June 2013 Holywood by Bloom

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June 2013

You might think we’ve overdone the word summer on the front cover? Don’t worry, its not a massive big typo. Or a terrible oversight on our behalf. It’s an attempt at throwing positive messages into the sky direct to the weather master person, or whoever it is that controls the beams. We all had a taster of them on the odd day here over the last few weeks and went out and bought sunglasses and sausages and everything. But a big blast of sustained heat in the next while would be magic. Either way, the good news is that the fact you’re even reading this meteorological gibberish means that you have the brand new Bloom in your hands or on your screen. Nice one! We hope you enjoy what we have lined up for you. Plus if there’s something else you would like to see in a future edition, perhaps you know of an event, a person or organisation of inspirational note that you feel your community should share in? Perhaps you yourself have a story to tell? Feel free to tell it to us, and we will endeavour to pass it on . If we don’t hear the phone straight away it’s because we we’re momentarily grabbing a few solar rays while on the move in 30 degree heat. In which case, you’re welcome. Enjoy!

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Local News

We’ve gathered all the news in one big lump for you. Which is handy.

On the Ladder

John Minnis’s expert advice on gaining an edge on the property ladder.

The Mews

Fiona from The Mews shares her story trends for the summer season at home.

Food Focus

Cookbook

Read about St George’s Bar & Grill, perched above the cream of NI suppliers.

The Bay Tree have kindly shared some wonderful recipes from their cookbook.

Summer Wines

Tom Bell from Grange Wines give his tipple tips for the upcoming months.

Rising Star

Meet Brenda Fraser, the creator of sumptuous hand-made chocolate.

Local Legend

Heidi Steffen launched her unique Iona shop in 1985, Read all about it.

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Amber McConville, Thomas Soliman, Dawn Whalley, Stephen Whalley with their ‘Rory McIlroy Cocktail’

A BRAND NEW GOING OUT EXPERIENCE DRAWS THE CROWDS FOR HOLYWOOD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT Sketches is a new venture by the Whalley Cafe to bring together Food and Entertainment for a Friday Evening experience in Holywood’s High Street! Diners are encouraged to Draw on their tablemats or anything at hand, some of which will be displayed and sold in the premises gallery every few months and online in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Charity on an ongoing basis! ‘We are offering a Bring Your Own Cocktail policy,’ says Stephen Whalley, ‘where you bring your own spirit(s) and our world famous cocktail mixologist will make you Cocktails all night! Our Platters of food will encompass all nationalities from around the world including Mediterranean, Italian, French and Japanese cuisine. Small plates and casual dining is our ethos for the evening and expect some entertainment along the way! At Sketches we like mystique, so there is no menu. We design our dishes every week and come up with creative ideas of how to present and eat our food differently!’ A party room is also available to hire for up to 12 guests and the entire premises can also be hired for the evening for birthday parties or corporate clients. For bookings and enquiries contact The Whalley Café on : 028 9042 7529 4 www.bloommagazine.co.uk

Computer Club will run for 6 weeks this summer in venues including Ashfield Girls School for children aged aged 4-11 years. The Club runs from from 9-3pm and places can be booked for 1 day (£20 p/child) or the full week (£75 p/child) with 10% sibling discount. Extended hours are available from 8:00am-5:00pm. The itinerary includes ‘Be a Presenter for a day’ and ‘Be a Web Designer for a day’ using Microsoft Office programs and with a big emphasis on Presentation Skills in our afternoon shows. This will be a great opportunity for your child to become familiar with Microsoft Office skills not currently covered in the primary curriculum using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Email, the Internet & Touch Typing. Contact thecomputerclub@hotmail.co.uk or 0771 204 2222 direct to reserve a place for your child, or visit their website www. thecomputerclub.co.uk

Funeral Services Northern Ireland Staff Awarded Qualifications in Funeral Directing & Arranging Elizabeth Ann Rennicks of John Gray in Holywood is pictured with assessor Gary Hanna. She was awarded a BTec Advanced Diploma Level 3 in Funeral Arranging and Administration. www.fsni.info

Hundreds of primary school children joined Dame Mary Peters at City Hall to celebrate her ‘Freedom of the City’. The pupils joined the Olympic hero and the Lord Mayor Gavin Robinson to take part in a range of Pentathlon-style sports activities.

