It's Time for Family Pancakes!

You are invited to a Pancake Party for all the family from 10am to 11.30am on Shrove Tuesday 13th February 2024 in All Saints' Church Hall.

'For the Love of Pancakes' will be a morning of fun and food with games, activities and a pancake brunch.

Please sign up for a Family Ticket listing all family members, young and older, who will be attending with you, along with any dietary requirements or additional needs. 

To register, please click here. Ideally, before Thursday 8th February 2024 to help with forecasting catering requirements. 

If you are willing to help with catering, please just register and go along.

Children remain the responsibility of their parents/carers at all times.

All Saints' Church & Church Hall
Greenbanks Close, Milford on Sea, SO41 0SQ
01590 644992
office.allsaintsmilford.org.uk
www.allsaintsmilford.org.uk
www.facebook.com/AllSaintsMilfordOnSea

Milford on Sea Food Week Postponed

It is with a tinge of regret that Milford on Sea Food Week will not be taking place in April 2018.

However, Food Week is not dead, it is just resting!

To explain, planning for Food Week starts around 6 months in advance and takes up around 3 full days a week to put everything in place.

For a number of years I had been 'semi-retired', which provided the time to enjoy putting together this fun event.

Last year my chief executive moved on to pastures new, so I stepped back into my company on a temporary basis.

That temporary basis has now become full-time again, as the company is growing in all areas; from our industry business management software to our online sourcing subscription services. Added to this we have created two new major industry events to take place this September and then in February 2018, plus we are building an exciting new industry data sharing product for launch early in the new year.

The village businesses, clubs and residents, plus the fabulous volunteers, have all been so supportive over the years, I thank you all for that, and I am sorry to disappoint anyone. But as you may imagine it is difficult to devote the necessary time right now.

(The weekly village newsletter is not in danger, I can still fit that in!)

Food Week will be back, just don't know when at the moment!

PS: The silly stories about my weird life and experiences are few at present. Not because of a short supply material (I still get in trouble with my wife on a regular basis), but because of the time needed to write them - they will also be back at some time!

If you would like to read some of the more ridiculous stories published in the past, please click here.

Village Picnic for Queen's Birthday

The Food Week Team are organising a fun afternoon for friends and families to get together to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday.

Everyone is invited to the Queen's Birthday Village Picnic which will be held on the Milford on Sea village green between 12noon and 4pm on Saturday 11th June 2016.

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To support local business, there will be a full range of Pre-Prepared Picnics you can pre-order (These will be advertised across the village as we get closer to the event), - or of course you can make and bring your own home-made picnic - all we would ask is that the contents are bought from the village shops please.

To keep everyone entertained there will also be live music from a whole host of musicians from the village.

So, put the date in your diary, - and then bring along a picnic, sit back and enjoy the good company and music as a memorable afternoon passes by.


Please Note: This is a community event organised by the community, for the community. Everyone coming are responsible for their own safety, kids and property. Please take all you litter home with you, or a small group of people are lumbered with clearing up!

Food Week Wrapped Up

Founded in 2010, the fifth Milford on Sea Food Week held in 2016 was the biggest and best ever. We estimate over 15,000 people visited the 150+ events held across the village throughout the entire week, possibly making Milford on Sea Food Week one of the largest foodie events in the UK - Not bad for a small foodie village by the sea with an impressive 20 places to eat and only 5000 residents!

The aim of Food Week is to boost and promote village trade, and to entertain, inform and educate the local community and visitors on anything related to food.

With a good number of people visiting Milford on Sea for the first time, we also hope they will have enjoyed the village so much that they will soon be back to the benefit of all village traders.

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As you may know, Food Week is totally community run, and over 300 generous people make everything happen.

This includes our wonderful volunteers, the village restaurants, pubs and café who work so hard to create special events throughout Food Week, the Cookery Theatre demonstrations by village home cooks and local professionals, the Lambing Live team at Aubrey Farm, local shops and businesses running themed events, and the many local organisations, clubs and village charities who organised events for Food Week. A massive thank you goes to them all! - Big thanks also go to everyone that attended any events, Food Week cannot be successful without you coming!

