drink experiences for all ages and abilities to the people of Yorkshire and beyond.
Stephanie Moon, daughter of a Yorkshire farmer, is Consultant Chef at Rudding Park and loves to share her favourite recipes and ideas for wild food in her “Wild Cooks” blog http://wildcook.wordpress.com/  .
Nigel Sampson is Managing Director of Holme Farm Venison and a farmer who uses the entire animal, in every sense of the word. That is, he makes clothes even from the skin.
A huge thank you to Nigel, Stephanie and Luke for a brilliant evening, where we learned so much, enjoyed a fabulous meal and just had fun!
 

Chocolate Heaven in York

Wine Events at the York Food and Drink Festival

Festival Wine Fair Saturday 25 th Sept:
Held over two sessions: (12pm – 4pm or 6pm – 9pm)
Simply buy a ticket, pick up a glass at the door and then walk around the stands which offer tasters of over 80 different wines.

Introduction to Food and Wine Matching: Sherry and Tapas. Saturday 18 th Sept
Held over three sessions: (1pm 2.30 and 4pm)
Meet one of the Festival’s favourite wine critics, Charles Metcalfe, and let him talk you through these surprisingly good pairings.

Daily Introduction to Wine Everyday at 1pm
Whatever day you come, there is a light-hearted introductory wine event at lunchtime. Join local wine experts like Karen Hardwick and Peter McKenna in Melton’s Too to cover topics like South African Wine; Fizz; and Burgundy: the Douro Valley and Port

Grand Cru Saint-Émilion Dinner. Thursday 23 rd Sept at 7.30
A Champagne and canapé reception; followed by a four-course dinner and 8 different Grand Cru wines. Commentary from Yorkshire Post Wine Critic: Christine Austin.

The programme also includes :

• Pink Champagne,
• Chocolate and wine, as part of the Festival’s Chocolate Launch
• A charitable Champagne afternoon tea in the Mansion House
• And an old favourite revived – Cheese and Wine matching.

Welcome To Yorkshire Sponsors York Food and Drink Festival

York Food and Drink Festival has been one of the key annual events in Yorkshire for some time, but this year acknowledgement of that has come from Welcome to Yorkshire, as they are showing their support both financially and help with marketing.

Dedicated to promoting Yorkshire, the Welcome to Yorkshire website is the official visitor site for Yorkshire and lists everything from what to do, where to stay and how to keep Yorkshire special.

Sharing the promotion of Yorkshire as one of its primary aims, the theme for the 2010 York Food Festival (17th to 26th September) is “Meet the Yorkshire Food Heroes”. The Festival is working with many key organisations such as Yorkshire’s National Parks, the National Trust and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to promote sustainable producers; especially those whose work helps maintain traditional landscapes.

The Festival has developed the 2010 programme to include a series of innovative ‘collaborative stands’ at the Festival’s market, shared by quality producers from specific Yorkshire environments. Other Hero events involve an exciting line up of Michelin Star Chefs on stage with their favourite suppliers, ‘Slow Food’ Tastings, York Farmer’s market and demonstrations.

The markets and many of the demonstrations are free to enter. Tickets, for many other events, can be bought on-line or by calling 01904 466687.

A full programme of events can be found at http://www.yorkfoodfestival.com

Source: Press Release

2010

NORTH EAST AUDITIONS

What’s

YOUR signature dish?

Do
you cook an original, mouth watering

STARTER,
MAIN-COURSE or PUDDING

which
you believe is a recipe for success?

Do
you have a unique take on a classic dish,
a secret recipe that needs to be shared, or a stunning local ingredient
to
showcase to the rest of the UK?

Whatever
your speciality, come and “pitch
your dish”

to
our panel on the 23rd May in York.

Britain’s

Best Dish

The
television talent show for Britain’s

best
amateur chefs with a

£10,000

CASH PRIZE

for the winner.        

 North West Britain’s Best Dish

Auditions 

For
information, please email us now at

bestdish@itv.com
or call on 0871 62 66 222 

Calls
cost 10p from a BT landline. Calls
from other networks may be higher and from
mobiles will be considerably more. Lines close for the North East -
Friday 21^st
May at midday. You must be
14 or over to apply.