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Cedarwood Garden is a true plantsman’s garden situated within the original extensive estate of the historic Lorne House, Craigavad, Holywood, built in 1875 by Henry Campbell, a wealthy linen merchant and founder of Campbell College in Belfast. The garden has been created within an existing framework of mature specimen trees sourced from all corners of the world. The upper garden around the house is comprised of formal planted beds containing a wide variety of perennials and shrubs. A sweeping path leads to a wooded area displaying the wide range of mature specimen trees. Under the tree canopy grows a range of wild flowers. An outstanding feature of the garden is the beautiful meandering walk along the Glen River with picturesque waterfalls. This walkway recreates that used by the Campbell family for leisurely strolls and picnics in their beautiful estate. Open 1 May 2013 - 30 Sep 2013. Phone 07849 618973 or email cedarwoodplants@gmail.com

people will travel to Brazil in July to take part in a housebuilding project. The team is made up of young people from Belfast, Holywood and County Louth. ‘Our project is with the organisation SERVE who are a small all-Ireland charity focused on work in the developing world. SERVE works with Caritas Parnaiba in the poorest part of the nation. Providing dignified housing for families living in poverty, SERVE has been sending volunteers to the area for the last seven years, building family homes, constructing community water cisterns in rural communities, supporting child nutritional centres and running Youth Leadership training programmes. So if you want to support us please do, the money you give us will be going straight into building houses.’ You can donate to the teeam directly through the Just Giving website at www.justgiving.com/servebrazil2013

Belfast City Council’s Development Committee have given the go ahead for the fourth annual Belfast Music Week to take place between November 11th and 17th following a report which showed that the 2012 Belfast Music Week had been the most successful yet. It stated with that with 41,000 people attending more than 250 events in 70 venues across the city, it created an associated economic impact of almost £2.1m www.bloommagazine.co.uk 5

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Airport Funding Brings Some Math-a-Magic to Local School Pupils at a Belfast primary school were treated to a magical performance by a local children’s touring theatre company thanks to funding from the George Best Belfast City Airport Community Fund. Cahoots NI arrived at Victoria Park Primary School to perform their newest show, ‘Lights, Camera, Math ‘a’ Magic’ to an audience of pupils, from two of the airport’s adopted schools, Victoria Park Primary School and Mitchell House School, eager to witness the extraordinary feats of mathematical mind reading and illusion. The performance for Victoria Park Primary and Mitchell House School was funded by the Belfast City Airport Community Fund which sees the airport fine airlines for operating late flights. This money is then re-invested into groups and projects within the local community that promote areas such as education, sport or conservation. To date, the Community Fund has donated almost £100,000. The touring production which encompasses elements of the Key Stage 2 Northern Ireland Curriculum such as Mathematics and Numeracy, Language and Literacy, The Arts and Personal Development and Mutual Understanding, has also been sponsored by Danske Bank. ‘Lights, Camera, Math ‘a’ Magic’ will continue its schools tour until 18th June 2013. A full list of Cahoots NI events can be seen at www.cahootsni.com For more information on how your community group or project can apply for funding from the Belfast City Airport Community Fund, please visit www. belfastcityairport.com or contact communityfund@belfastcityairport.com