Milford on Sea Food Week is a not for profit community event, and very proud that it is entirely coordinated by a small dedicated group of volunteers who provide their expertise and time for free.

Whilst not a charitable event, Food Week has this year made some profit, so, some of this will be held as a fighting fund for forthcoming events and community ideas we have, and we are delighted to have made donations to:

Food Week Donations 2016

• New Flower Bed outside Tu Sui Bella in Park Road: £600
• Community Centre: £500 - Plus, additional Window Display: £116
• MoS Primary School & PFA: £500
• MoS Dementia Action Group: £250
• Friends of Ray of Hope: £250
• Milford & Keyhaven Sea Scouts: £250
• MoS Girl Guides/Brownies: £250
• MoS Pre-School: £250
• Scarf (New Forest): £250 
• Milford United Charities: £250 
• Milford Hospital League of Friends: £250 
• Total Voice Choir: £250
• Climbing for Nepal: £100
• First Friday Lunch: £50
• Someone Stole My Trumpet: £25

In addition to the Donations of around £4500+ made by Food Week, we were delighted to hear that the charity run events during Food Week also additionally raised in excess of £4700 for their own causes.

Milford Primary School also designed, made & sold 350 bottles of 'School Ketchup' across the village. All of the stock was sold out by 1pm at the CakeFest on Saturday!, and the project raised £600 for the school.

Since Food Week started in 2010, over £30,000 has been distributed across many village good causes.

The biggest thrill for us all behind the scenes in Food Week, is seeing people really enjoying themselves and meeting new people, together with the special pleasure of creating warm memories for our village kids.

We will be doing it all again from Easter Bank Holiday Monday 2nd April 2018, - please get the date in your diary so you don't miss it!

Milford on Sea Food Week

Bank Holiday Monday 28th March to Sunday 3rd April 2016

If you love food, you will love Food Week!

www.milfordfoodweek.org

Want to know more about Food Week? - please click here

Announcing Milford on Sea Diet Week

Following the excesses of Food Week, - Milford on Sea Diet Week started on Monday 4th April 2016.

The village food stores will feature on healthy food, and whilst this has no flavour or taste, it can help you shift those additional pounds gained during Food Week.

The village restaurants were reluctant to discuss removing the nice bits from their menus, but they are supporting Milford on Sea Diet Week by providing every dinner with a Ryvita biscuit at the end of every meal instead of chocolates. Salads will also be on special offer, but any tasty salad dressing will be charged at double the price.

Keep Fit, Zumba and Belly Dancing classes are full to bursting. (That is the attendance, not the costumes.)

Our local pubs have removed the pork scratchings from display for the week, and are running special offers on still or sparkling water, and our cafés have range a low fat options on the menu, which in my world means the taste has been removed.

On Saturday there will be a 'Community Weigh In' on the village green, when warm applause will be given to all who have lost weight, and anyone having gained weight will be given a 'piggy mask' and asked to run to the seafront and back.

Anyone losing 10% or more of their starting weight from Monday will be given a voucher to buy sweets from The Village Newsagent the week after.

There will also be a prize for the person who has eaten the most fruit and salad during Milford on Sea Diet Week, this presentation will be made in Sea Road Car Park just in case that person needs the public conveniences rather quickly.

Enjoy getting the pounds off!

Best wishes,

Skinny McSkinnyFace (Organiser)

PS: I am leaving the village for a week, - dieting is not for me!

Food Week in Pictures

Wow, what a Food Week - foodies everywhere!

To see many of the events in action: please click here - or if you can't access that page, please click here.

Food Week Culinary MasterClass
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Rosemary Shrager Food Week Recipes

Anyone who attend the Afternoon with Rosemary Shrager last Friday cannot help but have been enthralled, impressed and delighted by her friendly and exuberant personality.

