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Y O U R L O C A L L U X U R Y L I F E S T Y L E M A G A Z I N E<br />
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Welcome to <strong>J’AIME</strong><br />
Here at <strong>J’AIME</strong> HQ we’re preparing to celebrate the<br />
most wonderful time of the year in style, ready to indulge<br />
in all of those festive treats which we, along with most of<br />
the world, missed out on last time around.<br />
The spectacular panto season is back in full swing, and<br />
we catch up with the cast of the Lichfield Garrick’s<br />
All New Peter Pan for a sneaky look at what they have<br />
in store, while Byron Lewis from Lichfield Garden<br />
Centre shares his top tips for getting the most out of<br />
your Christmas tree, and Staffordshire sommelier<br />
extraordinaire Bert Blaize shares some delicious ideas for<br />
festive food and drinks pairings.<br />
Our Shop Local gift guide is back with some more<br />
fabulous ideas from local retailers and companies, while<br />
our resident beauty expert Deborah Mitchell showcases<br />
some pampering treats. And we can finally get our festive<br />
gladrags back on for party season, so we round up some<br />
sparkling buys to ensure you’re the belle of the ball for<br />
every Christmas event.<br />
Elsewhere, we chat to the team behind Lichfield’s Repair<br />
and Share Cafe about their mission to encourage people<br />
to repair and reuse rather than replace, and we have a<br />
fantastic competition for all those dog-lovers out there,<br />
with a bundle of goodies for your four-legged friend up<br />
for grabs.<br />
It wouldn’t be the festive season without some foodie<br />
treats, and we’ve got a couple of corkers. Two-time<br />
Michelin starred chef Niall Keating talks to us about<br />
his new Staffordshire venture, while we take a look at<br />
one of Lichfield’s most exciting culinary experiences at<br />
Dubberley Delicious.<br />
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From all of us here at <strong>J’AIME</strong>, we hope you enjoy the<br />
merriest of Christmases, and have a Happy New Year.<br />
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support, and we’ll see you in 2022!<br />
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InsideJ’aime this month...<br />
6 Lichfield Garrick - Panto returns to Lichfield<br />
with the fantastic Peter Pan<br />
10 Repair and Share Cafe - The Lichfield group<br />
aiming to reduce waste by repairing and<br />
reusing<br />
14 Richard Winterton - A final flourish for <strong>2021</strong><br />
15 Competition - Win a doggy accessories bundle<br />
from Love Nala<br />
18 Property - Property of the month<br />
20 Property - A new award for Chosen Home<br />
22 Christmas - Shop Local gift guide<br />
26 Christmas - Panto round-up<br />
30 Christmas - Tree tips from Lichfield Garden<br />
Centre<br />
32 Food and drink - Michelin starred chef Niall<br />
Keating’s new Staffordshire venture<br />
36 Food and drink - Reviewing Dubberley<br />
Delicious, Lichfield<br />
38 Food and drink - A winter warmer from The Red<br />
Lion at Bradley<br />
40 Food and drink - Festive food and wine pairings<br />
with Bert Blaize<br />
44 Interiors - Stylish festive dining<br />
48 Interiors - Go green with envy<br />
54 Travel - Travel latest with RB Collection<br />
58 What’s On - Events around the Midlands this<br />
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60 Fashion - Festively fabulous<br />
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F E AT U R E<br />
Panto is back, oh yes it is!<br />
IT’S TIME FOR THE DOORS TO OPEN, SEATS TO BE TAKEN, CURTAINS TO BE PARTED, STAGE LIGHTS TO<br />
GO ON, THE SHOW MUST GO ON AS PANTO IS BACK! JAZZ SHERGILL CAUGHT UP WITH THE CAST OF<br />
THE ALL NEW ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN AT LICHFIELD GARRICK THEATRE<br />
MARCUS BILLANY AS PETER PAN, DAVID MCKECHNIE<br />
AS CAPTAIN HOOK AND SAM RABONE AS MRS SMEE<br />
After a whirlwind of a year during the COVID-19<br />
pandemic, panto is finally back. Lichfield Garrick<br />
Theatre has opened its stage doors and this year’s<br />
wonderful performance is all about the boy who<br />
wouldn’t grow up, All-New Adventures of Peter Pan.<br />
The Lichfield Garrick Theatre has come together<br />
with Paul Hendy and Evolution Productions to<br />
bring audiences a great festive treat with this year’s<br />
full-scale pantomime. After not being able to put on<br />
shows for over a year, they will be going all out for<br />
this special time.<br />
As many other industries, the theatre world took<br />
a great hit due to the pandemic and the cast are<br />
excited more than ever, to get back on stage and put<br />
on a spectacular performance for their audience.<br />
The talented Marcus Billany is playing the part of<br />
Peter and he’s familiar with this role, having stood in<br />
for Strictly Come Dancing’s AJ Pritchard during his<br />
show two years ago.<br />
Marcus is looking forward to putting on a<br />
performance and Peter Pan wouldn’t be Peter Pan if<br />
there was no flying involved, right?<br />
“It’s been so long since I’ve been able to perform<br />
on stage, so it’s just great to get back and I’ll also be<br />
flying during the show, I was scared at first when I<br />
had to do it before but then eventually got used to it<br />
and I’m excited to get back into it,” he says.<br />
Sam Rabone, a familiar face to Lichfield panto<br />
audiences, is back for his sixth year at the Garrick<br />
as he stars as Mrs Smee. That’s as well as being the<br />
show’s director for the fourth year.<br />
“It’s my first time doing Peter Pan, so I’m very<br />
excited because it’s brilliant for both boys and girls to<br />
enjoy,” says Sam.<br />
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“You have Cinderella and Sleeping<br />
Beauty which are very female-lead<br />
but Peter Pan has got both a good<br />
strong male and female lead. It’s a<br />
bit different to the other ones; it’s<br />
not a traditional panto but there are<br />
great panto elements in there so it’s a<br />
really nice story to get your teeth into<br />
because everybody wants to be like one<br />
of the lost boys or Peter Pan, you want<br />
to be able to fly, everybody wants to be<br />
able to learn how to fly and we will be<br />
flying here so be ready to see Peter Pan<br />
take off.”.<br />
He added: “It’s a new show, it’s not the<br />
traditional Peter Pan. We have gone<br />
a little off-piste, it’s in the future so we are looking<br />
forward to giving you a bit of a new take on it.”<br />
David McKechnie is playing the unforgettable Hook<br />
and it seems he’s most looking forward to crocodiles<br />
- very fitting for his character.<br />
“I’m thrilled to be dressed as a pirate again, I wasn’t<br />
able to do pantomime last year of course because of<br />
what was happening, it was so sad because I love it,<br />
it’s my favourite time of year,” says David. “It’s so<br />
much fun and it’s a lovely way to end the year, so it’s<br />
great to be back and I’m really looking forward to<br />
it… I’m counting the days!”<br />
He added “I really like crocodiles, I’ve always liked<br />
them and if there’s one thing I love more than a<br />
crocodile, it’s a pantomime crocodile, so I can’t wait<br />
to see him! For Captain Cook it’s all about when he<br />
first gets to meet the crocodile, I’m getting excited<br />
thinking about it!”<br />
All-New Adventures of Peter Pan is set to be a<br />
dazzling show, with a wonderful cast, out-of-this<br />
TICKETS ARE BEING SNAPPED UP SO<br />
GET YOURS BOOKED NOW<br />
PANTO IS RETURNING TO THE<br />
LICHFIELD GARRICK STAGE THIS<br />
MONTH<br />
world costumes and, of course, extra laughs to be<br />
enjoyed by all the family.<br />
After missing out on theatre due to lockdown, it’s<br />
fair to say there may be some wobbly knees before<br />
the curtain opens but the cast just want to be able<br />
to feel the buzz of energy and happiness during the<br />
Christmas season more than ever.<br />
“It’s been so long you kind of forget what it’s like<br />
to be on stage and as soon you are on stage there<br />
is nothing better and it all comes back, the nerves<br />
go away and what I’m looking forward to most is<br />
the smiles on the kids’ faces, they’re coming on an<br />
adventure with us and there is nothing better than<br />
that the smiles and cries of laughter, screams and it’s<br />
amazing!” said Marcus.<br />
“There’s always jitters before walking on to the stage,<br />
you feel it in your stomach, this nervous feeling and<br />
as soon as you get on it becomes this energy that<br />
you’re able to use for the performance. It really<br />
is a great spectacle, Evolution productions are an<br />
excellent production company, they’re doing the set,<br />
costumes and lighting etc. so it’s<br />
a really big show, it’s going to be<br />
a lot of fun and you can expect a<br />
lot of laughs and of course some<br />
good old-fashioned musical gags,<br />
you know those really corny old<br />
jokes that everyone loves.” says<br />
David.<br />
The fun of Peter Pan tied in<br />
with Christmas will be a magical<br />
event, centred around joy,<br />
happiness and giggles. If there’s<br />
one thing that the cast all have<br />
in common, it’s the love to bring<br />
light and laughter to everyone<br />
at the show. Sam Rabone says<br />
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there’s no other show where this happens, and he<br />
can’t wait to give a warm welcome to the city of<br />
Lichfield.<br />
“The most important thing is laughter, if you<br />
don’t laugh you can stay at home, but we just want<br />
laughter in the room that’s why we do it,” he says.<br />
“Panto can be a long few weeks, we are working<br />
doing two shows a day, if you go to West End they<br />
won’t do this many shows so it’s a very intense<br />
month-and-a-half. It’s also over the holiday period<br />
where people would normally be spending time with<br />
their families but we choose to do this and entertain<br />
families because there’s no better thing at Christmas<br />
than hearing a room full of laughter so it’s great<br />
when you get the family together.<br />
“And panto is brilliant because a grandma will be<br />
laughing at something similar to the grandchildren,<br />
and there’s no other show where that happens.”<br />
Getting back to life pre-Covid times may feel a little<br />
unusual but we are getting there slowly and it’s<br />
the small things that we have learnt to appreciate.<br />
Whether that be, going for walks, seeing friends and<br />
family, going to eat at a restaurant, even returning to<br />
work and simply putting passion into everything you<br />
do – giving it your all, just like the production team<br />
and cast of the wonderful Peter Pan.<br />
“I’m looking forward to working with people again;<br />
it’s going to be so nice to have creative people in the<br />
same room and choreographers, lighting technicians,<br />
musicians, actors as well,” says Sam.<br />
“Although I direct the production it’s nice to have<br />
actors’ input as well because everybody is different,<br />
and you want to be able to bring peoples’ own<br />
personality to the role.<br />
“I can’t wait! It’s been too long since we’ve done this,<br />
it’s nearly 18 months for most of us and nothing is<br />
the same as panto or as theatre so the thought of<br />
being able to just walk back and cry those lovely<br />
