I really have been rubbish at updating my blog lately. I’ve moved counties, my stepson left home 😦 and we have had lots to do to the house (and garden), a crazy amount of visitors etc etc (excuses, excuses). I have been practicing and trying to perfect (as much as “I” can) various recipes that […]
Who doesn’t love these biscuits? Seriously, even though I hate shop bought, mass produced cakes, I do enjoy the Mr Kipling Viennese Whirl. I remember making these with my mum so many years ago it’s terrifying, but they taste sooooo much better homemade. The biscuit just melts in your mouth. I think retro baking is […]
Strawberries are everywhere you look right now and are at their best. If like me you are a little too keen and buy way too many at the Farmer’s Market, here’s a great recipe for Strawberry Conserve. I promised my husband a Victoria sponge today as we’ve been on the fast diet, but today is […]
The moment arrived. The moment we had all been waiting for. The one thing that made the last term worthwhile. Graduation Day. At the end of the practical exam last week when we were all sitting in the courtyard with massive grins on our faces, because it was finally over, I knew that I had […]
Never in my life have I been so glad that it’s a Friday! This week, as you know, was exam week. We had our theory exam on Wednesday (that counts towards 10% of our final mark) and there was SO much to study for. We were told to pretty much memorise the recipes, method’s and […]
I’m not an academic. Not at all. I absolutely love to learn, yes, but in a practical way. Study is not my friend. As you can tell I’m getting really nervous about the upcoming exams. I have my theory tomorrow morning, at 7.40am (which means leaving the house at 6am!!) and on Thursday, at 7.40am, […]
When my alarm went off on Wednesday morning at 5am I was really not looking forward to my early morning start (we’ve mostly had late lectures and classes so I don’t take well to early starts any more!!). At 7.45am I was in the class room watching chef Nicolas H preparing icecream mixes and setting […]
Thankfully we are back to normal classes for this week, last week was utterly exhausting. It’s not just the classes you see (I can hear some people saying – they’re only in 3-4 days a week) it’s the fact that each of our classes is so intense, there is so much to take in. Also, […]
Week 7! What a week. We started on Monday evening with the Wine lecture. Wine tasting and exhausted students don’t mix terribly well. Everyone was tired and emotional. So when the wine was being handed out and we were being asked repeatedly to think about spitting it out (“you’re all adults, so I’m not going […]
Week 6 at LCB…really?? How did this happen! Feels like only a few days since I was sitting in the room on the 4th floor listening to our welcome speech and wondering what was ahead of us. It’s amazing how much I’ve learned so far, more than I realised. A friend the other day asked […]
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