FEAST OF GOLFING FUN AT JUNIOR FESTIVAL

A two-day feast of golfing fun is on the cards for young golfers aged 5-16 years old at the popular Forest Feast Junior Golf Festival 2013 at Blackwood Golf Centre, Bangor. The golfing Keen young golfers, action tees off on Friday 21st June with the Stewart and Laura McCaw launch the Forest Feast Primary School Cup that is open Forest Feast Junior to teams of three children from schools across Golf Festival NI. The individual competitions will take place on Saturday 22nd June with categories for all standards of young golfers from beginners to competitive club players. The event, which is sponsored by premium dried fruit and nut snack brand Forest Feast, is being organised and hosted by Blackwood Golf Centre in association with partners the Belfast Telegraph, Ping and Junior Golf Ireland. The event has been running at Blackwood for over 17 years and was one of Rory McIlroy’s early competitive experiences. The Junior Golfer of the Year is one of the few competitions in Northern Ireland that welcomes juniors with an official handicap and those who haven’t had the opportunity to get one as yet. For the experienced young golfers with handicaps, there is a stableford competition played over 18 hole Hamilton Course whilst novice players can come along and get a taste for competitions in a fun non- handicap Par 3 event. Download entry forms from forestfeast.com or from blackwoodgolfcentre.com or from Blackwood Golf Centre. Tel: 02891852706. Entry fee £10 includes Goodie Bags 6 www.bloommagazine.co.uk

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Toy Soldier marches to success with Junk Kouture

Students Danielle Kinney and Amiee Marie McGovern stormed their way to success at the grand final of recycled fashion competition Junk Kouture which was held in ‘The Bord Gàis Energy Theatre’ in Dublin. ‘Toy Soldier’ which is made entirely from recycled materials including broken toys, waste from hole punchers, paper bags, electrical earthen wire, copper coil, broken Lego and scraps of fabric, fought off over 2,000 entrants.The girls were pipped to the post in being named the Northern region winner of the contest by ‘Dancing with Wolves’ from Buncrana which knocked them into a respectable joint second position. Student Annie Corbett of Colaiste Iosaef in County Limerick was crowned overall winner with her design entitled ‘UltraVioletWash’ which was made from hundreds of old clothes pegs, lint from clothes dryers and a tin of UVA paint. The Junk Kouture competition has gone from strength to strength since launching in 2010 and has seen thousands of teenagers’ work submitted since then with some spectacular and awe-inspiring pieces gracing the competition’s regional and national catwalks as well as the red carpet at the Royal Premiere of ‘The Hobbit’ in London. Sponsored by Bank of Ireland UK and European Recycling Platform (ERP), the only pan-European compliance scheme for electronic waste and battery recycling, Junk Kouture is the leading fashion and art competition for second level school students across Ireland and has a reputation, among many, as being the most creative. 8 www.bloommagazine.co.uk

Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has announced an important step in the future regeneration of the Holywood with the launch of a master planning exercise. The Holywood Town Centre Masterplan will identify how regeneration opportunities within the town centre can be fully realised. Announcing the plan, the Minister said: ‘The commencement of the Holywood Town Centre Masterplan will seek to enhance the town’s fine reputation as a quality shopping destination. There are a number of prime opportunity sites that, if properly developed within an overall vision for the town centre, will enable Holywood to attract more visitors and new businesses. I look forward to seeing the plan being developed in a manner that strengthens the town centre whilst at the same time protecting the town’s unique character and rich build heritage. The master plan will present a framework within which detailed proposals can be developed for a mix of business, tourism, leisure, public space and housing that could be accommodated Mayor of North Down Borough Council, Councillor Wesley Irvine said: ‘We welcome the appointment of the consultancy team for the Holywood Masterplan. North Down Borough Council look forward to working with the Department of Social Development as well as business and local community groups and the consultancy team to take forward the development of the plan. This is a great opportunity for all stakeholders and residents of Holywood to get involved in what will be the forward planning of the town for the next 15 years.’

Ticker Club - A group of ex-patients from the cardiac department of the Ulster Hospital are currently meeting every week in the Aslan Centre at Knocknagoney to take part in exercises and games from 7pm to 9pm on a Thursday evening. The club is open to all heart patients in the area who feel they could benefit from sharing support with like minded individuals who want to reduce the risks of further setbacks. Contact; Alan Houston, Health Development Worker (Outer East), on 028 9045 1512 alan@ebcda.org or Bob Buick, Secretary on 028 9087 3637.

