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Food and Drink Festival returns for third outing in 2015

The Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival returns for its third outing of the year from August 26 with a programme of evening events and three days of food and drink on Hove Lawns.

Photo © Julia Claxton
Photo © Julia Claxton

Wednesday, August 26; sees the festival’s second International Chef Exchange with chef Craig Jones of The Cliff restaurant at the Cap Maison hotel in St Lucia take over the kitchens of chef Andrew MacKenzie at Drakes of Brighton. Expect wines and fine dining with a Caribbean twist.

Thursday, August 27; the festival heads to the award-winning Jeremy’s Restaurant at Borde Hill Garden for a cocktail-themed supper created by distiller Sarah Thompson of Blackdown Sussex Spirits and chefs Jeremy Ashpool and Jimmy Grey. Stunning food will be matched with a selection of drinks from the internationally acclaimed Blackdown range.

Michael Bremner
Chef Michael Bremner from 64 Degrees. Photo: Julia Claxton

Friday, August 28; Chef Michael Bremner of 64 Degrees teams up with six Sussex vineyards for a one-off wine and food matching evening in the festival marquee. The event is a fundraiser for FareShare – the food surplus redistribution charity – with Michael working with the FareShare team on some of the dishes. Each course will be matched by a still or sparking Sussex wine with the winemakers themselves presenting.

The big hurrah is always the Sussex & The World Weekend and this year the free entry events on seafront Hove Lawns run from Saturday 29 through to bank holiday Monday, August 31. Featuring over 85 local and international food producers and restaurants, the Live Food Show with chefs from Brighton and surrounding Sussex, and the Children’s Food Festival with lots of interactive fun for little ones.

New for 2015 is the Sussex Drinks Tent with a wide selection of English still and sparkling wines presented by Butlers Wine Cellar, a craft beer and lager bar with KingBeer and The Collective, Mixology Group’s Rum Shack, Wobblegate cider and Blackdown Sussex Spirit’s G&Ts. Running from noon until 8pm on both Saturday and Sunday with lots of tasty food to enjoy too.

Sunday, August 30; sees the Live Food Show marquee taken over by Metrodeco and Sussex Swing. There’ll be free adult and children taster classes of Lindyhop and Charleston throughout the afternoon followed by open dancing from 4pm. Enjoy afternoon tea or a selection of tea cocktails created by Helen Taggart of Metrodeco and Sarah Thompson of Blackdown Sussex Spirits.

One final surprise for the bank holiday weekend will be Boho Disco! The festival has teamed up with Seb Cole of Boho Gelato in Pool Valley to create an interactive, day-glow ice cream and music experience.

For further details of all free entry and ticketed events, click here:

The Three Degrees headline Maspalomas Winter Pride

The second Winter Pride Maspalomas, organised by ProGay will take place from November 9-15.

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Following the success of last year’s inaugural Winter Pride, this years programme of activities have been extended and will include new events including the Pride Walk, Garbo´s Dinner Show, Boat Excursions and the Schlager Fest.

To find the full programme of events, click here:

There will be a total of three free live show nights:

♦  On Thursday, November 5, La Voix and Fasur Rodriguez. will be singing  the best of Sinatra, Michael Buble and Robbie Williams accompanied by the 12 strong Gran Canaria Big Band.

♦  On Friday November 6, the Hi-HRG All Stars will see the biggest hits from the 80s performed by the original artists on stage.

♦  Saturday November 7 sees The Three Degrees headlining a night of international entertainment on the main stage.

The Three Degrees

The German Carnival is on Wednesday, November 11 and will include the very first Pride Walk which will start at the RIU Palace and end at the Yumbo Centre Main Stage where visitors will enjoy the Schlager Fest.

New additions to the programme this year include the Garbo´s AIDS Charity Dinner Show. 10€ will be donated from each ticket sold to the local AIDS Foundations ACES.

Two boat excursions are also scheduled with the XXX Boat Trip on Thursday, November 12 and the Afrikat Chill Out Catamaran on Friday November the 13.

The famous T-Dance at Aqua Ocean Club will be on Saturday November 14.

Visitors can purchase tickets for the VIP Lounge, 99€ for the 3 live show nights or you can reserve a seat in the Seated Area for just 5€ per person per night.

For full details and programme of events, click here:

La Voix
La Voix

 

Essex Man’s Project Soaked Calendar 2016 launched

Prostate Cancer UK’s Men United movement has revealed its new 2016 calendar showing 14 stunning models getting soaked in aid of the charity.

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Protographer, Mark Lister from Romford in Essex is hoping to raise £10,000 from the sale of the A3 Project Soaked calendar.

Mark said: “As my project idea was all about men and I wanted to do something for charity, I came across Prostate Cancer UK and realised I didn’t know anything about the prostate let alone prostate cancer. The more I read and the more I spoke to people about it, the more I realised that most men don’t actually know what the prostate is or what it does.”

Director of Fundraising at the charity, Mark Bishop, said; “It’s fantastic to see that Mark Lister has decided to take on this challenge to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK. By doing this he and everyone involved are joining Men United and helping to make a real difference in furthering the fight against prostate cancer.”

Since the Men United initiative was launched 12 months ago more than 230,000 have signed up to pledge support. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. More than 10,000 die every year from this men-only disease, and 300,000 men are living with prostate cancer in the UK. The charity works for the early detection, effective diagnosis and better treatments to beat the disease.

To sign the pledge, click here:

For Facebook, click here: and like!

You can purchase the calendar, priced £14.99 from any Clonezone store or via their website.

To purchase the calendar online, click here:

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