Dear Foodie List,

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I’m emailing regarding supper club host Jim Haynes and whether you would be interested in a video about Jim telling his story.

I do apologise if you already know who Jim is… but if you don’t… Jim is an American living in Paris who has hosted up to 100 people every Sunday at his home in Paris for the last thirty years. I thought it might be relevant given the current trend of underground supper clubs which has been in the UK for the last year, however Jim has been running them for a while. Anyone can attend his dinners, they just email him via his website – www.jim-haynes.com

To be completely transparent, I’m working on a campaign for After Eight chocolates. Jim is the leading figure in our latest advertising campaign and we’re looking to tell his story. The video is unbranded… it just tells his story – how he first started his suppers, (serving drinks at parties of the widow of George Orwell) ingredients for a good party, the people who go to his dinners and how a couple met at his supper club and they now have three children.

Regards

Trimedia UK

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Think wine, think France – and with The France Show coming to London’s Earl’s Court between 8-10 January 2010, you won’t even have to cross the Channel for a tasting. Exclusive champagne house, Nicolas Feuillatte, is the latest big name to sign up to The France Show 2010; get tickets for one of their champagne tasting seminars to get your own taste of the champagne lifestyle.

Following on from the success of last year, there will be three wine theatres at this year’s show, each offering a tempting programme of seminars. From becoming a Bordeaux buff to quaffing award-winning wines selected by those in the know, there is plenty on offer for wine aficionados everywhere. What better way to learn about wine than by tasting it?

Tickets for the wine seminars can be bought online at www.thefranceshow.com and cost just £5 each.

Highlights include:
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A Huddersfield ice cream producer is preparing for an influx of customers this Christmas Eve eager to sample its limited edition festive flavours.

Yummy Yorkshire Ice Cream Company has created four exclusive flavours to celebrate the festive season, which have gone on sale in its Denby Dale based ice cream parlour.

The flavours include Rich Christmas Cake, Chocolate Orange, White Chocolate with Cranberries and Cranachan – a traditional Scottish dessert of honey, whisky, raspberry and oats – and are available to buy until Christmas Eve only, one of the busiest times of year for Yummy Yorkshire.

“We always have a queue out of the door on Christmas Eve,” says Louise Holmes of Yummy Yorkshire who is responsible for ice cream production. “You wouldn’t expect ice cream to be popular at this time of year but our festive flavours are always a huge hit, with the Rich Christmas Cake selling particularly well. Last year we sold 200 tubs of the Christmas flavours in the space of two days.”

The Rich Christmas Pudding flavour is made using a special blend of spices and is popular with traditionalists while the White Chocolate with Cranberries is a more indulgent flavour. New for this year are the Chocolate Orange and Cranchan flavours.

“I was inspired to create these flavours after a discussion with my Scottish Sister in law in October about recipes and traditional desserts,” explains Louise. “Cranachan was mentioned and I thought it was the ideal candidate for a new ice cream flavour. The blend of honey, whiskey and raspberry is very warming and the oats give the texture an extra dimension.”

Yummy Yorkshire Ice Cream is known for its innovative flavours, recently creating a selection of Bonfire Night inspired recipes such as Cinder Toffee and Parkin. Since the business was launched in April 2007, over 50 different recipes of traditional, seasonal and contemporary ice cream have been developed using the best, locally sourced ingredients and milk and cream from the farm’s own herd of Holstein cows.

Several of the flavours have scooped prestigious awards including ‘Lou’s Liquorice ice cream’ flavour which was awarded not only best Dairy Product and Supreme Product of the Year at the 2009 deliciouslyorkshire Awards, but also the top award at the 2009 Great Taste Awards, receiving three gold stars.

The Yummy Yorkshire ice cream parlour is located on the A629 between High Flatts and Ingbirchworth. For further information and directions visit www.yorkshiremilk.co.uk.

Whether you’re a veteran of many family feasts or a festive dinner newbie who is cooking a turkey for the first time – the Christmas meal is a daunting prospect. After all, it’s not just one day, Christmas can last for weeks, as your friends and family pop over for drinks and a bite to eat. The holiday season, should be just that a holiday, but it seems the never ending cooking, cleaning and hosting parties can mean that you get no rest at all.

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