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Milford on Sea WI
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We promised to share Rosemary's Food Week Recipes, and we are pleased that any one who could not make the show can now also now have a good time trying Rosemary's delicious food at home. Enjoy!

Rosemary Shrager Food Week Menu

• Wheaten bread
• Asparagus & pea pearl barley risotto
• Duck breast with a Pomegranate Glaze
• Rhubarb and apple gratin
• Smoked haddock scotch egg with curry mayonnaise

To view and download Rosemary's Recipes, please click here.

Andy's 'Can't Cook-Yes You Can!' Recipes

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Last Saturday, village resident and home cook, Andy Joseph demonstrated some easy to cook recipes along with the assistance of his wife Jane.

The main course meals are ideal for new or reluctant cooks, and also aimed at non-cooks who would like to have a go and maybe younger people who would like to help Mum or prepare for life at Uni.

The linguine and salmon recipe is the easiest and quickest of them all and from start to finish should take no more than 15 minutes and it tastes good too!

Andy's 'Can't Cook-Yes You Can!' demonstration was in the professional Cookery Theatre at South Lawn, where he showed how easy is was to create his tasty menu below: 

Andy's Menu 

• Fish Pie
• Roasted Salmon Pasta
• Chilli Con Carne
• Chinese style Chicken & Vegetable Noodles

To see Andy's Recipes: please click here.

Learn How to Make Cats Milk Cheese in Food Week

Discover how to make cheese from the milk of your own pet cat on Friday at Food Week. 

Professor Joe Kerr, from the Feline Dairy Research Department based at Southampton University will reveal his delicious Catzarella Cheese discovery.

This will be followed by his colleague Dr Oh Ubinad providing you with a taste, and showing you how to make this unique cats milk cheese at home.

Free Event - Don't come along! 

Date & Venue: 1st April 2016 - Up until 12 noon in Phantom Hall

When asked whether he would be stocking the Catzarella Cheese, Paul Holland our excellent local village grocer of Hollands of Milford said: "Will you stop coming into my shop, you and your stupid ideas are driving me insane."

Entertaining the Kids at Food Week

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Educating and entertaining the children in the village is a key part of Milford on Sea Food Week.

Lots of the events are free, and we hope that many happy childhood memories are created.

Below if a brief summary of what the kids can do each day:

Mon to Sat: Food Themed Treasure Hunt
Mon to Sat: Food Colouring Competition
Mon: Kids Easter Egg Hunt
Mon: Sturt Pond Family Wildlife Walk
Tues: Kids Chocolate Workshop
Tues: Teenage Truffle Workshop
Weds: Kids Baking Masterclass
Weds: Revolting Recipes
Weds: Kids Chocolate Workshop
Thurs: Quirky Cooking for Kids
Fri: Teddy Bears Picnic
Sat: Woodland Wildlife Walk
Sat: CakeFest!
Sat: Kids Cupcake Decorating
Sat: Keyhaven Lambing Live
Sat: Lisa's Big Farm BBQ
Sat: Create a Pie Class
Sun: Free Seed Planting for Children
Sun: Free Childrens' Party at MoS Club

Don't forget to buy the School Ketchup around the village!

To View the Full Food Week Programme: click here.

Milford on Sea Food Week

Bank Holiday Monday 28th March to Sunday 3rd April 2016

If you love food, you will love Food Week!

www.milfordfoodweek.org

Want to know more about Food Week? - please click here

Last Few Tickets for Howard & Ping

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If you are looking to come to any of the Food Week Celebrity Shows, you need to get your tickets quick!

There are still a few tickets left for the delightful Ping Coombes (MasterChef Champion 2014), and the charismatic Howard Middleton (Great British Bake Off).

Rosemary Shrager, Culinary MasterClass and Only Fools & 3 Courses are totally sold out, - but don't worry, we have over 150 events, so still plenty to enjoy - and lots of the events are free!