words of ‘Hello Lichfield’ will be beautiful.”<br />
This showstopper of a performance is not to be<br />
missed and can be enjoyed by all of the family at<br />
such a beautiful time of year, so take the time to<br />
relax, sit back and laugh your way into the new year.<br />
After all, as Captain Hook himself says, “It’s<br />
magical, unmissable and joyous”.<br />
The All New Adventures of Peter Pan will<br />
be on at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre from<br />
November 25 to January 22, 2022. For tickets<br />
visit www.lichfieldgarrick.com or call the<br />
box office on 01543 412121.<br />
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F E AT U R E<br />
Repair and share alike<br />
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE LOCAL GROUPS AIMING TO HELP US REDUCE UNNECESSARY WASTE<br />
AND REPAIR, REUSE AND RECYCLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN? KATY EDGINGTON FINDS OUT MORE<br />
With the eyes of the world on the UK<br />
last month as world leaders and activists<br />
gathered in Glasgow for the UN Climate<br />
Change Conference (COP26), there’s<br />
never been a more important time for us<br />
all to do our bit for the environment.<br />
We all know the three Rs - reduce,<br />
reuse, recycle - that can help us be more<br />
environmentally friendly: reducing what<br />
we buy and use, reusing what we have or<br />
passing it on to someone else who can use<br />
it, and recycling our waste where possible.<br />
A vital step in that chain is repairing<br />
objects that are faulty or damaged, so<br />
there’s no need to replace them and they<br />
can be used again.<br />
That’s all very well, but not everyone is<br />
comfortable getting out the toolkit and taking a<br />
screwdriver to their vacuum cleaner or threading up<br />
a needle to stitch a ripped seam.<br />
That’s where repair cafés come in. This worldwide<br />
phenomenon is said to have started in the late 2000s<br />
in the Netherlands and since then repair cafés have<br />
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GETS A NEW LEASE OF LIFE<br />
THE CAFE IS OPEN ONCE A MONTH<br />
sprung up across continents.<br />
Pam Beale is the driving force behind Lichfield<br />
Repair and Share Café. Set up around three years<br />
ago, it started off under the direction of Kate Gomez<br />
of the popular local history blog Lichfield Lore,<br />
but Pam is now responsible for all the organising<br />
and promoting the monthly café at Curborough<br />
Community Centre.<br />
Lichfield Repair and Share Café is a group of<br />
likeminded people operating under the umbrella<br />
of Transition Lichfield, an organisation that brings<br />
together different elements of the community to<br />
support the local economy and for the good of each<br />
member group. So, how does it work?<br />
The Café’s drop-in sessions are open to all visitors<br />
who can bring an item or items for repair.<br />
There are currently around 12 repairers who are<br />
part of the group, all of whom volunteer their time,<br />
so skills will vary depending on who’s available for<br />
each session.<br />
“We have around six people who can do odd jobs<br />
and repair electricals, a few sewers and crafters who<br />
can do repairs, and someone whose expertise is<br />
marquetry and carpentry who also sharpens tools,”<br />
explains Pam.<br />
“We try to skillshare so that people can learn from<br />
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others how to mend things or learn<br />
a craft. It could be crochet, or how<br />
to darn your socks, or how to wire a<br />
lamp. We open the doors from 2pm<br />
until 5pm and people show up with<br />
things - there’s no need to book in.<br />
And we serve refreshments when we<br />
can, too - that’s where the café part<br />
comes in.”<br />
There are no restrictions on the<br />
items you can bring along, so if in<br />
doubt, bring it in. If the volunteers<br />
think your item is beyond repair<br />
they will always say so. People have<br />
brought in all sorts of objects over<br />
the last three years.<br />
“We’ve had a few old clocks that<br />
people really value, but mostly it’s kettles, hairdryers<br />
and other electricals,” says Pam. “We’ve had vacuum<br />
cleaners, lawnmowers, a pushchair where the brake<br />
was getting stuck. A few laptops and tablets. Our<br />
repairers are sensible people and if you want some<br />
advice as to whether to fix something or take it to the<br />
recycling centre, we can do that type of check.”<br />
This really important service is provided free of<br />
charge, but you can make donations in exchange<br />
for repairs which are put back into the Café to pay<br />
for room hire, refreshments and so on. Pam believes<br />
repeating, sharing and living by the ‘repair and reuse’<br />
mantra is critical if we are to stop replacing goods<br />
unnecessarily and reduce our waste problem.<br />
“We’re living in a throwaway age when people just<br />
get rid and get another if something isn’t working,”<br />
she says. “That attitude needs to change - we all<br />
know that. When we can repair an item for someone<br />
that they thought was broken, it’s a great joy when<br />
they can take it home and they don’t need to buy<br />
another one.”<br />
Most of us, when we take broken or obsolete items<br />
to the recycling centre, think we’re taking it there to<br />
be dealt with properly and recycled. Some of it is,<br />
but by no means all. Electrical recycling waste is a<br />
massive problem. Pam thinks manufacturers should<br />
be playing a bigger role in preventing items ending<br />
up in the recycling centre at all, by making spare<br />
parts available or taking items back for repair.<br />
“Manufacturers do pay into a central fund that’s<br />
used by local authorities to recycle electrical waste,<br />
but that’s the wrong way around,” she insists. “There<br />
is Right to Repair legislation coming in, which will<br />
mean for certain new products the manufacturer<br />
has to have affordable spares available, but it’s very<br />
LICHFIELD REPAIR AND SHARE<br />
CAFE CAN BRING BROKEN<br />
GOODS BACK TO LIFE<br />
limited. They have got to make things last longer.”<br />
Lichfield Repair and Share Café takes place on the<br />
third Saturday of every month (except December<br />
and August) at Curborough, but Pam and the other<br />
volunteers are always looking for ways to get the<br />
message out and reach more people. They hosted<br />
a pop-up in The Nest space in Lichfield city centre,<br />
organised by Nurture Network in the former Marks<br />
and Spencer. They’ve done repair sessions at the<br />
Methodist church’s eco-festival in September as<br />
part of The Great Big Green Week, and at the Fuse<br />
Festival.<br />
There’s also a new repair and share café that recently<br />
started up in Burntwood. Local councillor Sue<br />
Woodward was instrumental in getting it set up and a<br />
few repairers who live locally offered their help. The<br />
first session took place in early December.<br />
They have looked into creating a ‘Library of<br />
Things’, where members borrow useful items without<br />
having to buy their own, but that’s still a little beyond<br />
reach for now. However, Pam recommends the food<br />
sharing app Olio, which has a borrow section for<br />
other items, and Streetbank, another app where you<br />
can share items with the community. So if you’ve got<br />
a pressure washer, for example, and you’re happy to<br />
loan it out you can do it that way.<br />
The next Repair and Share Café at Curborough<br />
Community Centre will take place between 2-5pm<br />
on January 15, 2022. Follow Lichfield Repair<br />
& Share Café on Facebook, @lichrepaircafe<br />
on Instagram or @lichfieldshare on Twitter for<br />
updates.<br />
If you or someone you know has repair skills you’re<br />
happy to volunteer, you can get in touch with Pam<br />
and the team on lichfieldshare@gmail.com.<br />
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A preloved Christmas<br />
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but it<br />
can also be the most wasteful. As luck would<br />
have it, The ReUsers have a more eco-friendly<br />
way for you to shop this Christmas as well as<br />
accepting donations in the aftermath, when you<br />
inevitably find you’ve been gifted two of the<br />
same thing or need to make space for the kids’<br />
new toys.<br />
Conveniently sited on the same road as Sutton<br />
Coldfield Household Recycling Centre, The<br />
ReUsers save around 250 tonnes of ‘waste’<br />
from landfill every year by rescuing, restoring<br />
and recycling secondhand items, in partnership<br />
with Birmingham City Council and Veolia<br />
Environmental Services.<br />
Their huge Christmas shop was officially opened<br />
by the Mayor of Sutton Coldfield, Councillor<br />
Terry Wood, on November 8. They have<br />
thousands of new and preloved Christmas items<br />
for you to browse, from wreaths, ornaments,<br />
tinsel, trees and vintage baubles, to Santa hats,<br />
Christmas jumpers, CDs, books, gift bags and<br />
wrapping paper. Each year the shop is gaining in<br />
popularity, and already by January the team will<br />
be preparing for next Christmas.<br />
If you’re looking for a more environmentally<br />
friendly gifting option this year, The ReUsers’<br />
site is the perfect place to find hidden treasures<br />
that others don’t want but are too good to throw<br />
away. It has different departments including<br />
antiques, bikes, electricals, furniture, garden and<br />
sports, with all items cleaned and tested before<br />
being sold. They also run an eBay shop where<br />
you can view and purchase some of the more<br />
unusual items from the comfort of your sofa.<br />
It’s not just a great environmental cause you’re<br />
supporting when you visit. The ReUsers is<br />
a social enterprise - part of the JERICHO<br />
organisation - which aims to break barriers and<br />
change lives by creating jobs, work experience<br />
places, and training opportunities.<br />
You can also show your support by donating<br />
unwanted goods. The donations station operates<br />
on an appointment basis during regular opening<br />
hours. A flood of donations of all shapes and<br />
sizes, new and preloved, since the start of the<br />
pandemic has meant that in <strong>2021</strong> the team<br />
were able to extend their bookshop, and open<br />
a clothes shop – modern and vintage – and a<br />
haberdashery.<br />
Find out more at www.thereusers.uk, or drop<br />
into the shop Monday to Saturday between 9am<br />
and 4pm.<br />
THE REUSERS<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
SHOP IN SUTTON<br />
COLDFIELD<br />
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F E AT U R E<br />
Going out with a bang<br />
LICHFIELD AUCTIONEER RICHARD WINTERTON BROUGHT THE HAMMER DOWN ON <strong>2021</strong> WITH A SUCCESSFUL<br />
FINE ART SALE WHICH SAW PLENTIFUL BIDDING FROM BUYERS WORLDWIDE ON AN ARRAY OF EXCITING LOTS<br />
Lichfield’s auctioneer has finished the year on a high<br />
with a Winter Fine Arts sale packed with luxury items.<br />
From antique oil paintings and modern works of art<br />
to fine ceramics and a cellarful of wine and whisky,<br />
bidders from all over the world joined The Lichfield<br />
Auction Centre online and over the telephone.<br />
Appropriately enough for a sale of such high calibre,<br />
