101 Christmas Recipes

Last Tuesday we asked all our retail team to gather after work to take part in a Christmas training evening. Everybody showed up, drank a few glasses of mulled wine – made with one of our own Mulled Wine Kits and settled down to an early Christmas. Christmas this year, is being organised by the wonderful Tracey Bellow. Tracey has worked in marketing for many successful high street brands and we asked her to lead the way and help deliver what we think is our best Christmas offer ever.  We have, over the years, created 101 Christmas recipes that will be going through our kitchens this festive season. We have worked really hard at improving some old recipes like our stuffing recipe – it’s now packed full of zesty flavour, we have added more aromat to our spiced red cabbage, our pudding is lighter and fruitier, with no nuts, and our Christmas cake is richer and moister with extra brandy. Some recipes we’ve left alone like our fabulous mince pies which everybody loves and the brandy butter that goes perfectly with them. There are some completely new ideas from our Executive Chef Flori, like our range of party food : Kedgeree Cubes, Venison Sausage Rolls, Cheesy Profiteroles and Ham Hock croquettes. As we sat and munched away, Tracey laid down the guidelines; how to take an order efficiently, new suppliers information, how to pair certain foods, our commitment to delivering Christmas In a Box to the customers’ door this Christmas Eve and how this year for the very first time customers will be able to place an order online. The evening drew to a close and Josh joined in with some gentle words of encouragement. We didn’t stay late as the next day we installed “stage 1″ of our Christmas offer which you can now see at both of our shops. If you’re already making plans for your Christmas, feel free to pop in and ask for more details on our 101 Christmas recipes.