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Super slimmers’ weight-loss success is in the bag! Local slimmers are dropping pounds (lbs) and bagging up all the clothes they’ve slimmed out of to raise pounds (££s) for a good cause in The Big Slimming World Clothes Throw. Members of the Ballyhackamore and Holywood Slimming World groups have spring-cleaned their closets and are donating the clothes that no longer fit their new slimline figures to their local Cancer Research shop. Sally Moore, who runs the groups in Ballyhackamore and Holywood, said: ‘My members have lost an amazing 2,660lbs (190stone) since January this year and they’re feeling fantastic! Lots of people have dropped down clothes sizes and their wardrobes are full of clothes that are too big and baggy now. And they’re happy to give them away because they know that they’re never going to need them again! Our Food Optimising plan isn’t a diet that members follow for a little while and then ‘come off’ when they’ve reached their target weight. At group each week we support members to make healthy changes to the way they shop, cook and eat that they can keep up for life so they really do slim for good.’ The Big Slimming World Clothes Throw is a nationwide fundraising drive that sees Slimming World members across the UK donating clothes to Cancer Research UK, Slimming World’s charity partner for 2013. Each bag of clothes collected could raise up to £25. Anyone who’d like to slim down like these generous Slimming World members is welcome at their local Slimming World Group. To find out more call Sally on 07738 713436 or visit www.slimmingworld.com.

Holywood Ladies Bowling Club are looking for new members.

“We have a wonderful welcome waiting for anyone interested in coming along to our Rinks Practice on Monday evenings at 6.30pm or Wednesday afternoons at 1.30pm. This is a great family sport and a great way to get some exercise, no previous bowling experience is necessary, ladies bring your daughters and granddaughters from 11 years old and upwards. Please come and join us we would love to see you at Seapark.”

Join a Growing Team of Approved Home Childcarers! Sandra Thompson is excited to have joined a team of Approved Home Childcarers working with Employers For Childcare Charitable Group. Approved Home Childcare is a unique childcare service provided in the family home. So what does a typical day for Sandra look like? ‘I finish up at my part-time job as a Family Support Assistant for Surestart at around 1pm, collect the children I look after from school and take them back to their own home. I’ll prepare a snack for the children and supervise them as they play or study. I’ll help them with their homework and then we enjoy play time until their parents come home. It means a great deal to me to be able to help a family in this way as I know how hard it can be to find the right childcare, having three children myself. I am delighted to be a part of such a new type of childcare service; it is so different to what is currently available to parents. So far it has been a real boost to my childcare career and I am looking forward to taking part in training opportunities provided by Approved Home Childcare. On top of that it has been fantastic to be able to contribute to supporting the work of Employers For Childcare Charitable Group, a campaigning charity which helps parents to balance work and family lives.’ If you are interested in becoming an Approved Home Childcarer or if you are a parent interested in the service, find out more by calling freephone 0800 206 1488, contact ahc@employersforchildcare.org or visit the website www.approvedhomechildcare.com. 10 www.bloommagazine.co.uk

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4. There are new mechanisms in place and products available to promote home ownership - including government schemes- for free advice on this, please contact one of our offices. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), recently published figures stating that “new buyer enquiries were at their highest level since November 2009 and prices were also starting to rise”, said 25% more surveyors reported that demand for property had risen rather than fallen. This was the seventh positive result in the last eight months - and each time there has been an industry announcement, it has mirrored our own experiences. The rental market has also experienced a real increase; we are seeing a whole new influx of corporate clients desperate to rent available properties. This is largely due to the investment into the Titanic Quarter from the global film production companies - we simply cannot fulfil demand for rental properties at present. To speak to John Minnis about buying, renting or selling your home, call Holywood 028 9042 8888, Donaghadee 028 9188 8881 or East Belfast 028 9065 3333 or visit johnminnis.co.uk ‘Like’ John Minnis Estate Agents on Facebook for the latest property info, industry news and competitions and prizes.