one of the highlights was a handsome antique Tranter<br />
revolver.<br />
The 54 bore percussion pistol, a rare third model<br />
from around 1860, was in fine condition retaining<br />
virtually all its original finish and came in its original<br />
mahogany case with a full set of accessories.<br />
After an intense bidding battle, the revolver finally<br />
sold to a bidder on the internet for £4,000.<br />
Also in the antique guns section, Colt and Remington<br />
models from the 1850s each sold for £1,100 and<br />
a Harvey’s patent 1st model revolver – very few of<br />
which are known to exist – made £950.<br />
Lots of energy conveyed in the Royal Doulton<br />
prototype by Stanley Thorogood of Joan Of Arc on<br />
horseback, signed and dated 1919, was marvellously<br />
mirrored as bids flew in online, in the room and<br />
on the phone, charging to a final hammer price of<br />
£3,200.<br />
A Della Robbia Pottery slender bottle vase made<br />
£1,400, two handbuilt live steam models totalled<br />
£2,700 and a 1950s Heuer chronograph sold at<br />
£1,200.<br />
It was a great day for paintings too, with ‘Native Air’,<br />
a 91cm-square colourful abstract landscape by David<br />
THE THIRD MODEL TRANTER<br />
REVOLVER CIRCA 1860 WHICH<br />
SOLD FOR £4,000<br />
Prentice selling<br />
for £2,000 to<br />
a telephone<br />
bidder and<br />
‘The Gateway,<br />
Tunis’ by Sir<br />
Hubert von<br />
Herkomer<br />
taking £2,300.<br />
There was<br />
also a flurry<br />
of bids for an<br />
early Victorian<br />
‘NATIVE AIR’ BY<br />
DAVID PRENTICE<br />
WENT UNDER THE<br />
HAMMER FOR<br />
£2,000<br />
painting by George Jackson, finally knocked down for<br />
£1,350.<br />
Furnishings under the hammer included a pair of<br />
Regency window seats, selling at £1,500, a tree of life<br />
silk rug, sold for £1,300, and a Victorian breakfront<br />
credenza, which made £1,000.<br />
With international interest from America and<br />
Ireland, an eclectic archive of Dublin’s Abbey<br />
Theatre achieved a total hammer price of £1,080<br />
and everyone said a special ‘cheers’ to the wines and<br />
whisky section, which served up a record 100 per cent<br />
selling rate!<br />
Free quotations for house clearances, probate services<br />
and in-person valuations of any item at The Lichfield<br />
Auction Centre, Wood End Lane, Fradley Park, can<br />
be booked on 01543 251081 or by email to<br />
office@richardwinterton.co.uk.<br />
Free valuations for pictures, ceramics, watches,<br />
jewellery and collectables of all types can also be<br />
booked at the new Tamworth saleroom at 34-35<br />
Church Street – telephone 01827 217746 or email<br />
tamworth@richardwinterton.co.uk.<br />
Home visits for bulky items or large collections<br />
and appointments to view pre-sale are available to<br />
arrange, too.<br />
Online catalogues can be viewed via<br />
www.richardwinterton.co.uk/auction-dates.<br />
The family firm breaks up for Christmas on<br />
December 22, returning on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.<br />
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CO M P E T I T I O N<br />
Win a doggy essentials bundle<br />
A FURRY NEW ADDITION INSPIRED A NEW BUSINESS FOR STAFFORDSHIRE COUPLE EMILY AND<br />
PAUL SALISBURY - AND YOU COULD WIN SOME OF THE FANTASTIC DOGGY GOODIES<br />
Bringing home their beautiful cockapoo puppy Nala was<br />
a life-changing moment for Staffordshire couple Emily<br />
and Paul Salisbury.<br />
Their gorgeous fur baby became the inspiration for their<br />
new business, Love Nala, offering stylish doggy essentials<br />
with safety at the forefront.<br />
With harnesses, collars and leads available in a variety of<br />
stylish designs suitable for all breeds, shapes and sizes -<br />
including, of course, puppies - Love Nala is the home of<br />
dog-walking apparel.<br />
Emily says: “Before we go any further, I’ll let you into a<br />
little secret. I never wanted a dog! I know. I must have<br />
been one of those weird people! However, my sister and<br />
fiancé had their cockapoo called George in November<br />
2019 and we fell in love with him! When we heard<br />
the breeder, with the same doggy parents, was having<br />
another litter the year after, it was a no-brainer.<br />
“We collected our little fluff ball on September 15,<br />
2020, and everything changed! Our world quite literally<br />
revolves around her - as I am sure most of you can relate.<br />
“This is where the business inspiration came from…<br />
Nala.”<br />
Emily adds: “Our aim is to provide you with the next<br />
generation of stylish, luxury ‘Pupparel’, with safety being<br />
a key point. We want to offer you simplistic essentials, but<br />
with a twist.<br />
“The products we offer are quite literally your<br />
companions’ essentials, and vital products you need to<br />
rely on daily. After all, these pups just love ‘walkies’.”<br />
Love Nala’s first collection is inspired by nature, featuring<br />
designs including Fire, Earth, Sky and Water. To<br />
complement the range, Love Nala also stocks a variety of<br />
natural doggy treats - as well as matching hoodies so you<br />
can twin with your pet.<br />
For more details visit www.lovenala.co.uk or find<br />
Love Nala on facebook and Instagram.<br />
Competition!<br />
<strong>J’AIME</strong> has teamed up with Love Nala<br />
to offer readers the chance to win a Love<br />
Nala dog walking bundle set, including Dog<br />
Harness, Dog Collar, Dog Lead, and Poop<br />
Bag Holder, worth £50. The prize is available<br />
in the print and size of your choice, from the<br />
selection shown on the Love Nala website,<br />
subject to availability.<br />
For your chance to win, simply<br />
answer the following question:<br />
What breed is inspirational puppy Nala?<br />
Send your answer, along with your name,<br />
address and telephone number, by email<br />
to competitions@jaimemagazine.com with<br />
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Entries must be received by 5pm on Friday,<br />
December 31. Terms and conditions apply.<br />
Visit www.jaimemagazine.com for further<br />
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P R O P E RTY<br />
Property of the Month<br />
EACH MONTH WE SHOWCASE ONE OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS PROPERTIES<br />
CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET IN THE MIDLANDS. THIS MONTH’S SELECTION IS A<br />
STUNNING SIX-BEDROOM DETACHED FARMHOUSE, SET ON AN IDYLLIC PLOT IN A<br />
SEMI-RURAL LOCATION NEAR TAMWORTH<br />
The Old Farmhouse, New Road, Shuttington, Tamworth: £1,995,000<br />
On the market with Aston Knowles: 0121 362 7878<br />
THE AGENT SAYS: Situated on a truly beautiful plot,<br />
on a peaceful country road, The Old Farmhouse has been<br />
lovingly transformed into a contemporary family home.<br />
The reception hallway is an inviting space which extends<br />
throughout the length of the ground floor and incorporates<br />
multiple stairwells to the upper and lower floors as well as a<br />
spiral staircase, two guest cloakrooms and a storage room.<br />
The main kitchen/breakfast/family room is a<br />
contemporary extended addition to this traditional<br />
property. Finished to an exceptional standard, the<br />
Poggenpohl kitchen features ample wall and floor cabinets,<br />
extensive granite countertops thanks to its large kitchen<br />
island with breakfast bar and integrated induction hob.<br />
The spacious family portion of the room features a vaulted<br />
ceiling with skylights, windows to three aspects offering<br />
scenic views to the garden, two sets of French doors lead<br />
outside and a wood burning fireplace completes the room.<br />
The cellar has been converted into a fantastic space<br />
featuring a bar/wine cellar and games room offering the<br />
versatility to be used as a home office or gym.<br />
To the first floor the principal bedroom benefits from a bay<br />
window, large feature fireplace and an en-suite bathroom<br />
with walk in shower. Bedroom two has an en-suite<br />
bathroom with walk-in shower, and there are three further<br />
bedrooms.<br />
The second-floor bedroom has a feature fireplace, Juliette<br />
balcony, fitted wardrobes with sliding doors and an en-suite<br />
bathroom with bathtub with shower over.<br />
The stunning grounds of this property really need to<br />
be seen to appreciate their scale, design, and versatility.<br />
Several walled Baroque gardens, lawned areas with<br />
established trees and plants, as well as large patio areas<br />
all combine to make an interesting and beautiful outdoor<br />
space.<br />
W E L O V E : T H E S T UNN ING G ARDE NS AND<br />
G ARDE N H O US E S<br />
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WE WISH YOU A<br />
MERRY<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
Wishing all of our clients a very<br />
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.<br />
Selling or letting your property?<br />
Register for our off market page,<br />
property alerts for 2022 or<br />
for a free appraisal of<br />
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P R O P E RTY<br />
Shaking up the<br />
property market<br />
MIDLANDS ESTATE AGENCY CHOSEN HOME WAS NAMED DISRUPTORS OF<br />
THE YEAR AT THE PRESTIGIOUS WEST MIDLANDS BUSINESS MASTERS AWARD<br />
The team at Midlandsbased<br />
estate agency Chosen<br />
Home are celebrating<br />
after scooping yet another<br />
prestigious award.<br />
The team picked up<br />
the Disruptor Of The<br />
Year Award at the West<br />
Midlands Business Masters;<br />
the annual leadership<br />
awards held by news<br />
site The Businessdesk.<br />
com recognising the<br />
achievements of new and<br />
established companies<br />
across the region.<br />
Nicki Ash, director, said:<br />
“We are absolutely thrilled<br />
with our latest accolade.<br />
The Business Masters has<br />
been running for some years now, recognising the<br />
achievements of a diverse range of companies and<br />
organisations across the region, and we wanted to be<br />
in the running.<br />
“When we saw that one of the categories was<br />
‘Disruptor of the Year’, we knew we had to nominate<br />
ourselves as that is exactly what we set out to do when<br />
we launched last September; disrupt the marketplace,<br />
shake up the sector and change the way people buy<br />
and sell houses for the better.<br />
“We were delighted when we were shortlisted, and<br />
when our name was called out at the ceremony<br />
at the MacDonald Burlington In Birmingham on<br />
November 11 we couldn’t have been happier. This<br />
has been a whirlwind 15 months for us, forming and<br />
developing Chosen Home, expanding the team and<br />
honing our model to place our clients at the centre of<br />
our business, and it was wonderful to have all of our<br />
efforts recognised.<br />
THE CHOSEN HOME TEAM RICHARD ASH,<br />
HANNAH DELANEY, NICKI ASH, DOM STOKES<br />
AND ROB SHOTTON CELEBRATE THEIR WIN<br />
“With the country having been subject to so many<br />
restrictions over that time, we’ve not really been<br />
able to enjoy a big night out as a team, and this<br />
was a brilliant event for us to both meet other<br />
businesses from the West Midlands and celebrate our<br />
achievements to date. Winning the award was the<br />
icing on the cake!” she added.<br />
Sam Metcalf, Editor of The Businessdesk.com, said:<br />
“Many congratulations to everyone at Chosen Home<br />
on their triumph at our West Midlands Masters<br />
