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Sunday, 20 September 2020 00:00
Wanted - Local Art, Crafts, Products and Produce
Written by The All Things Norfolk Team
Following the successful trial of the All Things Norfolk Shop with some of our business members we are delighted to announce that the shop is now ready to expand and we are looking for local independent Artists, Crafters and Producers to sell their Norfolk items in our shop. One of the trial members Paul Dickson Books said " The operation of the All Things Norfolk Shop is very straightforward and easy to use. I recommend that any Norfolk business, with items to sell online, should give it a go"whilst Stuart Roy Paintings said "It’s great to have my paintings on a website that specializes in Norfolk and all the great things that people make and produce there. My paintings are inspired by the Norfolk land and seascape and it is…
Peter Sargent, writer of historical books in East Anglia new book "My Word" is an entertaining and informative safari through the jungle of our evolving language. When was it a good thing to be a bully? Who was the clown who almost wrecked Cleopatra’s suicide scene in William Shakespeare’s play? What have singing goats got to do with tragedy? And what connects goats, hedgehogs and supermodels with the word capricious? Were Cossack cavalrymen the first to eat in a bistro, and were twittering birds the first to use jargon. Above all, what on earth can King Henry VIII and Paddington Bear have in common?
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Monday, 14 September 2020 00:00
Owners of One of North Norfolk’s Best Cafés Retire
Written by Jason Borthwick
After discovering the joys of relaxing in their garden during the Covid-19 lockdown, Viv and Graham have decided to sell Deepdale Café and enjoy their retirement.They’ve run the busy café with Sophie for more than 6 years, in which time they’ve fed royalty, the famous, and those who love the North Norfolk Coast. Deepdale Café is at the heart of Dalegate Market, the busy independent shopping centre in Burnham Deepdale. With an all year round footfall, surrounded by lovely independent shops, with lots of indoor and outdoor seating, the café is a brilliant opportunity for new owners with energy and enthusiasm. “I’ve loved welcoming visitors to eat and drink at Deepdale Café, over the last 6 years. The enforced rest from the lockdown made me realise that it was time…
Friday, 28 August 2020 00:00
Maids Head Hotel Head Chef is National Chef of the Year Finalist
Written by Paul Dickson
Marcin ‘Magic’ Pomierny (age 35), Head Chef at the Maids Head Hotel in Tombland, Norwich and Chef of the Year in the EDP Norfolk Food and Drink Awards 2016, is a finalist in the 2020 Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year competition. Magic reached the semi-final of the competition in 2018 and 2019. Ten chefs are competing in the final cook off at Le Cordon Bleu cookery school in London on Monday, September 7. The winner will be revealed on Wednesday, September 30 during Hospitality Week. Magic will be cooking the menu, which followed a brief from the judges, that he submitted to reach the semi-final. The menu features tapas style starters with Gilt head bream as the key ingredient, a locally sourced lamb main course, and…
Wednesday, 29 July 2020 00:00
Maids Head Hotel Head Chef Semi-Finalist in National Chef of the Year for Third Year Running
Written by Paul Dickson
Marcin ‘Magic’ Pomierny (age 35), Head Chef at the Maids Head Hotel in Tombland Norwich and Chef of the Year in the EDP Norfolk Food and Drink Awards 2016, is a semi-finalist in the 2020 Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year competition for the third year running. Forty chefs are competing in the semi-finals for a place in the final 10. This year, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the live semi-final cook offs will not take place. Instead Magic has been tasked with submitting a short video presenting a signature dish which sums up his personality and tells his story 'in a couple of bites'. Magic, who was a finalist in the 2008 Craft Guild of Chefs Young Chef of the Year competition explains: “My video features…
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Monday, 29 June 2020 00:00
Landlords Hockey themed re-opening a long term goal that he may stick with
Written by Richard Fryer
Phil Taylor the landlord of The Kings Head in Loddon has planned a novel re-opening of his popular pub for next weekend by installing a Hockey pitch, complete with nets, and sticks on what would normally be the pub’s car park. Phil, who sponsors both of Loddon’s first and second eleven Hockey teams bought a complete artificial hockey pitch from e bay, and has laid it on what is normally the pub’s car park ready for the grand re-opening on Saturday 4thJuly. He has installed a Hockey goal at one end of the pitch as well and will be installing sticks around the pitch as a reminder to make sure that people keep the required social distance apart.
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Thursday, 25 June 2020 00:00
Historic Maids Head Hotel, Norwich to re-open from lockdown on Saturday, July 4
Written by Paul Dickson
The Maids Head Hotel in Tombland, Norwich, one of the oldest hotels in the UK, will emerge from lockdown on Saturday, July 4. It is believed that this is the first time that the hotel has been closed since it started trading as the Murtel Fish Inn during the 13th century. Christine Malcolm, General Manager said: “We are all looking forward to welcoming guests to the hotel after this three month closure. It will also be very good to see our staff return from furlough. They have been keeping their spirits up with a whole range of activities from a baking competition, to a Zoom lunch and a virtual run between the Maids Head and our sister hotels, The Gonville in Cambridge and The Ship at Brancaster. We recently delivered…
Wednesday, 10 June 2020 00:00
Fakenham’s Black Shuck Gin win charity inspiration award
Written by Kat Lawson-Phillips
The small team at Black Shuck Gin, based in Fakenham, continue to amaze EAAA with their generosity and kindness. As well as supporting the charity with a limited edition gin this year and other various fundraising activities, they have spent their time during the lockdown tirelessly working with government authorities to produce a very much needed Alcohol Based Hand Sanitiser. This has been donated to regional air ambulances, care homes, schools and key workers to help save lives during the pandemic. Black Shuck Gin have made a huge impact on EAAA and on the wider community. Patrick and Sarah Saunders of Black Shuck Gin said: "We were thrilled, honoured and proud to hear that we had won the Most Inspirational Business Category in the East Anglian Air Ambulance Inspiration Awards. …
All Things Norfolk business member, singer-songwriter and music tutor Lisa Redford has written and recorded a brand new song at home during the lockdown "From Afar" Lisa got her inspiration for writing this song when walking in her local area in Norwich and seeing a poster in a window which said "know you are loved from afar" . The song is all about missing loved ones but knowing that we can still love and care from them "From Afar" until we meet again. Once the song was written Lisa then recorded an acoustic version of it from her home studio. We highly recommend that you take a listen to "From Afar" by visiting https://lisaredford.bandcamp.com/track/from-afar and support this talented local artist by purchasing the song digitally for £1 . You can…
The Lighter Side of the Lockdown is a collection of poems written by four friends, all self isolating during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic and published by Paul Dickson Books who are members of All Things Norfolk. Vee Pond was the first to start writing, to help lift her spirits during the lockdown. She posted her poems on Facebook, aiming to put a smile on the faces of her followers. Her poems inspired three of her friends, Linda Marie Augood, Kathryn Bryant and Carol Saunders to start writing as well. The poems give a lighter view of living in the lockdown, as the writers overcome their domestic frustations and the day to day lockdown routine. But they also pay tribute to our front line workers who have kept the country going.…