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St George’s Bar & Grill We speak to Kathy Toye, manager at the wonderful St George’s Bar & Grill which is situated in one of the city’s oldest and historic buildings. The restaurant first started in 2002 and was first known as The Oxford Exchange. It was refurbished in 2009 and became St Georges Market Bar & Grill. It has always been part of the Mount Charles Group and today is a thriving restaurant above one of the best market’s in the UK. ‘The Head Chef is Ray Malcolmson,’ explains Kathy, ‘who has 25 years experience in the hospitality industry working in hotels such as The Culloden Estate & Spa, The Drumsill House in Armagh, The Marine Hotel in St Andrews and the Gourmet International Hotel in Bermuda. The menu has a major focus on provenance and boasts a wealth of locally sourced Irish produce. The award -winning suppliers that we use only deliver the freshest of ingredients plus all dishes are classically cooked using natural methods and ingredients. The chefs are happy to create gluten friendly dishes and cater for vegetarians.’ St Georges Market Bar & Grill certainly boasts a unique setting – nestled in the eaves of St Georges Market on Oxford Street, one of the oldest and most historic buildings in Belfast. The dining room has an adjoining balcony terrace which has picturesque and atmospheric views of the bustling market below. Which in turn means the chefs are also fortunate to have a wealth of fresh and artisan produce on their doorstep provided by the bespoke market stalls! ‘I guess you could say the clue is in the name’, says Kathy. ‘The restaurant is famous for the grill section as well as offering various seasonal specials. All 20 www.bloommagazine.co.uk

produce is sourced from local suppliers including Hannan Meats and Walter Ewing.’ The restaurant has an excellent Trip Advisor rating and also holds five stars for the Scores on the Doors scheme. The efficient and dedicated service personnel clearly have a ‘nothing is too much trouble’ approach to their work. ‘The staff provide a bright and cheery atmosphere in the dining room whilst always remaining knowledgeable and professional. In fact the staff aims to exceed customer expectation in everything they do.’

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The Bay Tree The award winning restaurant from just down the road very kindly share a handful of recipes for you to enjoy at home. Depending on how well you know The Bay Tree, every reader will have different experiences to share. Some may know it as the cinnamon scone place, some as the place where they had an amazing night at one of their legendary themed events, some may eat there every day, others may avail of the Go service. Some may say all of the above! One thing is for sure, The Bay Tree is very much a vital part of Holywood. Simple, honest, fresh food is the foundation for every dish and a combination of loyal regulars and new faces maintain the unique atmosphere day and night. Sue Farmer who runs The Bay Tree with son William and their team launched their very own cookbook to celebrate the myriad of awards and recommendations they have under their belt. They have kindly opened the book of classics and agreed to share some of the recipes with you. To see even more of their repertoire, you can pop into the restaurant and pick up your very own copy of the book too. Enjoy. 118 High Street, Holywood. Tel 028 9042 1419. baytreeholywood.co.uk 23

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Salad of Asparagus, Lardons, Croutons, Spinach & a Poached Egg “l wouldn’t have believed what a difference a little vinegar in the water makes to a poached egg, had I not experienced a series of failures without the vinegar. It doesn’t make the egg taste of vinegar, but just helps keep it together bacon, asparagus and croutons and set nicely.”

randomly but equally on the four Serves 4 plates. Spoon the dressing over everything. Ingredients Then poach the 4 eggs for 4-5 16 spears asparagus minutes, with your slotted spoon 4 slices bacon cut into strips or in your hand ready to get them out 110g lardons. of the water. 1 slice bread cut in small squares Place an egg on each plate, and Sunflower oil enjoy. Baby spinach 2 Little Gem lettuce Cherry tomatoes, halved Dressing 1 dsp wholegrain mustard Small pinch Maldon salt Black pepper 1 tbsp white wine / cider vinegar 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