Awards. The company should be very proud of<br />
pulling off victory against a very strong field, but our<br />
judging panel was unanimous in naming Chosen as<br />
the winner. I look forward to following the company’s<br />
success story during 2022.”<br />
Earlier this year Chosen Home, which presently<br />
operates in the Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham and<br />
Stourbridge areas, was presented with a gold accolade<br />
in the British Property Awards, which acknowledge<br />
outstanding service within the estate agency sector.<br />
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£265<br />
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Telephone: 01543 268393 - www.edenartandframing.co.uk. Opening hours: Wed - Sun 10.00am - 4.00pm
W H AT ’ S O N<br />
It’s panto season!<br />
THERE’S SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT A THEATRE PACKED WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES SHOUTING<br />
IN UNISON, SO AS WE PUT <strong>2021</strong> BEHIND US (NOT SORRY!) IT’S TIME TO GET IN THE PANTO SPIRIT<br />
WHAT: ALL-NEW ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN<br />
WHERE: LICHFIELD GARRICK THEATRE<br />
WHEN: NOVEMBER 25 TO JANUARY 2<br />
Don’t miss the swashbuckling spectacular, All New<br />
Adventures of Peter Pan, as it flies into the Lichfield<br />
Garrick for the <strong>2021</strong> festive season! The Garrick<br />
has once again joined forces with Paul Hendy and<br />
Evolution Productions to bring audiences a reAl<br />
festive treat with this year’s full-scale pantomime.<br />
Lichfield legend, Sam Rabone, is back in a frock for<br />
his sixth year at the Garrick as he stars as Mrs Smee,<br />
as well as once again steering the ship as the show’s<br />
director.<br />
All New Adventures of Peter Pan promises to be a<br />
dazzling show with a brilliant cast, larger-than-life<br />
costumes, and more laughs than you can shake your<br />
hook at! Tickets start from £13. For more details visit<br />
www.lichfieldgarrick.com<br />
CINDERELLA IS<br />
COMING TO SUTTON<br />
COLDFIELD<br />
THE GARRICK<br />
PROMISES PANTO FUN<br />
WITH PETER PAN<br />
WHAT: CINDERELLA<br />
WHERE: SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN HALL<br />
WHEN: <strong>DECEMBER</strong> 7 TO 24<br />
Welcome to Russia, the setting of Sutton Coldfield’s<br />
<strong>2021</strong> pantomime spectacular: Cinderella!<br />
Imagine a time of ice-cold winters with the snow<br />
laying deep on the frozen hard ground. Imagine a<br />
palace where the fountains spout icicles and Russian<br />
bears hibernate in the forests…<br />
Now imagine a draughty old country house with the<br />
only warmth from a sooty fireplace, and it’s your<br />
job to keep the fire burning! Out in all weathers<br />
collecting wood and sleeping in the cinders of the<br />
fireplace, because your wicked stepmother and your<br />
ugly stepsisters are too mean to let you sleep in a bed.<br />
That’s what happened to poor Cinderella and this<br />
is the story of how she dreamed of escape, of being<br />
warm and of meeting a handsome Prince who could<br />
save her from this miserable life.<br />
After the huge success of Aladdin in 2019, the<br />
Production Exchange comes back to the Town<br />
Hall with a great cast of actor musicians, beautiful<br />
scenery, stunning costumes and a talented young<br />
ensemble to perform the ultimate family classic.<br />
With support from the government’s Cultural<br />
Recovery Fund, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall is<br />
excited to welcome the cast and crew to the Royal<br />
Town for a limited run before Christmas and a<br />
thrilling return to traditional family entertainment.<br />
Tickets can be purchased online or over the<br />
telephone, priced from £17 per person. For more<br />
details visit www.suttoncoldfieldtownhall.com/<br />
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Check out what’s coming up this festive<br />
season at the newly refurbished<br />
Tamworth Assembly Rooms Theatre.<br />
Christmas Variety<br />
Show 28 & 30 Nov + 3 & 5 Dec<br />
Xmas with The Rat Pack<br />
& Marilyn Wednesday 1 Dec<br />
The Snow Queen -<br />
ballet Saturday 4 December<br />
Santa’s Best Ever<br />
Christmas<br />
The show where every child gets<br />
a present from Santa!<br />
Forbidden Nights<br />
The D-Day Darlings<br />
Wednesday<br />
Christmas<br />
8 December<br />
Sunday 19 December<br />
TAMWORTH ASSEMBLY ROOMS<br />
Santa's Best Ever<br />
Christmas Monday 13 Dec<br />
PARTY NIGHTS<br />
Get your glad rags on and be<br />
ready to party the night away...<br />
as Tamworth Assembly Rooms opens up its doors for<br />
a season of Christmas Party Night Extravaganzas this December!<br />
All nights include a meal, live themed entertainment, DJ and late bar.<br />
11th: Join Soul & Motown artists, Soul Junction. 16th: Bel-Air resident band: Goat<br />
On A Trolley. 17th: Born In The 80s. 18th: Dancing queen legends Bootleg ABBA.<br />
Box Office: 01827 709618 www.tamworthassemblyrooms.co.uk<br />
Corporation Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire. B79 7DN<br />
*Please note that these events were correct at time of print and are subject to government guidelines, please check our website for latest updates.
WHAT: GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS<br />
WHERE: BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME<br />
WHEN: <strong>DECEMBER</strong> 18 TO JANUARY 30<br />
Actor, singer and TV personality Jason Donovan<br />
makes his pantomime debut as The Evil Ringmaster<br />
in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at Birmingham<br />
Hippodrome this December, alongside long-time<br />
Birmingham panto favourite Matt Slack.<br />
Dame Betty Barnum and her daughter Goldilocks’<br />
circus is under threat from an evil rival circus owner<br />
and, with the help of their madcap circus friends,<br />
they’re battling to rescue their Big Top from ruin.<br />
Will they succeed? All seems lost, until three brilliant<br />
bears join the gang…<br />
Featuring sets and costumes direct from The London<br />
Palladium, Goldilocks and the Three Bears will be<br />
packed with riotous comedy, extraordinary special<br />
effects, hair-raising stunts and international circus<br />
acts. Roll up from December 18 to see panto join<br />
the circus, and be swept away by Birmingham<br />
Hippodrome’s must-see festive extravaganza, the<br />
panto that’s just right!<br />
Tickets start from £16. For more details visit<br />
www.birminghamhippodrome.com<br />
WHAT: THE SNOWMAN<br />
WHERE: BIRMINGHAM REP<br />
WHEN: JANUARY 6 TO 9<br />
When a young boy’s snowman comes to life on<br />
Christmas Eve, the two set off on a night-time quest<br />
for adventure. They meet Father Christmas, dancing<br />
penguins, reindeer and crowds of The Snowman’s<br />
friends, but will they escape evil Jack Frost and get<br />
back home for Christmas morning?<br />
The much loved festive classic is back on The Rep’s<br />
stage this January. Based on Raymond Brigg’s muchloved<br />
book and featuring Howard Blake’s classic song<br />
Walking In The Air, this enchanting live show has<br />
thrilled audiences throughout the world since first<br />
appearing on stagemore than 25 years ago, going on<br />
ENJOY THE MAGIC OF<br />
THE SNOWMAN<br />
JASON DONOVAN<br />
STARS IN GOLDILOCKS<br />
AND THE THREE BEARS<br />
AT THE BIRMINGHAM<br />
HIPPODROME<br />
to become the West End’s longest running Christmas<br />
show.<br />
An amazing 60 costumes are used in the show, and<br />
each one was handmade in The Rep’s wardrobe<br />
department. Each of the 11 Snowman costumes took<br />
one week to make, using more than 11 miles of white<br />
net!<br />
Tickets are available now priced from £16.50 per<br />
person. For more details visit<br />
www.birmingham-rep.co.uk<br />
WHAT: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK<br />
WHERE: OLD REP, BIRMINGHAM<br />
WHEN: JANUARY 13 TO 16<br />
Join The Old Rep for an evening of family fun as the<br />
award-winning Birmingham Youth Theatre brings<br />
the classic fairytale of Jack and the Beanstalk to life<br />
this coming January!<br />
Jack Trott is madly in love with Princess Jill but he’s<br />
just a poor farm boy with only a cow as his best<br />
friend. When things get tight for him and his family,<br />
Fairy Hiccup shows up to help Jack lay his hands on<br />
the Giant’s untold wealth, but not all is as it seems...<br />
Join us on this fantastical journey full of twists,<br />
surprises and plenty of magic!<br />
Tickets are priced at £14.95 or £16.95, with family<br />
tickets available at £60. For more details visit<br />
www.oldreptheatre.co.uk<br />
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C H R I S T M A S<br />
‘Tis the season<br />
CHOOSING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE IS NO EASY TASK, BUT BYRON LEWIS,<br />
FROM LICHFIELD GARDEN CENTRE, HAS SOME TOP TIPS FOR GETTING THE MOST<br />
OUT OF YOUR FESTIVE CENTREPIECE<br />
December is here already (where did the year go?!)<br />
and thoughts turn to Christmas - and Christmas<br />
trees in particular. These form the focal point of<br />
most living rooms, so here are a few tips if you are<br />
thinking of having a real Christmas tree this year.<br />
Choose your variety carefully; traditional Norway<br />
Spruce have a good shape and smell great, but they<br />
are really best suited to unheated rooms or outside<br />
porches, because central heating and warmth will<br />
cause their needles to drop.<br />
Nordmann Firs are by far the most popular tree<br />
today. These are soft to touch, easy to decorate<br />
(not too sharp!) and, best of all, have superb needle<br />
retention. They will still look good into the new year<br />
if looked after correctly. You may also see Fraser Firs<br />
offered at the garden centre. These also have good<br />
needle retention but are generally more compact,<br />
making them great for smaller rooms.<br />
Your tree will need a stand of some description,<br />
Attractive coloured metal stands with a reservoir are<br />
popular – the trunk of your tree will drop into the<br />
stand and can be bolted in position. Plastic buckets<br />
will do the same job, but you’ll need to add some<br />
weight either with stones or gravel and sand.<br />
If you buy a potted or pot-grown tree, these can be<br />
used year after year. Just remember if they are taken<br />
into a warm room for Christmas, they will need<br />
to get used to the outside temperatures again after<br />
Christmas. Put them in a garage or cold greenhouse<br />
for a few weeks.<br />
Last year the operation raised a record-breaking<br />
£60,000! See the St Giles Hospice website at<br />
www.stgileshospice.com for more details.<br />
Houseplants are always popular at Christmas,<br />
either as a treat for yourself or as gifts for friends<br />
and family. Favourites include cyclamen, azaleas,<br />
Christmas cactus and, of course, poinsettia.<br />
If you buy or receive a poinsettia, remember to<br />
always remove any wrapping as soon as possible.<br />
Poor air flow causes the lovely red bracts to fall.<br />
Poinsettia also like warm rooms, away from any cold<br />
draughts. A living room table is a good spot. Water<br />
every few days, and they should look good well into<br />
the New Year.<br />
Enjoy yourselves this Christmas!<br />
BYRON LEWIS, OF<br />
LICHFIELD GARDEN<br />
CENTRE<br />
Other key points:<br />