Food Week's first big event is the ROCK & CHIPS PARTY: 7pm to 10pm on Bank Holiday Monday (28th March) in the MoS Community Centre 

Get your party shoes on, buy your fish & chips, and kick off Food Week with pulsating live entertainment from Zac and the Zeros, Hampshire’s premier Rock and Roll function band. They will get the party rocking with soul, rock & retro pop numbers. 

YOUR FOOD: Mr Pink’s will be open at 7pm and until 8pm - So, buy your fish & chips, or bring your own food with you - plates & cutlery provided! 

Doors & Bar Open: 7pm - Everyone welcome, just buy a ticket & have a great time - whatever your age! 

Tickets: £5 - (or Pay on Door: £6) - Advance Tickets Available from the Community Centre Box Office or online at: milfordfoodweek.org

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Hear the band online at:
www.zacandthezeros.co.uk

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To buy Any Show Tickets: click here or visit the Community Centre Box Office

To View the Full Food Week Programme: click here.

Milford on Sea Food Week

Bank Holiday Monday 28th March to Sunday 3rd April 2016

If you love food, you will love Food Week!

www.milfordfoodweek.org

Want to know more about Food Week? - please click here

Food Week 'Dine In Friday' Explained

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Dine In Friday on 1st April during Milford on Sea Food Week may need a bit of explaining... 

It's quite straightforward really; You simply invite friends, family or neighbours to come and Dine In with you on Friday. 

That is of course if you are not going out.

Now, its fine to go out, if you are going out to Dine In. This is because, the people who have invited you to Dine In will be Dining In, so in turn you are also Dining In with your Dine In hosts. 

For clarity and to put it another way, if you have an invite to go out, you are not going to dine out, you are going out to Dine In. Once you arrive, your are Dining In rather than dining out.

However, if you are not going out, but Dining In, then anyone you invite will be going out to Dine In.

It may also be a problem to Dine In without going out, as the rules say all your meal ingredients and drinks must be bought in the village, so you have to go out to do the shopping before you can Dine In.

Finally, beware of going out to Dine In if you have nowhere to go. In this instance you won't be dining out or Dining In, you will just be out.

One other thing to consider is if you have booked to go to a village restaurant to Dine In. Technically, you will be out, so you can't be Dining In. So whilst you are physically dining in the restaurant, you are actually dining out.

No idea why some people have thought the Dine In concept was a bit complicated!

Find out more about how you can join in Dine In Friday, it's fun and easy! - click here


Milford on Sea Food Week

Bank Holiday Monday 28th March to Sunday 3rd April 2016

If you love food, you will love Food Week!

www.milfordfoodweek.org

Want to know more about Food Week? - please click here

Creating Food Week: The Statistics

Since being launched in 2010, Milford on Sea Food Week has grown in so many ways.

The initial concept was born out of wanting to boost local village trade by promoting Milford on Sea as a 'Foodie Heaven', - and with 20 great places to eat, what better way for Milford on Sea to celebrate than to have an entire week dedicated to the joys of food!

Very soon this concept grew to involve the local community en-mass in organising and participating in events, promoting the quality local producers that surround us, and adding celebrity shows to enhance the enjoyment and to raise the profile of Food Week.

This year the ever popular Milford on Sea Food Week returns from Bank Holiday Monday 28th March until Sunday 3rd April 2016, and this time it is bigger than ever, with over 10,000 people attending the 150 events (many of which are free). Actually, it is 168 events to be precise!

Food Week Purpose: 
The core purpose of Food Week is to boost and promote village trade, and to inform, educate and entertain the local community and visitors.

Creating the Food Week Events
It is important to us that as many corners of the entire community are directly involved as possible.

To create so many events, there are as you might expect, a lot of people across the village that get involved, whether as a business, local organisation, club or as an individual. A quick count tells us that to create all the Food Week events means that 129 people are organising or participating in one way or another.

We also have 80 local producers who attend the Food Market as stallholders.

Behind the scenes there is a Core Organising Team of 7 volunteers who make sure everything is in place, prepare the events, create the marketing, raise the income, manage the finances, and keep an eye on things throughout the week.

