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Charcuterie, Wine & Beer Tasting: Ham & Friends, Leeds
We had a fabulous, relaxed, informative and fun evening at Ham & Friends and will certainly be back. Keep an eye out on future events here as they're going to be great.
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Ham & Friends, Leeds
Ham & Friends is a pop up wine and raclette bar running from 1st -24th December 2016 in The Grand Arcade, Leeds.
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Grubstaker Launch Night
Last week saw us at Leeds Food & Drink Association launch our Grubstakers scheme (supporters of LFDA). It was an evening filled with WINE and Food Deliciousness, all hosted in the private dining room at Salvos. It was so exciting to get a group of our new Grubstakers together, as they were all there because they love the fantastic, independent food and drink businesses within Leeds. What a collaboration it was… we had bruschetta from Mario, charcuterie from Friends of Ham, stew made by a further collaboration of Swillington Organic Farm‘s produce and Lazy Lounge‘s amazing chef, cheese from George & Joseph, and to round it all off, baklavas from…
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Leeds Food & Drink Association Launches Grubstakers
I have been a little distracted recently, as I’ve been working on a new project with fellow food fan, Nick Copland. We’ve been setting up Leeds Food & Drink Association, which has the aim of promoting Leeds as a city that is passionate about great food and drink. It’s exciting times. We have incredible members (check them out here) – they’re some of our food and drink heroes. It’s all just beginning to take off, and the first official event is the launch of Grubstakers (excellent word, no?!). The event promises to be amazing. How couldn’t it be when it involves the likes of Latitude Wine, Salvos, Friends of Ham,…
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George & Joseph Opens in Chapel Allerton, Leeds
Fantastic local cheesemongers, George & Joseph, have set up shop in Chapel Allerton, Leeds. Launching on 30th August 2013, this new store is a haven of locally sourced cheese and other produce. Emilia and I stumbled upon it when the heavens opened last week. Racing in from the slashing rain, the shop was a welcome place to shelter and peruse all the goodies on offer. The counter is full of fabulous cheese, which is all sourced from Yorkshire. There’s a great selection, including a favourite of ours, Harrogate Blue, but this time we went for something a little different and chose Swaledale Courage. This is a lightly smoked goats cheese,…