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700g/1 1/2lb salmon 50g/2oz sushi ginger, sliced more 4 scallions chopped salt & pepper Cucumber Pickle 1/2 unpeeled cucumber made into long slivers with a potato peeler 1/2 red onion finely sliced 110g/4oz sugar heaped dsp Maldon salt 75ml/3floz cider vinegar

If you have time, cut up the salmon and marinate it for an hour “Ginger is a good way to add or so to add flavour. To make the dressing, simply mix If you have used the marinate, some flavour to salmon. It the ingredients together. Give strain the salmon from it. Place may also be handy if you them another whisk up just before the salmon in a food processor have a jar of sushi ginger serving. with the scallions, salt & pepper. lurking in a cupboard that Pulse until well chopped and Cook the asparagus in boiling needs to be used up." water for 3-4 minutes. Cook the amalgamated but dont over do it. bacon or lardons in some oil until Remove from the processor bowl Serves 4 or 2 greedy people! crisp. Reserve the oil and fry the and mix with the sushi ginger by bread for croutons in the baconhand. Form into cakes, wither 4 Ingredients flavoured oil. large or 8 smaller ones. Fry gently 1 Clove garlic Heat water with a splash of until firm to the touch. You can 1 tsp brown sugar vinegar in a frying pan for the peep into them to check they are Good pinch Maldon salt poached eggs. Arrange the cooked. East with pickle on top 1 1/2 tsp soy sauce lettuce, spinach. tomatoes. and rice. 24

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Chicken with Peppers, Lime & Honey “This dish has a sweet and sour flavour, and is very colourful. It’s always very strange how a dish will sell really well one day and not at all the next. l think of it as a late summer/early autumn dish, as that is when peppers are in season, but l make it all year round”

Serves 4 Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 170°C/Gas 4 4 chicken breasts 2 red onions peeled and sliced 2 limes, rind and juice 1 red and I yellow pepper. seeds removed and cut into chunks or slices, as you wish 1 stock cube 2 tbsp sunflower oil 1 tbsp honey Fresh parsley or coriander to garnish

Grease and line a 23cm/9 inch Ginger Parkin cake tin. Gently melt the butter, Rhubarb Compote sugar and treacle. Stir in the milk. Beat the eggs and add the & Mascarpone chopped ginger. Cream Sift the flour with the ground

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Preheat oven to 160c/Gas 4 225g/9oz butter diced In a frying pan, heat the sunflower 175g/7oz Moscavado sugar oil. Season the chicken breasts 3 tbsp black treacle and fry them for 3 or 4 minutes. 150ml/1/4 pint milk Remove them to a baking dish in 2 large eggs beaten which they fit fairly snugly. 1 tbsp ground ginger In the same frying pan, cook 4 little balls of preserved ginger the sliced r’ed onions, stirring, chopped. Keep the syrup to for a few minutes. Then add the drizzle into the cake. peppers, lime rind and juice. stock 275g/11oz self raising flour cube, honey and about 275ml (1/2 Rhubarb Compote pint) of water. Bring to the boil, 8 stalks rhubarb cut into 2cm and then pour over the chicken. 110g/2oz sugar Bake for 45 minutes, but have Orange rind from 1/2 orange a look after half an hour, as the 2 little balls of preserved ginger honey can sometimes make the cut into strips (optional) vegetables blacken. Mascarpone Cream Serve with rice or’ potatoes, and 225/9oz Mascarpone garnish with the fresh parsley or 125ml/4fl oz double cream coriander. 1tbsp icing sugar

ginger. Combine with the warm mixture thoroughly. Spoon into the cake tin and make it level. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Cool in the tin for an hour. Make holes all over the cake with a skewer and pour two tbsp of the ginger syrup from the jar over the top. Put the rhubarb, sugar, orange and ginger in a deepish container. Remember that rhubarb will make its own liquid, so no need to add any, thinking the recipe has omitted it! Cover with foil and put in the oven for about 30 minutes. You want the rhubarb to be just soft, but holding its shape. Put the Mascarpone in a bowl and beat to loosen it. Add the icing sugar and beat again. Lightly whip the double cream. Fold the Mascarpone into the cream. www.bloommagazine.co.uk 25

June Wines & Beers

With Tom Bell of Grange Wines

June will hopefully see a change in the weather and the start of our Summer; and therefore I am going to be very optimistic in my drinks recommendations for June.