Make March 14th 2010 a memorable Mothering Sunday, with a chance to say “Thank You” to our Mums!

Event	Date	Venue / Link	What's On	Town / City
Mothers' Day Set Menu	Sunday 14th March 2010	Cafe Rouge	Mothers' Day Menu	Harrogate
Mothers' Day Concert	Sunday 14th March 2010	Fairfax House	To celebrate Mother’s Day, Fairfax House is providing a delightful combination of music and afternoon tea, in the splendid surroundings of the Saloon. Soprano, Jessa Liversidge and pianist Malcolm Maddock (from York Musical Theatre Company), will take you on a trip down memory lane with a selection of well-known favourites from musicals and film. A perfect gift for Mother’s Day!	York
Mothering Sunday Jazz Lunch	Sunday 14th March 2010	Lockwoods	Treat your very special Mum to a very special lunch with live smooth jazz and a gift.	Ripon
Mothers' Day Set Menu	Sunday 14th March 2010	Cafe Rouge	Mothers' Day Menu	York
Mothers' Day	Sunday 14th March 2010	Bingley Arms	Mums are very special people. So why not treat yours to a little bit of culinary luxury this Mother's Day.The Bingley Arms in Bardsey will help you give Mum a great big tasty thank you for everything she's done over the past 12 months. Our mouth watering range of lovingly prepared dishes will leave Mum both spoilt for choice and in seventh heaven.	Harewood

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If you would like your restaurant, bar or pub Valentine’s event here pop it over to us at: support@directoryofyork.net

Shangthai Restaurant

Church Cottage,
Escrick,
York, YO19 6EX

Shangthai Valentine’s Menu - £28 per person   

The Ivy Lounge

The Grange Hotel

1 Clifton
York
YO30 6AA

The Ivy Lounge Valentine’s Menu – Five courses for £55 per person

Hotel 53

53 Piccadilly, York YO1 9PL

Hotel 53 Valentine’s Menu – three courses for £29.50

Strada York

75 Low Petergate, York, YO1 7HY

Enjoy the passion of the Italian’s this Valentine’s Day. Strada Leeds Valentine’s Menu costs just £25 per person for three courses complimented with a glass of Prosecco

J Bakers

7 Fossgate, York, YO1 9TA

Valentine’s Night at J Bakers – £50 per person

 

Burythorpe House

 
Burythorpe
Malton
North Yorkshire
YO17 9LB

Burythorpe Valentine’s Menu – £47.50 per person
 

The Churchill Hotel

65 Bootham, York, YO30 7DQ

The Churchill Hotel Valentine’s Menu - Seven courses for £49.95

 

Loch Fyne York

12 Walmgate, York, YO1 9TJ

Loch Fyne Valentine’s Menu – £30 per head

Cafe Rouge York

52 Low Petergate, York, YO1 7HZ

Cafe Rouge is donating £1 from every three course Valentine’s Menu, running from Friday to Sunday, bought across all its restaurants in the UK to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity ‘Kiss it Better’ Campaign.

The Cafe Rouge Valentine’s Menu offers a great choice of enjoying a delicious brunch menu (before 12 noon) for just £12.95 per person. The ideal way to start the day.

Or you can opt for lunch/dinner for £24.95 per person.

 

Melton’s Too

25 Walmgate, York, YO1 9TX

Melton’s Too Valentine Menu - £21 per person

La Tasca

21 Back Swinegate, York , YO1 8AD

La Tasca Valentine’s Menu

(pdf download) – £16.95 or £21.95 per person

 

Castlegate Restaurant

 
31 Castlegate, York, YO1 9RN

Castlegate Restaurant Valentine’s Menu - £29.50 per person

Leeds Valentine’s Restaurant Menus

Chester Valentine’s Restaurant Menus

Liverpool Valentine’s Restaurant Menus

Newcastle Valentine’s Restaurant Menus

 

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