The ever-popular Canteen Jazz Supper Club  returns for a Christmas outing on Saturday 27 December.

The Riveria Swing Trio will entertain with their eclectic mix of swing, jazz and popular standards to provide an atmospheric backdrop.

The Jazz Supper kicks off at 7pm with a 2 course supper – main and dessert with a glass of wine and live entertainment from 7.30pm-10pm. Tickets are £20 and can be booked by ringing 028 9023 5053 or by visiting http://www.themaclive.com/food-and-drink/jazz-supper-club-2014

Christmas at Canteen

Taste of Christmas – Saturday 29 November

Canteen kick-starts its Christmas season with a day of food and drink events.

All events can be booked through box office at themaclive.com

Coffee Masterclass 10am – 12.30pm

Tickets £10pp

Children’s Nutritional Workshop 1.30pm

Wine Tasting 3pm

Tickets £10pp

Cocktail Masterclass 5pm

Jazz Supper with Keith Mc Veigh Jazz Trio 7pm

Tickets £20pp

Christmas at Canteen

Experience Christmas with a difference at Canteen at the MAC.

Catch up with friends, spend time with family or throw that seasonal staff party.

• 3 course lunch £20
• 3 course dinner £25

…and if you organise a group of 12 or more you eat free!

Check out Christmas Party Nights on Dec 5^th, 6^th 12^th 13^th, 19^th & 20^th with live entertainment from 9pm with DJ’s Roger & Claire.

Why not camp up your Christmas by opting for our dinner and a show Pony Panto Christmas Combo.

View everything Christmas, including our menu here

Mash Direct were honoured this week to be highly commended in the Telegraph Festival of Business SME of the Year Awards, run in partnership with FedEx.

The Telegraph Festival of Business is a celebration of Britain’s small and medium sized businesses, honouring the successes and innovations of the nation’s most ambitious Companies. The competition was judged by a panel of well known and respected business minds including singer and successful business woman Myleene Klass, Festival of Business Editor Rachel Bridge and FedEx’s Vice President for UK and Ireland Trevor Hoyle.

Jack Hamilton, a Director at Mash Direct commented; “It is a huge honour for all of us at Mash Direct to be highly commended in these prestigious awards. 2014 has been a whirlwind year of exciting developments for Mash Direct with new contracts secured in Dubai and national listings with Asda. We are very much looking forward to what the future has in store for us, particularly with the completion of our brand new 25,000 square foot factory extension which will enable us to double our current production capacity. Mash Direct is a dynamic business built on innovation and development and the last 10 years have been a wonderful journey for all of us, so to be highly commended by the Telegraph Festival of Business is really the cherry on top.”

Five more traders will be joining Comber Farmers’ Market on Thursday 6 November bringing the number of artisan food stalls at the monthly  market to twenty five. Tom and Olly will be selling a wide variety of cheeses; The Old Post Office from Lisbane will be bringing along a selection of their amazing traybakes, meringues and cakes; Sticky Toffee Puddings (including a gluten free range); Harnett’s Oils; and NearyNogs, an artisan chocolate maker has prepared a limited edition especially for the market which includes Pecan Pie Chocolate Truffle and a Pumpkin Nut Butter Fudge.

Alderman Deborah Girvan, one of the market organisers, said, “Since it started in July 2014, Comber Farmers’ Market has gone from strength to strength. Every week I am contacted by someone who wants to take a stall at the market as they have heard that it is one of the best markets around. Unfortunately we can’t take everybody who wants a stand as we need to maintain the individuality, quality and variety of the artisan food products. We are delighted to welcome the new traders to the market and would like to thank the good people of Comber and beyond who are continuing to support the market and make it such a success.”

Cookery demonstrations will also be taking place at Comber Farmers’ Market on Thursday 6 November 2014. First up at 9.30am will be David Smith from McBride’s on the Square. He will be followed at 10.30am by Aimee Beimers from Keen Nutrition who will be making almond satay sauce. Colin McCreedy of La Mon Hotel will be cooking at 11.30am and at 12.30pm, Kelan McMichael from the Poacher’s Pocket in Lisbane will be demonstrating a selection of Christmas Treats.