Your tree will need water – larger trees can take up<br />
to three pints a day, so remember to check your stand<br />
regularly. Keep trees away from heat as best you can;<br />
avoid right next to radiators or fires.<br />
After Christmas, think of the environment and<br />
recycle your Christmas tree. St Giles Hospice are<br />
running their popular ‘Treecycle’ campaign for <strong>2021</strong>;<br />
in return for a donation to the hospice, your tree will<br />
be collected and shredded for use as a garden mulch.<br />
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Grow<br />
your own<br />
The Royal Horticultural Society offers some<br />
expert advice for anyone looking to grow or<br />
maintain a pot-grown tree to enjoy year after<br />
year:<br />
Christmas trees can be grown from seed<br />
or cuttings - both semi-ripe and hardwood,<br />
but are usually bought as full size trees for<br />
displaying indoors.<br />
To reduce stress and damage to living trees,<br />
display them in a cool room.<br />
Bring trees indoors as late as possible – the<br />
weekend before Christmas is ideal.<br />
Do not keep living trees in the house any<br />
longer than 12 days, but be guided by the<br />
tree. If it looks unhappy, put it back outside.<br />
Either plant the tree out in the garden after<br />
Christmas or, if you want to bring it indoors<br />
again next year, grow it on in a container,<br />
moving it into a bigger pot annually until you<br />
reach the maximum size that can be moved<br />
comfortably (about 45cm or 18in diameter<br />
and depth). Soil-based John Innes No 2<br />
potting media is ideal.<br />
Christmas trees planted in pots will be limited<br />
in their size by the constraints of the pot.<br />
But if planted out in the garden, Christmas<br />
trees can get very large, reaching a height<br />
of about 15-20m (50-65ft) in 20 years, and<br />
possible eventual heights of about 40m<br />
(130ft). The smallest growing Christmas trees<br />
are probably Fraser firs, which reach about<br />
7m (23ft) after 20 years, attaining an eventual<br />
height of about 20m (65ft), and Korean firs,<br />
which reach 4m (13ft) in 20 years and an<br />
eventual height of 10m (33ft).<br />
Remember to ask your supplier where the<br />
trees come from, and to choose a locally<br />
sourced and grown tree, or one that has<br />
at least been grown in the UK rather than<br />
abroad.<br />
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F O O D & D R I N K<br />
A Lunar experience<br />
LUNAR BY NIALL KEATING OPENED WITH A RED CARPET RECEPTION AT<br />
WORLD OF WEDGWOOD IN STAFFORDSHIRE THIS NOVEMBER. KATY<br />
EDGINGTON LEARNS MORE FROM THE TWO MICHELIN-STARRED CHEF<br />
Staffordshire-born Niall Keating is one of just a<br />
handful of chefs in the UK to hold two Michelin<br />
stars right now, as Executive Chef of The Dining<br />
Room at Whatley Manor in Malmesbury, Wiltshire.<br />
You may recognise him as the BBC’s Great British<br />
Menu Champion of 2020.<br />
When Ed Myhill and Craig Wilkinson of The Great<br />
British Experience Company (the minds behind The<br />
Great British Drive In, London experience ‘The<br />
Murder Express’ and Stafford’s Alberts Cafe) invited<br />
Niall to oversee Lunar, a new modern dining concept<br />
opening at World of Wedgwood’s Barlaston site in<br />
the heart of Staffordshire, he leapt at the chance.<br />
With a well-deserved reputation as one of the leading<br />
chefs in the country today, Niall has of<br />
course had various different proposals<br />
and opportunities present themselves over<br />
the last few years, but he says “nothing<br />
felt quite right as coming home”.<br />
“It’s always been a dream of mine to<br />
open a restaurant in Staffordshire,” Niall<br />
says. “I’m so proud of home and to have<br />
the opportunity to create something<br />
special in the area is really exciting.”<br />
Lunar takes over the former dining<br />
hall at the historic Wedgwood estate.<br />
The canteen-style setting has been<br />
transformed into a sophisticated new<br />
restaurant where guests can experience<br />
modern British cuisine served only on<br />
Wedgwood fine bone china. The team<br />
hope it will bring a welcome breath of<br />
fresh air to the local food and drink scene.<br />
“Being so close to bigger cities such as<br />
Manchester and Birmingham, which<br />
have great restaurants and bars, means<br />
Stoke often gets forgotten about as<br />
somewhere that has great potential for<br />
the hospitality industry,” Niall says. “A<br />
modern dining experience like Lunar<br />
is perfect for the area - and what has<br />
been missing. It’s a great chance for people to try<br />
something new and for both the staff and guests to<br />
get excited about local produce and celebrate the<br />
history that’s always been here.”<br />
The opening comes in the wake of a very tough<br />
period for the whole hospitality industry, but Niall<br />
for one has clearly not been resting on his laurels for<br />
the past 18 months. The Paradise Carriage started<br />
life as a street food trailer at the Exchange Bar and<br />
Kitchen in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Niall began<br />
using it during the first lockdown in 2020 to cook<br />
and deliver meals to key workers, before taking it to<br />
Whatley Manor as a drive-through takeaway venture.<br />
He explained that it played a really important role<br />
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KEATING, LEFT, IS OPENING LUNAR<br />
AT THE WORLD WEDGWOOD<br />
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in keeping his team motivated when the hotel was<br />
closed and they didn’t have any guests to feed.<br />
“Getting the Paradise Carriage up and running in<br />
the car park, and then taking it on the road in the<br />
summer gave us all an opportunity to enjoy cooking<br />
some great food that was totally different to what<br />
we usually do, and to entertain guests outside of the<br />
restaurant was just great fun.”<br />
Lunar is something altogether different again - a<br />
modern dining concept based around contemporary<br />
small plates and larger sharing dishes. In their<br />
approach to menu design and development, Niall<br />
and Craig have taken inspiration from the rich<br />
history of Staffordshire, aiming to represent the<br />
local heritage of the Potteries on a plate, as well as<br />
drawing on their own experiences.<br />
“The idea is for everyone to enjoy sharing food<br />
family style, in a relaxed yet elegant setting,” Niall<br />
adds. “The menu is inspired by both mine and<br />
Craig’s travels, with Asian influences and flavours<br />
that showcase new techniques and give guests the<br />
chance to try something new.”<br />
From upcycling furniture to working with sustainable<br />
suppliers, Lunar has strong environmental and<br />
ethical standards running through its veins. There<br />
is a prominent focus on nurturing local talent and<br />
the team are clearly passionate about using suppliers<br />
local to the restaurant as much as possible.<br />
“I’ve already got a great relationship with Perry’s<br />
Butchers in Eccleshall, who supplied the geese for<br />
WEDGWOOD CLAY HAS EVEN BEEN<br />
USED IN ONE OF NIALL’S DISHES<br />
NIALL, RIGHT, HAS BEEN INSPIRED<br />
BY HIS POTTERIES HERITAGE<br />
one of my dishes on Great British Menu. They are<br />
on board and have already stocked our meat aging<br />
fridges ready for opening,” says Niall. “Lymestone<br />
Brewery in Stone, who make my favourite beer -<br />
Einstein - and own a pub called The Borehole, where<br />
I always go when I’m back home, are also involved.<br />
A close family friend, George Dyke, rears beef a few<br />
miles away from home so we are hoping to serve his<br />
excellent grass fed beef in the restaurant soon.”<br />
As well as these existing relationships, they have met<br />
other new suppliers in the area such as Smith’s Milk<br />
Churn, a dairy farm between Stone and Stafford,<br />
and Courtyard Coffee Roasters in Eccleshall,<br />
during the planning process. The ingredients are<br />
transformed with great skill and care into an exciting<br />
and intriguing menu.<br />
“My favourite dish on the menu has got to be the<br />
Staffordshire Clay-Baked Chicken,” says Niall.<br />
“Craig had an idea to use clay from Wedgwood in<br />
the cooking methods somehow, and we’ve developed<br />
a dish that is perfect for sharing at the table: a whole<br />
chicken stuffed with treasured rice, that is baked in<br />
the clay and then carved for everyone to share.”<br />
Josiah Wedgwood’s influence is apparent throughout<br />
your dining experience at Lunar, from the<br />
carefully chosen interior palette inspired by his<br />
experimentations with colour, down to the industrial<br />
aesthetic as a nod to Wedgwood’s place in the<br />
industrial revolution.<br />
“The richest part of Stoke’s heritage is the Potteries,<br />
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and Wedgwood is one of the most renowned and<br />
oldest pottery companies, which also has such a<br />
prestigious repetition in the hospitality industry – so<br />
to have the opportunity to work with them and bring<br />
Lunar to their famous site on Wedgwood Drive fits<br />
perfectly with the atmosphere we want to create,”<br />
explains Niall.<br />
Even the name itself was inspired by the legendary<br />
Lunar Society, a supper club formed during<br />
the ‘Midlands enlightenment’, of which Josiah<br />
Wedgwood was a founding member. It brought<br />
together forward thinkers, entrepreneurs, scientists,<br />
philosophers, poets and inventors of the time.<br />
Speaking of creative minds, Ed and Craig, also<br />
originally from Staffordshire, have spent time<br />
traveling around the world as well as establishing<br />
their successful events company in recent years. The<br />
intention with Lunar is to bring their experiences<br />
home and create world-class experiences in their<br />
home county. So, how has the team come together?<br />
“We all have different experiences coming from<br />
different backgrounds, but working together has<br />
given us the chance to be creative together and bring<br />
to the table what we do best,” Niall tells me. “Their<br />
passion for hospitality and their skills when it comes<br />
NIALL KEATING, LEFT, WITH<br />
LUNAR HEAD CHEF CRAIG LUNN<br />
to design and bringing ideas to life has made the<br />
whole experience enjoyable and I am so proud of<br />
what we’ve built together. It also helps that we all get<br />
on and clicked straight away!”<br />
Lunar, like Wedgwood, is a celebration of the past,<br />
present and future. It’s looking to the future and the<br />
nurturing of the up-and-coming local hospitality<br />
scene that stands out for Niall.<br />
“I’m most proud of the opportunities that Lunar is<br />
giving to the team. There is such great talent in the<br />
area, so I’m excited to be able to find it and work<br />
with a whole bunch of people who have shared<br />
interests and want to be part of creating something<br />
really exciting.”<br />
World of Wedgwood was already home to the<br />
iconic Wedgwood tea room, Wedgwood Factory and<br />
Wedgwood Flagship Store, and the V&A Wedgwood<br />
Collection. They recently opened a new store, Josiah<br />
and Co, exclusively selling products handcrafted by<br />
local artisans in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.<br />