Finally, there are also 43 important and enthusiastic volunteers who work on the event preparation, and provide day to day services and specialist support. Plus, an awesome team of 44 people who do a great job selling Food Week raffle tickets.

So, that's 303 people to make Food Week happen!

Funding Food Week Events
Food Week is run on a shoestring, and we are fortunate that many skills that organisers of other events have to pay for, we are able to do for free thanks to the expertise and time investment of our volunteers.

However, one main element that has to be outsourced is the printing of the publicity collateral, and it is surprising how substantially the cost of publicity material mounts up. Things like local advertising, village banners, window posters, flags, signage, and 20,000 Free Food Week Programmes for the village and 25,000 Flyers for the surrounding areas do not come cheap!

The celebrity events are always a risk, as good ticket sales are essential to ensure that we do not make a loss on any show.

Food Week could not happen without donations, and we are fortunate to get excellent support from Brand New Forest at NFDC, local Councillors, our local MP, 6 local main sponsors, 67 local businesses as gold or silver sponsors, and 41 local residents as Friends of Food Week. Food Week 2016 has so far raised £15,425 from these generous supporters.

Food Week is not a charitable or fund raising event, however we do encourage local charities to take part in order to raise funds for their own good causes.

Should Food Week make any profits, donations are made to local good causes and also spent on projects that may benefit the village overall. Since 2010 Food Week has made contributions of £20,738.

Spreading the Food Week Message

Prior to the fun of Milford on Sea Food Week, there is the little matter of making sure that as many people as possible know that the events are taking place.

As previously mentioned, we do as much as we can without costs and through volunteers, such as; the website, all design and artwork, PR, marketing, social media, e-shots, blogs etc.

Spreading the Food Week message is a multi-level marketing activity, and we regularly use the following:

• The MoS News Website. Which has 20,000+ page views a month. - (www.milfordonseanews.org) 

• The MoS News Bulletin. This is sent directly to 2,626 email addresses in the village. (NB: Milford on Sea has around 5000 residents in total.)  -  Perhaps surprisingly, we have a further 201 people who we know live in Milford on Sea, but have chosen to 'Unsubscribe' from receiving the News Bulletin. (This might be something to do with some of the nonsense we publish!)

• The Food Week News Bulletin: This is sent directly to another of our databases, which contains 1,543 email addresses of 'Foodies from outside of the village'. 

• Facebook: Milford On Sea Page: We have 1,621 Page Likes.

• Facebook: Milford On Sea Food Week Page: Only started this year, and we currently have 318 Page Likes to date. (Currently growing by around 50+ per week.)

• Facebook: Post Boosts: Used tactically to spread the word about Food Week and specific events.

• Twitter: 86 Followers. No idea what Twitter is all about really, we just randomly put stuff on it and hope that someone sees it!

• Streetlife: This is a local social network, so we are also giving this a go.

• Press Advertising & Editorial in Advertiser & Times, New Forest Post, Village Voice, Lymington Directory, Barton Bugle, Highcliffe Eye, Christchurch Eye, Hampshire Life and a few selected other local publications and magazines.

• Media: We contact all local TV and Radio looking for on air coverage. This year we had an interview on the Nick Girlder Sunday Show on Radio Solent, and Radio Solent's outside broadcast team will be at Lambing Live during Food Week.

• Press Releases: Articles are sent to local press and food/lifestyle magazine publications.

• Free Food Week Programmes: 20,000 free copies distributed within Milford on Sea village. (3000 of which are generously delivered to every home in the village by the team that distribute the Community Centre What's On Magazine.) 

• Food Week Flyers: 25,000 delivered door to door in nearby surrounding areas from Christchurch, and across the New Forest to Lyndhurst.

Then of course, we have the messages that everyone sees, like the village banners, window posters, flags and signage.

Summary
Milford on Sea Food Week is very proud that it is a not for profit community event entirely coordinated by a small dedicated group of volunteers who provide their expertise and time for free.

