Connect Pots

Catering and hospitality is an ever expanding business. Every day new food and beverage ventures are popping up in towns and cities across the world. Even in a global pandemic the rise of such establishments has been impressive. Here in the UK we have had our fair share also. One such enterprising venture belongs to chef and restauranteur Chris Sheppard.

Chris, has recently established a new type of online foodie business ‘Connect Pots’ connecting everyone who loves food, loves cooking it and also loves talking about it. The site enables users to find delicious recipes and cooking tips from some amazing home cooks as well as professional chefs from around the world. What’s even more unique about this site, is that you can add your own recipes and cooking tips too.

Chris has a vast knowledge of food and drink from across the globe. Working with some exceptional chefs, he has combined all of that knowledge and experience into this amazing new website. ‘Connect Pots’ grew from Chris’s engagement with others through his social media accounts. Users would contact him asking for tip s and advice on allmanner of things food related. This became a regular thing so he decided to set up a purpose built website to keep his fans and followers happy.

The website just doesn’t offer recipe ideas and cooking tips. For paid up subscribers there is an opportunity to hire a chef for a day. Along with two guest of your choosing you can Join Chris in his commercial kitchen for a one on one cooking lesson. For those already behind the stove of professional kitchens, there is also an opportunity for further training with Chris to really hone those professional skills.

But if all of that sounds a bit too involved then why not book into Chris’s bistro located in Yatton for some top quality French style food by a top quality chef? For more information about Chris, the bistro and ‘Connect Pots’. Then why not find him on social media @chefchrissheppard on Instagram.

Also don’t forget to check out and subscribe to www.chefchrissheppard.com

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See Bristols most fun tour – The Only Fools and Horses Tour

Join the Only Fools and Horses Tour of locations from Bristol and see familiar locations from this classic British TV comedy. This 3 ½ hour coach tour is a perfect afternoon for fans of the show.

Since Only Fools and Horses was first broadcast in 1981, it has won over legions of fans. Many people consider it to be Britain’s best sit-com of all time.

Only Fools and Horses was set in Peckham in South East London and written by John Sullivan. However, the show was filmed primarily in West London and Bristol.

From the late 1980s and particularly the 1990s, the show was made in Bristol until it ended in 2003. So it is here in Bristol where you will be taken to scenes that have become iconic in the history of British comedy.

What you’ll see on tour

Your guide, who is also a fan of the show, will take you to numerous outdoor locations around Bristol. At each stop you will be given behind-the-scenes facts on how the show was filmed. The tour will share information about characters, such as Del Boy, Rodney, Uncle Albert, Trigger, Boycie, and Marlene. Your guide will discuss John Sullivan’s scripts in detail too. 36 Starting from central Bristol, the coach tour will include sites in and around the city centre. There will be several stops and walking required as part of the tour, so please bring suitable footwear and clothing. Along the way you will see clips from the show and get behind the scenes information about how the show was brought to your TV screen.

See the exterior to the bar that Del visits where the famous ‘Falling through the bar’ scene takes place. Discover the Adult Education Centre where Rodney met Cassandra. You can re-enact the scene where Del Boy and Rodney scare off the muggers whilst running through dressed as Batman and Robin. Stop off to get a pic outside Boycie’s fancy house.

Where Rodney gets the photo developed in the very last episode. See if Sid is smoking whilst cooking at Sids Cafe. Pass by Boycies Motor showroom when Del and Rodney look over the Rolls Royce. Get a picture outside Nelson Mandela House and many other locations.

So don’t be a plonker and book the Only Fools and Horses Tour today. You know it makes sense!