“We are delighted, inspired, enthused and extremely<br />
proud to be working with Wedgwood,” says codirector<br />
Craig. “The synergy, values and ambitions<br />
we all have could not be more aligned and we’re<br />
looking forward to making Lunar a destination that<br />
we can all enjoy and be proud of for many<br />
years to come.”<br />
Alongside Lunar, the Wedgwood estate has<br />
also welcomed a new garden Landpod,<br />
where guests can enjoy takeaway afternoon<br />
tea, reflecting their ambition to create a<br />
leisure and hospitality destination to attract<br />
visitors from far and wide.<br />
“We are delighted to welcome Lunar<br />
to Barlaston,” says Jemma Harrison,<br />
newly appointed Head of World of<br />
Wedgwood. “The combined passion and<br />
experience of Niall, Ed and Craig brings<br />
something unique and very, very special to<br />
Staffordshire; it’s been a real privilege to be<br />
involved in this project and I’m so excited<br />
to see the concept come to life at World of<br />
Wedgwood.”<br />
As are we at <strong>J’AIME</strong>.<br />
But finally, as a North Staffordshire native,<br />
there’s one burning culinary question it<br />
was impossible not to ask - what does Niall<br />
have on his oatcakes? “Sausage, bacon,<br />
brown sauce. Always.”<br />
To view a sample menu and book a table<br />
at Lunar by Niall Keating, visit<br />
www.lunarwedgwood.com<br />
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HEALTHY HANDS THIS<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
PUT YOUR HANDS IN OUR HANDS<br />
The Midland Hand Clinic is grateful to it’s patients for placing their trust<br />
in us to look after their hands and for taking the time to share their<br />
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F O O D & D R I N K<br />
Delicious - and then some<br />
IN AN UNASSUMING CABIN IN THE DEPTHS OF A LOCAL GARDEN CENTRE<br />
LIES ONE OF LICHFIELD’S MOST EXCITING BESPOKE DINING EXPERIENCES,<br />
DUBBERLEY DELICIOUS, AS AMY NORBURY DISCOVERS<br />
Some of the best inventions in life have come about<br />
by happy accident. A melted chocolate bar brought<br />
about that household staple, the microwave, while a<br />
bit of experimentation with syrup and carbonated<br />
water led to the world’s most popular fizzy drink,<br />
Coca-Cola. And it was while playing around with<br />
ideas for using up a glut of foraged wild garlic that<br />
Lichfield chef Jack Dubberley hit upon one of the<br />
most moreish snacks I’ve ever had the pleasure of<br />
enjoying; wild garlic popcorn.<br />
The aforementioned tasty treat was the first<br />
introduction we had to Jack’s impressive culinary<br />
style at Dubberley Delicious, a bespoke chef ’s table<br />
experience based in a cabin at Lichfield garden<br />
centre The Plant Plot.<br />
Yes, you heard that right, a garden centre. But don’t<br />
let the somewhat unusual surroundings fool you. One<br />
you step inside the Dubberley Delicious cabin, the<br />
stylish and cosy setting certainly lives up to its fine<br />
dining billing.<br />
Dubberley Delicious is a completely different kind<br />
of dining for Lichfield. With a single table seating up<br />
to just ten guests facing the open kitchen where chef<br />
Jack works his magic in front of your eyes, this is a<br />
chef ’s table experience - just without the rest of the<br />
restaurant.<br />
And the difference doesn’t end there. The menu<br />
is tailored to each party, meaning you can enjoy<br />
something truly bespoke. You can choose to approve<br />
the menu beforehand or, like us, be greeted with a<br />
surprise of Jack’s making. Hell, you can even choose<br />
the accompanying playlist; the evening really is<br />
yours.<br />
Jack’s passion for food, particularly seasonal and<br />
local ingredients - and foraged where possible - runs<br />
through the Dubberley Delicious ethos. Starting his<br />
professional career in the kitchen at Swinfen Hall,<br />
Jack was then a driving force behind the launch of<br />
Larder, helping the Lichfield restaurant earn two AA<br />
Rosettes before heading back to Swinfen to help the<br />
team regain their three AA Rosettes. And anyone<br />
who has dined at either of those two venues will<br />
recognise some of Jack’s delicious signatures.<br />
It was at the height of the pandemic last year that<br />
Jack decided to strike out on his own, creating<br />
delicious deli goodies and dine-at-home feasts, then<br />
offering outside barbeque dining before finally<br />
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opening the doors to Dubberley Delicious in May<br />
this year.<br />
With the help of sister Lucy, a teacher by trade who<br />
runs both the front-of-house operation and behindthe-scenes<br />
promotion, Dubberley Delicious has<br />
quickly become a Lichfield must-visit.<br />
We started our evening with a glass of fizz and that<br />
sensational wild garlic popcorn, while Jack and<br />
Lucy ran through some elements of the menu and<br />
a selection of Noughties indie classics provided the<br />
musical backdrop.<br />
The drinks list is small but perfectly formed, offering<br />
just enough choice to suit everyone with wines,<br />
locally sourced beers and a handful of spirits, as well<br />
as soft drink options.<br />
Rather than freshly baked bread, it was black truffle<br />
crumpets and a healthy slab of butter which were<br />
first up, each a little mouthful of heaven. Crumpets<br />
were a staple on the Larder menu under Jack’s reign,<br />
and most definitely make for a welcome change to<br />
the usual bread offerings.<br />
The first course of sweet and sour tomatoes<br />
teamed with a smoked ricotta was a complete<br />
revelation, topped with puffed pearl barley to add<br />
a contrasting crunch to the smooth, rich cheese<br />
element. Exploding with flavour, these little bombs of<br />
tomatoey goodness are exactly how tomatoes should<br />
be served from now on.<br />
And the treats kept coming.<br />
Welsh wagyu brisket with wagyu fat crumb and an<br />
incredible mushroom ketchup was melt-in-the-mouth<br />
good, with delicate sea veg adding a salty balance.<br />
Then came perfectly cooked monkfish on a curried<br />
cauliflower puree with a sweet hint of mango, all<br />
crowned with the umami savouriness of Bombay<br />
mix.<br />
It was hard to choose a standout dish of the night,<br />
but the revelation that is lamb fat mash might<br />
just have sealed the deal for the main course. A<br />
beautifully pink piece of lamb rump, a fresh hit of<br />
peas and a charred roscoff onion were all delicious<br />
components, but it was the silky mash flavoured with<br />
lamb fat which stole the show. So much so that we<br />
were all asking for more - and still discussing its fine<br />
merits many days later.<br />
A little theatre followed with the first of the two<br />
dessert courses as Jack wielded the liquid nitrogen<br />
to complete the raspberry elements of his lemon,<br />
raspberry, meringue and shortbread concoction.w<br />
The final flourish was a piece of chocolate heaven,<br />
with a Manjari chocolate cremeux, raisins, a<br />
chocolate crumb and a delectable bay leaf ice cream<br />
which just complimented the intense chocolate<br />
flavours perfectly.<br />
Throughout the evening, Lucy kept the drinks<br />
topped up and the conversation flowing, creating the<br />
perfect double act with her chef brother and keeping<br />
us all completely engaged in each element of the<br />
meal.<br />
The food is, indeed, every bit as delicious as the<br />
name suggests. But Dubberley Delicious is more than<br />
its, admittedly fabulous, culinary offerings. It’s heart,<br />
passion, and a desire to create a different kind of<br />
dining event.<br />
We could just tell you how good the Dubberley<br />
Delicious experience is. But we strongly suggest that<br />
you book a table and discover it for yourselves. You<br />
can thank us later.
F O O D & D R I N K<br />
A winter warmer<br />
MICHELIN-LISTED THE RED LION AT BRADLEY, NEAR STAFFORD, HAS RECENTLY<br />
REOPENED ITS KITCHEN WITH A BRAND NEW TEAM OF CHEFS AND AN EXCITING<br />
NEW MENU. HERE THEY SHARE ONE OF THEIR DELICIOUS DISHES<br />
Braised pork belly | pine nut paste | roasted beets |<br />
charred shallot | toasted grains | beer sauce<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
Pork belly:<br />
1 side of pork belly, bones removed<br />
1 white onion, roughly chopped<br />
2 carrots, peeled and chopped<br />
5 cloves of garlic<br />
1 handful of thyme<br />
10 fennel seeds<br />
10 black peppercorns<br />
Water (to cover the belly pork)<br />
Pine nut paste:<br />
100g pine nuts<br />
300ml water<br />
Salt to season<br />
Roasted shallots and beets:<br />
10 red baby beets<br />
4 banana shallots<br />
1 handful of thyme<br />
Salt to season<br />
Toasted grains:<br />
1 tbsp oats<br />
1 tbsp pumpkin seeds<br />
1 tbsp fennel seeds<br />
1 tbsp honey<br />
1 tbsp Maldon sea salt<br />
1 tbsp sesame seeds<br />
Beer sauce:<br />
100ml ale of your choice (we use<br />
Banks’ Amber)<br />
100ml beef stock<br />
Place the pork into a deep tray lined with greaseproof paper. Add<br />
the remaining pork belly ingredients on top of the pork and cover<br />
with cold water. Add another piece of greaseproof paper on top<br />
of the pork belly, cover the tray with foil and put in the oven for<br />
four hours at 160°C.<br />
For the pine nut paste, toast the pine nuts in the oven until<br />
golden. Meanwhile, put 300ml water into a saucepan and bring<br />
to the boil. Add the toasted pine nuts and cook until they are soft,<br />
then place mixture into a food mixer and mix, adding extra water<br />
if the mixture is too thick, and season with salt.<br />
Add the beets and thyme into a saucepan and gently boil. Peel<br />
and cut the shallots into halves and add into the saucepan. Once<br />
both the beets and shallots are tender, transfer to the oven and<br />
roast for a few minutes until golden. Season with salt.<br />
For the toasted grains, combine all the ingredients in a bowl then<br />
place onto a tray and toast in the oven on 160°C until golden.<br />
Add the beer to a saucepan over a low heat and simmer, reducing<br />
the sauce to a quarter of the original volume. Then add the beef<br />
stock and continue to cook down to your desired consistency.<br />
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F O O D & D R I N K<br />
Which wine this Christmas?<br />
MAKE THE HOLIDAY SEASON EXTRA SPECIAL WITH DRINKS THAT PERFECTLY MATCH YOUR FESTIVE<br />
FARE. KATY EDGINGTON GETS ADVICE FROM STAFFORDSHIRE WINE EXPERT BERT BLAIZE<br />
WINE EXPERT BERT BLAIZE SHARES<br />
HIS FESTIVE PAIRING TIPS<br />
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and you’ve<br />
put enormous effort into stocking the fridge, freezer<br />
and cupboards with the festive fare to match. But<br />
when it comes to choosing what drinks to pair with<br />
each occasion, many of us have only the vaguest<br />
idea. We end up reaching for a familiar name or a<br />
bottle we’ve enjoyed before.<br />
Born and raised in Staffordshire, Bert Blaize is a<br />
sommelier, wine writer and consultant who learned<br />
the ropes at La Belle Epoque in Manchester and<br />
Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons,<br />
before taking the reins at The Clove Club in<br />
Shoreditch - the UK’s top-ranked restaurant in<br />
‘World’s Best 50 Restaurants’ for two years running.<br />
In 2018, Bert was named the UK’s Top Young<br />
