Slowfood NI Food Connections Series ‘Learn to Make Pasta Together’ at The Narrows Social, Portaferry with Hendrik Denneymeyer a Chef and Organic Gardener.

This will take place on Saturday 29th November 2014, 10.30am – 3.30pm

Price – £ 60 for adult and youngster

Activities include:

• 1 day’s tuition with a professional chef

• Coffee and fresh made Italian sweets to start your day,

• Pasta Lunch with Wine

• All ingredient’s supplied to include Italian and Doves Farm pasta flour

• Recipes from the day.

Learn the basics of pasta making, shaping and cooking. Learn to make pasta dough from scratch, how to use natural ingredients to dye the pasta dough, how to use a pasta machine, how to shape pasta, how to make ravioli and how to make basic pasta sauces. Participants will enjoy the different types of pasta for lunch and try different sauces with seasonal toppings. Hendrik Dennemeyer is a freelance chef based in Belfast. Inspired by cooking seasonal food, he worked for Root & Branch Organic developing street food and quality organic food for events such as Gig in A Park and Culture Nights. Hendrik was recently guest chef cooking for a Schumacher course in Fermanagh.

Check out Hendriks Facebook Site Blog…..’TheCoolKitchen and More’

Contact Celia Spouncer Slowfood Northern Ireland Convivum Leader to book a place on:

8-10 Shore Road, Portaferry BT22 1JY

Mobile 07725646333

Email celia@spouncer.com

Mary’s Bar will be hosting a Farm to Fork Gourmet Evening, showing their prime local beef.

Experience the Five Course Cordon Bleu Menu.

There will be entertainment throughout the night:

Drinks Reception, 7.30pm

Gourmet Meal, 8pm sharp

Finish with a glass of Hennessy fine de Cognac

Dance the night away to The Untouchables

The Old Post Office, Lisbane is holding an Annual Craft Fair next Friday 21st November from 5.30pm – 9.30pm. There will be Craft Stalls selling great items for Christmas gifts.

The coffee shop will also be open, so why not treat yourself to a tempting tray bake or dessert.

As it is The Old Post Office’s 10th Birthday this year they are also offering 10% off all purchases on the night in the Gift Shop.

Hope to see you next Friday night.

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.”