The Food Week organisers are more than satisfied that their sole reward is in seeing the enjoyment gained by people enjoying the events. 

Food Week is truly a ‘By the community, for the community’ event, so please come and join in or simply enjoy!

Milford on Sea Food Week
Bank Holiday Monday 28th March until Sunday 3rd April 2016
www.milfordfoodweek.org

Food Week on Radio This Sunday

It will come as much as a surprise to you, as it has to me, that your editor has been invited to again appear on the radio.

If you are a radio listener, check out the Nick Girdler show this Sunday, 20th March 2016, yours truly will be on live on air between 9.30am and 9.50am in a radio interview with Nick.

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We will be chatting about Milford on Sea Food Week and then reviewing the Sunday papers. Naturally this a an excellent opportunity to plug Milford on Sea and Food Week, but asking my opinion on the current affairs of the day could be unpredictable!

As you may expect, I will first look for 'Food Stories', to give Food Week another plug. Next, I will look for 'Ridiculous Stories' which appeal to my inappropriate sense of humour. If I have to resort to 'Grown Up' stories, I will be able to give them the slant of a natural village idiot.

I of course, have the perfect face and physique for radio. 

Having done a handful of radio interviews before, I now consider myself a veteran broadcaster. (My wife considers me delusional.) As you may know, my wife never listens to me, so it will be interesting to see if she pays more attention when I am coming out of a speaker!

If you fancy tuning in to witness my embarrassment, and to hear the nonsense we discuss from the day’s news stories, please just set your radio dial to BBC Radio Solent.

Click here to hear 2014 Food Week Mix

A couple of years ago a good friend of mine (who obviously has a mind that operates in strange ways, and far too much time on his hands), created a rather odd 'Food Week Mix'.

Steve 'Carrots' Carroll, is weirdly creative, and took as many strange bits from a previous radio interview as he could, and then mixed them into a nonsense soundtrack. Click here to listen to the 2014 Food Week Mix. Steve 'Carrots' Carroll's mind obviously works in a funny way, but the results are amusing!

That's reminds me, Steve also did a previous video on the Milford on Sea Food Market during Food Week 2010, which is also worth a look. This guy is a bit too creative for his own good!

Click here to view the Food Market video from 2010

Next Sunday, 20th March 2016 | The Nick Girdler Show from 09.30am until 09.50am

BBC Radio Solent: 96.1 & 103.8FM: 999 and 1039 AM: DAB: bbc.co.uk/solent

Food Week reaches New Zealand!

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Local Milford on Sea residents, Chris and Alison Sanford decided a Food Week Bag would make a nice Christmas present for their adored god-daughter, Cassandra Fausett last Christmas.

Whilst many bags may have been banished to the back of a cupboard by now, Cassandra's is getting well used and advertising Milford on Sea Food Week in a far flung land.

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Cassandra lives in Auckland, and it is nice to see that she is happy to scale the heights of the airport sign to get the word out!

To save Chris and Alison struggling to decide on something from Milford on Sea as a gift for next Christmas, we think Cassandra's diligent work in the Southern Hemisphere has earned her a free Food Week Apron!

Get your Goodies!: If you would like a bag, apron or any other Food Week Goodes, please opop into the Village News newsagent, or look our for our pop up stalls at various Food Week events.

Tomatoes Invade The Needles

Label Designer-Imogen Scott
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Three tomatoes and a bottle of ketchup have taken over the Needles on the Isle of Wight as part of Milford-on-Sea Primary School’s entrepreneurial initiative to make its own 'school ketchup' for Milford on Sea Food Week.

Three giant tomatoes have replaced the Needles and the lighthouse is now a ketchup bottle as part of the winning design by Milford pupil, Imogen Scott (aged 9). 

The ketchup which has been designed and made in conjunction with Claire Lee, proprietor of Spice‘n’Easy (a Milford-based producer of fine pickles, chutneys and relishes), has enabled pupils to be involved in a product from start to finish.