Sommelier by Flint Wines. He now takes care of the<br />
wine at Serge et le Phoque in Fitzrovia and opened<br />
his first shop in London in 2020. It’s safe to say he<br />
knows a thing or two about pairing wine and food<br />
Bert’s book Which Wine When, co-authored with<br />
his friend Claire Strickett and published in 2019, has<br />
lots of easy-to-follow advice on choosing wines to<br />
serve alongside all of your festive fare in a chapter<br />
dedicated to ‘going the extra mile’. With roast turkey,<br />
they recommend a zesty, fresh white like an Albariño<br />
or a textured white like a Chardonnay or Chenin<br />
Blanc. If you’re going for rich, dark duck or goose,<br />
try a fruity, spicy red like a Northern Rhône Syrah or<br />
Austrian Blaufränkisch. A vegetarian main like whole<br />
roast celeriac is complemented to perfection by an<br />
aromatic white Rhône blend.<br />
There’s another whole chapter on wines to pair with<br />
cheese - ideal if you’re taking on board our pointers<br />
from the November issue on building the perfect<br />
cheese board. Bert and Claire suggest Pecorino to go<br />
with Pecorino, for example, and a Chilean Cabernet
Sauvignon with your matured cheddar. But how<br />
about a more local recommendation?<br />
“Most cheeses pair well with sweet wines, but it’s<br />
hard to make sweet wines in this country - never<br />
mind Staffordshire - because of the cooler climate,”<br />
Bert says.<br />
“What does go well together is a Camembert-style<br />
soft cheese with sparkling wine. That’s because of<br />
the toasty, brioche notes in the wine and the acidity<br />
that cuts through the creamy richness of the cheese<br />
- like a slice of zingy green apple. Halfpenny Green’s<br />
English sparkling wine works really well.”<br />
When it comes to sparkling wines, and Champagne<br />
in particular, Bert believes It’s important to support<br />
smaller growers rather than the big names. One of<br />
the biggest companies in the world, LVMH, owns<br />
Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, Veuve Clicquot<br />
and Krug.<br />
“They’ve very cleverly turned Champagne into a<br />
luxury commodity rather than a wine style, which<br />
I don’t think is right because I think Champagne<br />
should be for everyone,” he argues.<br />
“We call them ‘growers’ because they used to supply<br />
all the grapes for the big houses, but those houses<br />
have priced the growers out of making their own<br />
wine. Now there are a lot of these small wineries<br />
in Champagne. You’ve got to have Champagne at<br />
Christmas really, but supporting these smaller names<br />
is a great way to go.<br />
“Otherwise, I love Cava at Christmas. It’s getting<br />
better and better and you don’t have to spend that<br />
MULLED CIDER IS A DELICIOUS<br />
ALTERNATIVE TO MULLED<br />
WINE, SAYS BERT<br />
much to get a great example. It’s a nice refresh for<br />
your palate, too.”<br />
What about that other most familiar of Christmas<br />
tipples: mulled wine?<br />
“I think making mulled cider is much more<br />
interesting,” says Bert. “You can get really<br />
good organic cider from Dunkertons. It’s<br />
lower ABV than a mulled wine, obviously,<br />
and the traditional spices like cinnamon and<br />
nutmeg go well with baked apple flavours.<br />
It works much better than mulled wine, it’s<br />
cheaper, and also it’s a waste of good wine,<br />
I think - drink the wine instead!”<br />
When it comes to relaxing by the fire of an<br />
evening after all the presents are wrapped,<br />
Bert reckons you can’t go far wrong with<br />
sherry as a nightcap - and don’t forget to<br />
leave one for Santa too.<br />
“It’s really good value for money and there<br />
are so many different styles to explore. It<br />
tends to work with quite rich foods, because<br />
it’s quite nutty and rich. You can get Pedro<br />
Ximenez, which is like liquid Christmas<br />
pudding, or there’s Manzanilla sherry<br />
which is dry and Amontillado with a bit<br />
more richness.”
Bert’s Fig Leaf<br />
Negroni<br />
Wondering what to serve visitors alongside<br />
a mince pie? Look no further than Bert’s fig<br />
leaf negroni. Infuse your gin now ready for<br />
the holidays.<br />
Take a bottle of gin, put it in a sealable jar<br />
and add some fig leaves. If you can’t find<br />
fig leaves, blackcurrant or bramble leaves<br />
also work well. In two weeks to a month<br />
you’ll have a really nice infused gin.<br />
Combine one part gin with one part sweet<br />
vermouth and one part Campari, stir over<br />
ice and serve with a wedge of orange. Or<br />
combine equal measures into a bottle and<br />
simply pour over ice when your guests<br />
arrive.<br />
BERT SUGGESTS A SEASONAL TWIST ON<br />
THE CLASSIC NEGRONI COCKTAIL BY<br />
INFUSING YOUR GIN WITH FIG LEAVES<br />
When you’re buying wine it pays to visit a smaller,<br />
independent wine shop rather than the supermarket.<br />
When you buy a £5 supermarket wine, it works out<br />
around 30p on average for the grape juice itself. The<br />
vast majority of your pound is going towards taxes,<br />
duties, marketing and the supermarket itself.<br />
“You’re getting ripped off!” Bert warns. “There’s a<br />
lovely wine shop in Eccleshall called Three Pillars.<br />
Go into places like that and chat to knowledgeable<br />
people - there are lots of them out there and that’s<br />
the best way to get the inside information. Ask<br />
them what’s good value for money. They’re doing it<br />
because they love wine, not to become millionaires.”<br />
Your local wine shop will also be able to advise if<br />
you’re choosing wine to gift to a friend or loved one.<br />
One of the best ways to build your own knowledge<br />
is to go to a wine tasting, learn and explore different<br />
styles. There are plenty of independent wine shops<br />
that have popped up during lockdown, including<br />
Bert’s own.<br />
Situated between East Finchley and Highgate in a<br />
classic car showroom, Bottles ‘n’ Jars is a luxury food<br />
and wine store selling a range of wines, craft beers,<br />
tinned goods, breads, oils and more. They deliver<br />
nationwide and offer wines starting from £9 per<br />
bottle.<br />
“We wanted it to be affordable. So you can come in<br />
and get some nice pasta handmade in the UK with<br />
UK grains, a nice sauce and a bottle of wine and<br />
have dinner on the table for £15.”<br />
If you’re lucky enough to receive a carefully chosen<br />
bottle or two for Christmas, proper storage is key to<br />
keeping your wine in fine condition for when you’re<br />
ready to crack it open. Still, cool and dark is the<br />
mantra to remember, says Bert.<br />
“The back of a cupboard is ideal, but the kitchen<br />
is the worst place because the fluctuations in<br />
temperature can ruin wine in a couple of months.<br />
Of course a cellar is ideal. The temperature should<br />
be between 12-16 degrees Celsius. I keep my wine in<br />
a bonded account, where you pay per bottle per year<br />
and they keep it in storage for you. That means it’s<br />
out of sight and I can’t drink it!”<br />
In recent months, Bert has worked with chef Tom<br />
Shepherd on the wine list for his new Lichfield<br />
restaurant, Upstairs, and is hosting what is planned<br />
as a series of seasonal events with The Table Market<br />
at Sandon Hall. So, would he ever open up a Bottles<br />
‘n’ Jars branch in Staffordshire?<br />
“My girlfriend wants to move to Norfolk and she’s<br />
the boss, so I think I’ll have to open one there<br />
instead. But I love Stafforshire still and still follow<br />
Port Vale. I am trying to do more events here<br />
because it has a special place in my heart.”<br />
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I N T E R I O R S<br />
Dine in<br />
style<br />
IT’S Christmas is just around the corner and with it comes<br />
what is, for many, the most important meal of the year.<br />
Set the stage for your festive feast with a beautifully laid<br />
table; from lavish centrepieces to those small finishing<br />
touches, a perfectly set dining table is bound to inspire and<br />
make your meal memorable.<br />
It’s time to pull out all the stops; think napkins, placemats,<br />
name cards, the lot. Candles and foliage are essentials<br />
when it comes to creating table decorations, while pressing<br />
your best tablecloth is a must. It’s a once-a-year occasion,<br />
so get into the spirit and make the most of it.<br />
While having a perfectly presented table is certainly<br />
Christmas goals, don’t forget that the best decoration<br />
you’ll have is the smiling faces of your family and friends<br />
as you celebrate this most wonderful time of the year<br />
together. We’ll happily raise a glass and say ‘cheers’ to<br />
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Travels in paradise<br />
LICHFIELD WRITER AND TRAVELLER HOLLY THOMSON TRANSPORTS US<br />
ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, WHERE PARADISE AWAITS…<br />
THESE ICONIC SWINGS ARE SCATTERED<br />
AROUND THE BEACHES<br />
After spending six months travelling and<br />
exploring Australia, I met up with my parents<br />
in Singapore and Indonesia to celebrate my Mum’s<br />
birthday and explore a new part of the world together.<br />
The final part of our trip was spent in Gili Air, an<br />
island off the coast of Bali and Lombok. We spent<br />
four days here and explored our little island as well as<br />
the surrounding ones.<br />
The Gili Islands are renowned for fantastic snorkelling<br />
and a retreat from the hustle and bustle of Bali.<br />
They are a popular destination for those wishing<br />
for a twin or triple centre trip in Bali and a great<br />
choice when wanting to get away from it all. The<br />
largest of the Gilis, Gili Trawagen (Gili T) is the most<br />
well-known. Popular with backpackers and luxury<br />
travellers alike, the island has some great nightlife,<br />
water sports and accommodation. Gili Meno is the<br />
smallest island and is popular with honeymooners.<br />
Gili Air is lesser known and is family friendly with a<br />
quieter air. At a mere 15 square km, it is easy to bike<br />
around Gili Air in under 30 minutes, with each side<br />
of the island showing off a different type of beach and<br />
style.<br />
Another fun fact about Gili Air is that there is no<br />
motorised transport on the island and therefore the<br />
island is accessible by foot, bike or horseback. When<br />
we first arrived on the island from Bali we were<br />
immediately ushered towards a local horse and its<br />
owner and our bags were placed on the cart the horse<br />
was pulling. We were also encouraged to jump in.<br />
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THE GILI ISLANDS ARE A<br />
TROPICAL PARADISE<br />
This is a popular method to get around the island and<br />
since our accommodation was at the opposite end of<br />
the island to the port, was efficient in getting us and<br />
our bags to where we needed to be.<br />
We arrived at our villa for the next four days, Akasia<br />
Villas, and were impressed with the two bedroom<br />
villa we had booked. We had our own plunge pool<br />
and two spacious bedrooms with outside bathrooms.<br />
The accommodation was a bit of a trek to find as it<br />
is hidden away in the centre of the island but was a<br />
lovely base as it was quiet and walkable to some great<br />
little spots for food.<br />
We settled ourselves in and chose to go for a walk as<br />