Boutinot Cairanne – La Cote Sauvage - Red Wine This wine is produced from grapes grown in the hills above the village of Cairanne in the southern Rhone valley. The grape varitals used for the blend are Grenach Noir, Syrah, old Carignan Noir and Mourvedre. The wine is matured for two years in Demi-Muids (Small Oak Barrells) and this results in a silky smooth and well balanced wine. This wine is produced from low yielding vines and the result is a wine with lusciously ripe flavours, layered with a complexity of soft spices, oaky vanilla and warming, almost fleshy fruit. This wine had great finesse and elegance and gives an intricate yet satisfying finish. £15.99

Zuccardi Estates(Serie A) Torrontes White Wine Firstly I have selected this wonderful white wine from Salta in Argentina. This is a wonderfully fresh and crisp wine. It has enticing aromas with hints of white flowers, pears, oranges and passion fruit. In the palate it is refreshing with a great taste persistence and a lovely delicate finish. £10.99

MacIvors Traditional Dry Cider - Dry Cider This Award Winning Cider is made from 100% Fresh Pressed Irish Apples from the family orchard in County Armagh and is the result of master Gregg MacNeice’s “Labour of Love”. Gregg produces ciders that are easy to drink and exceptionally well matched to food. If you want a refreshing summer drink, this wonderful cider is very hard to pass by. £2.49

Please feel free to call into Grange Wines for any Wine, Spirit or Beer advice or requirements. We would love to see you and please mention Bloom Magazine to our WSET Trained and Accredited Staff.

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‘This passion was nurtured by working in top restaurants during my five years at University, and food was always one of my first loves and my relaxation.’ With a purely commercial career spanning law, oil and construction to name just a few, she found herself jobless last year at the age of 54 and with the property market in turmoil, it was time to forge a new career which had to involve her first love; food. ‘I spotted a niche for quality handmade chocolates in the North Down area so, having done some initial training at a top chocolatier in London, I have been experimenting with flavours and fillings and honing my skills, setting up my business in May.’ On a trip to Holland when she was 18, Brenda saw the window displays of Godiva chocolates, and then in Italy she tasted the wonderful chocolate there, such as Amedei. ‘I wanted to be able to create the fabulous flavours and look of good quality luxury continental chocolates and when I spotted that niche in the market, my fantasy became reality. My French ‘family’ dubbed me ‘la petite coquine’ all those years ago because I teased them so much, so the name of the business reminds me of discovering ‘real’ chocolates for the first time, but also reflects the tease of my products-the creative design of the 28 www.bloommagazine.co.uk

chocolates drawing the senses through from the visual appearance to the tease of what lies within-an intense flavour sensation.’ Brenda makes a variety of products from filled/decorated bars to truffles and filled moulded chocolates. Some favourites are the pink champagne, chilli and lime, pina colada, raspberry, violet or rose fondants, salted muscovado caramel, goats cheese and lemon, Grappa & raisin and the Thai taster - a white chocolate ganache flavoured with coconut milk, ginger, lemongrass, chilli and lime. Seasonal flavours are on their way too with a Pimms chocolate coming up soon along with a range of cocktail chocolates. ‘All the products are made in small batches for freshness, they are not mass produced, and I make them from scratch from fresh produce. I don’t use preservatives or other agents to extend the life of the product. The range is gluten free with some dairy free products as well. I also do wedding favours and do my best to match the chocolate colours to the wedding, and am happy to create a special flavour a customer may want.’

Catch Brenda at Sunday Fayre in Victoria Square 23rd June and dates after that. Keep in touch via: Facebook.com/LaCoquinehandmadechocolates orders@lacoquine.co.uk / www.lacoquine.co.uk

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