The Winning Label Design
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Claire from Spice‘n’Easy commented; "The children tasted various ketchups and then collaborated to agree their preferred flavour option. It has been brilliant to have their feedback and I hope they enjoy selling their product in the village during Food Week. - Looking out for future entrepreneurs!”

Matthew Hill, Head Teacher at Milford-on-Sea Primary School said: “What an opportunity this has been for our children, they have been involved in every step of the way, from taste testing to selling the product themselves to local businesses. It has enabled them to get a hands-on learning experience, and an opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial skills in dealing with local business owners."

The great thing about this project is the way our progressive school and enthusiastic PFA support Parents Friends Association came up with the idea, and how the pupils are learning about product design, product production, direct sales, and profit and loss.

Surprising what you can get out of a few bottles of ketchup!

The School Ketchup will soon be on sale for £4.50 per bottle. Watch out for it in the village shops and all around Food Week - oh, and don't forget to buy some! - every penny of profit goes to our own village school.

Cake Decorating for Adults

Food Week has a great opportunity to discover how to make the decorations on your cake look that little bit special.

Kate will get you hands-on to put her cake decoration techniques into practice. 

If this sounds fun to you, you are likely to enjoy the Hands on Cake Decorating with Kate Wall on Wednesday 30th March from 3pm to 5pm.

The cake is provided for you to decorate and you then get to take it home enjoy. 

The Two Hour Session costs: £15 and is being done in aid of Marie Curie. 

Closing date to book a place: Sunday 20th March - to allow your cakes to be made and all ingredients purchased. 

To book call Kate on: 01590 643059 or 07788 970933. 

Hands-On Cake Decorating for Adults

3pm to 5pm in the Cookery Theatre at South Lawn 

Max: 16 people - Limited places so book now!

Food Week Shows Selling Out

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Food Week is proving more popular than ever this year, and the shows 'An Afternoon with Rosemary Shrager', and 'Only Fools and 3 Courses', are already sold out.

The other Celebrity Shows are also selling fast, so please get your tickets now by clicking here and avoiding disappointment. Tickets are also available from the Community Centre Box Office.  

If you are not planning to go to a show, there is still so much more you can enjoy - and many of the events are free!

During Food Week our village will be alive with Dining Offers and Themed Dining Evenings. The Professional Cookery Theatre at South Lawn Hotel will have Free Cooking Demonstrations, Educational Talks and Wine Tastings. There is also lots happening for the kids, and the large & very popular Sunday Food Market gives you a chance to savour the best of local produce and street food.

This year the Food Market has expanded, thanks to The Smugglers generously allowing Food Week to use their car park.

Everyone at every age is included in Food Week, and there are over 150 village events & shows, many of which are free, and all organised by local organisations, businesses, clubs and individuals.

Free Programmes are now around the village pubs and shops, so pick up a copy and come and enjoy!

MILFORD ON SEA FOOD WEEK

Bank Holiday Monday 28th March to Sunday 3rd April 2016

If you love food, you will love Food Week!

www.milfordfoodweek.org

Want to know more about Food Week? - please click here.

Join the Food Week Raffle Team

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As Food Week approaches, (not long now, all starts Easter Bank Holiday Monday 28th March 2016), the Food Week Raffle Team are looking for a few more volunteers to lend a hand.

The Raffle Team appear around Food Week, not only offering people raffle tickets, but also giving information and generally having a good time. You can do just a few hours, every little helps!

If you fancy joining the team, and meeting some new people in the village, please contact: Tricia Preston at: triciaepreston@yahoo.co.uk.

MILFORD ON SEA FOOD WEEK

Bank Holiday Monday 28th March to Sunday 3rd April 2016

If you love food, you will love Food Week!

www.milfordfoodweek.org

Want to know more about Food Week? - please click here.

Smiley Food Week Aprons

I managed to get my wife to model the Food Week Aprons that just arrived, but she insisted I didn't show her face in the photo. (Not sure if this is want she meant?!)

Anyway, the aprons are £5 each and in The Village News newsagent at the bottom of Milford on Sea village green now.