evening set in. Gili Air is very easy to walk around<br />
and although some of the little streets may be hard to<br />
navigate you’ll always come out by a beach at some<br />
point!<br />
That evening we<br />
THE TRANQUIL VILLA<br />
headed towards the<br />
north of the island<br />
where there are<br />
several restaurants<br />
to choose from<br />
as well as a large<br />
beach. We took<br />
advantage of the<br />
cheap cocktails<br />
as the sun set and<br />
enjoyed the local<br />
food which I found<br />
full of flavour and<br />
well catered towards<br />
vegetarians. There<br />
is little nightlife on<br />
Gili Air so after our<br />
meal we headed back to our villa to<br />
play cards and have an early night<br />
reading.<br />
A highlight of any trip to the Gili<br />
Islands is a snorkelling trip. The<br />
region is known for turtles, as well<br />
as underwater sculptures off Gili<br />
Meno. We hopped on a half day<br />
snorkelling tour and went to several<br />
popular snorkelling spots in the<br />
Gilis. We were lucky enough to see a<br />
number of turtles but were advised<br />
not to follow them into the deep<br />
waters. They did get close, however,<br />
and it was so special to swim with<br />
these amazing animals. The coral<br />
around the islands is now fairly<br />
bleached but there is still some lovely<br />
coral to explore with a wide variety of colourful fish.<br />
Seeing the underwater sculptures wasn’t on our<br />
original itinerary but after I asked our guide, he was<br />
kind enough to make a detour towards the left side<br />
of Gili Meno and to the popular photo spot.These<br />
underwater statues were created and commissioned<br />
by BASK, the eco-resort where the statues sit in front<br />
of. They were made from the casts of real people and<br />
are a haunting reminder of our impact on the world.<br />
Their overall goal is to raise awareness of the death of<br />
our world’s coral reefs with the hope that in the future<br />
these statues will become a man-made reef.<br />
The site was quite busy with tourists, but I was able<br />
to take a few photos of the statues with no people<br />
in - quite a feat! Our guides also tempted fish with<br />
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some food to make the scene underwater even<br />
more magical. The artist, Jason deCaires<br />
Taylor, also has sites in the Canary Islands and<br />
Mexico as well as a pop-up exhibition in the<br />
Thames.<br />
A snorkelling guided tour is a great way<br />
to explore the many sites around the Gili<br />
Islands. They are inexpensive and can range in<br />
luxury. We chose a very basic boat but found<br />
the guides to be knowledgeable and caring for<br />
the environment. We booked this on the island,<br />
but they can also be booked in advance if you<br />
would like peace of mind.<br />
We also treated ourselves to massages on Gili<br />
Air. Massages and other spa treatments are<br />
famously cheap in South-East Asia so we took<br />
full advantage. This was a lovely experience<br />
to share with my Mum and we had a giggle<br />
as our limbs were twisted in a few interesting<br />
ways. We may have overlooked the fact that<br />
we were very oily after this massage and found<br />
that after sunbathing we got a little fried!<br />
Beaches are varied on Gili Air and go from<br />
rocky to white sand. Some are closed off and<br />
for guest use only so we did struggle slightly to<br />
find good beaches that we were allowed to be<br />
on, as our villas were inland. Some did allow you to<br />
pay to be on the beach or asked for you to eat lunch<br />
there. We obliged to this in most cases and spent much<br />
of our four days there sunbathing and swimming off<br />
the shore.<br />
Throughout our stay I also made sure to take many<br />
photos on the iconic swings. These are owned by<br />
various hotels along the beaches and are easy to<br />
find. There are some better for sunset and sunrise so I<br />
made sure to get some photos with both.<br />
We found the sunrise we encountered to be serene and<br />
very reflective. With no one else awake on our side of<br />
SNORKELLING IS A HIGHLIGHT<br />
OF ANY TRIP TO THE GILI<br />
ISLANDS<br />
the island we enjoyed watching the sun rise over the<br />
mountains on Lombok and place a cool kiss on the<br />
first fishing boats of the day.<br />
This island may not have a huge variety of things<br />
to do for the adventurous traveller, but it does make<br />
up for this in its charm and serenity. The people are<br />
friendly, and the island is wonderful to cycle around<br />
whilst enjoying the lack of motors. We enjoyed our<br />
time here and found it was a wonderful place to spend<br />
some time as a family after six months apart.<br />
As we bid farewell to the island, we headed to<br />
Lombok to catch a flight back to Singapore via<br />
Jakarta. I wanted to add this in here as our journey<br />
from the port to the<br />
airport was one of the<br />
most memorable moments<br />
of our whole trip. We first<br />
headed to the beach and<br />
waited for our transport<br />
off the island, a boat<br />
named 007 to pick us<br />
up. Sure enough they<br />
did and we roared off to<br />
Lombok in style. We were<br />
transferred to our land<br />
transfer and guide Asier,<br />
who enthusiastically told<br />
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us much of the history of the island of<br />
Lombok as we drove past idyllic deserted<br />
beaches. The island is fairly undiscovered<br />
now but it is due for a rise in tourism in the<br />
coming years. Much of these stunning bays<br />
filled only with palm trees will soon be large<br />
resorts, so we enjoyed seeing the island in its<br />
raw state.<br />
As we drove throughout the capital city,<br />
Mataram, Asier offered to show us his<br />
home and his family’s tempeh business. He<br />
said that he takes many visitors here when<br />
they express an interest in the daily lives<br />
of those on the island. As we parked up at<br />
his community many of the local children<br />
came out to greet us. As we walked to his<br />
home, many of the children shouted hello<br />
while the teenagers tried out some of their<br />
learnt English phrases. At our driver’s home<br />
we met his wife, parents, and extended<br />
family. Everyone had a role to play in their<br />
tempeh business and it was so interesting<br />
to see the process, as I had grown fond of<br />
this amazing vegetarian friendly dish. We<br />
were presented at the end of our tour with<br />
still warm fresh tempeh and it was such an<br />
honour to have been able to have met his<br />
family.<br />
We left Lombok with an unforgettable local<br />
experience and more knowledge of the<br />
place we had briefly explored. I would love<br />
to go back in the future and spend some<br />
more time here.<br />
Our trip in Indonesia was at an end and<br />
we reflected on the different aspects of<br />
our trip. We started in Jakarta for a quick<br />
24 hours. This city was intense, and we<br />
never got to truly experience it, I think it<br />
would have been a little too much for my<br />
Dad! Ubud in Bali was full of culture and<br />
was jam-packed with activities. I loved this<br />
town though and felt very comfortable<br />
here. Gili Air was a perfect end to the trip<br />
full of relaxation and will be remembered<br />
for the amazing marine life and bonding<br />
time with my family.<br />
I headed back to Australia reignited with<br />
excitement for the continuation of my<br />
travels and the adventures that awaited me.<br />
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W H AT ’ S O N<br />
What’s On this festive season<br />
AWAY FROM THE SLAPSTICK FUN OF PANTO, THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER<br />
EVENTS AROUND THE MIDLANDS TO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED THIS MONTH<br />
WHAT: THE NUTCRACKER<br />
WHERE: BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME<br />
WHEN: UNTIL <strong>DECEMBER</strong> 11<br />
After 30 years, Sir Peter Wright’s legendary production of The Nutcracker will be undergoing<br />
a major renovation. It will return, refreshed and revitalised, to Birmingham Hippodrome’s<br />
stage in November 2022, allowing Birmingham Royal Ballet the unique opportunity to<br />
present a special adaptation of their London production on their home stage in Birmingham<br />
this year.<br />
The show opens on a wintry soundscape; the Dickensian tones of Simon Callow as<br />
Drosselmeyer echo across the auditorium as he introduces the enchanting tale to our<br />
captivated audiences. Tchaikovsky’s soaring score and the 60-strong Royal Ballet Sinfonia<br />
take centre stage in this unique production that brings the orchestra out from the pit and<br />
onto a platform raised above the stage.<br />
And, of course, in front of all of this we see Birmingham Royal Ballet’s company of worldclass<br />
dancers as they beautifully tell this most nostalgic of stories, taking Clara on the ultimate<br />
Christmas journey through a fantastical winter wonderland of dancing snowflakes to the<br />
kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Tickets are priced from £25. For more details visit<br />
www.birminghamhippodrome.com<br />
WHAT: A CHRISTMAS CAROL<br />
WHERE: LICHFIELD GARRICK STUDIO<br />
WHEN: <strong>DECEMBER</strong> 11 TO 24<br />
Ebenezer Scrooge is the meanest, most miserable man in London. He only cares for one thing<br />
– money. Of all the people and things Scrooge dislikes, he hates Christmas most of all.<br />
One Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet-tocome,<br />
who attempt to show him the error of his ways and teach him to become a better man.<br />
Following their hugely popular productions of Round the Horne and Hancock’s Half Hour,<br />
Apollo Theatre Company returns to Lichfield Garrick with this brand new adaptation<br />
of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale, a charming and beautiful story guaranteed to<br />
entertain the whole family.<br />
Tickets are priced at £20. For more details visit www.lichfieldgarrick.com<br />
WHAT: THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE<br />
WHERE: THE REP, BIRMINGHAM<br />
WHEN: UNTIL JANUARY 1<br />
When The Play What I Wrote opened in London’s West End, originally directed by Kenneth<br />
Branagh, every single review was a rave, every show a sell-out and it won every major theatre<br />
award. The Sunday Times called it “a triumph” and The Observer said “audiences weep with<br />
laughter”. Now a brand new production directed by The Rep’s Artistic Director Sean Foley<br />
and co-written by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and, of course, Eddie Braben will be bringing<br />
sunshine to Birmingham this Christmas.<br />
‘Thom’ has written a play, an epic set in the French Revolution called ‘A Tight Squeeze for<br />
the Scarlet Pimple’. ‘Dennis’, on the other hand, wants to continue with their double act.<br />
He believes that if they perform a tribute to Morecambe and Wise, Thom’s confidence will<br />
be restored and the double act will go on. But first Dennis needs to persuade a guest star to<br />
appear in the play what Thom wrote…<br />
With a mystery guest star at every performance, this “recklessly, tear-inducingly funny show”<br />
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I N T H E N E W S<br />
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