Here’s a quick little list of good stuff I’ve recently come across and thought was worth sharing with you. Enjoy!
Ludlow Food and Drink Festival Preview at Cookbook Cafe: I’m heading out of town for a couple of weeks, something I’m very chuffed to be doing. However, I’m gutted I won’t get to check out the London preview of the internationally renowned Ludlow Food and Drink Festival. Taking place 9 to 12 July, Cookbook Cafe at the Intercontinental London Park Lane hotel (one of my favourite eateries in London!) will welcome top independent food and drink producers from the small town with the large reputation for gastronomy with a range of events to whet everyone’s appetites! So bummed I’ll miss this! Fingers cross, maybe I can try to make it to the actual festival this September.
Free Coffee at Waitrose: I’ve had a myWaitrose loyalty card for awhile but have just recently discovered that one of its perks is a free tea or coffee everyday – you don’t even have to purchase anything.
#fansoffizz: I recently sat in on an enlightening and delicious blind wine tasting at the lovely (and super conveniently located) Charing Cross Hotel. The tasting pitted a number of Champagnes against English sparkling wine. I tended to think the two were pretty equal. However, my favourite of the evening was English: Chapel Down’s Blanc de Blancs.
Britten War Requiem at St Paul’s Cathedral: To mark the 100th anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth, the composer’s War Requiem was performed at St Paul’s Cathedral by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (who premièred the work in Coventry Cathedral back in 1962) alongside the CBSO Chorus and the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral with Evelina Dobraceva (soprano, replacing Albina Shagimuratova), Toby Spence (tenor), Russell Braun (baritone) and Edward Gardner conducting. This epic performance was a moving one – but just one of many in the 2013 City of London Festival line up. The festival continues through this month with tons more cultural events and a range of activities many of which are free!
