The Holmfirth Junior “Big Breakfast” Competition, sponsored by Old Bridge
Hotel.
Are aged 7-11 and a budding chef?
Then why not enter our competition to be crowned the Holmfirth Junior “Big
Breakfast” Chef 2010, plus win a Sunday breakfast for 4 people at the superb
Old Bridge Hotel in the heart of Holmfirth.
Two finalists will be selected by Chef Pam Mollan and they will be invited
to the festival on Saturday 25 September to create their “Big Breakfast” at
10am at Holmfirth Market Hall. Entrants must have an adult assistant with
them in the kitchen demonstration area.
The overall winner will be chosen by Chef, Jason Bedford and Manager, Lynne
Ford of the Old Bridge Hotel.
Entries are to be submitted on A4 paper by Wednesday 15 September listing
the name of your breakfast, the contents and the price of each item. The
breakfast must not exceed £5 in value and must be able to feed two people.
Please ensure you include your full name, age, address and contact telephone
number on the back of your entry.
Send completed entries to The Events Team, Kirklees Council,
Queensgate Market, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, HD1 2UJ or email
to
claire.hirst@kirklees.gov.uk
FrumpTarn Guggenband Back in 2010
FrumpTarn Guggenband
a German Carnival
Band (one of only two in the country) from Barnsley will
be performing for us again this year after huge
popularity at the Festival in 2008 & 2009.
'We play modern classic tunes on brass instruments with
drum and percussion accompaniment, in the Swiss and German uggen tradition.
Do not mistake us for an Oompah band!'
www.frumptarn.com
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Propermaid 2010 HSBC start up regionalist finalist
ProperMaid is the result of a university course
business feasibility project that came to life.
The company is the brainchild of Allison Whitmarsh, who, having conducted
the market research and completed the study to meet her course requirements,
realised she had stumbled on a realistic business opportunity.
Her research showed that, while people still preferred the flexibility of
shopping in a supermarket, they also wanted access to locally sourced
produce – a market sector that had grown by 30% in just one year.
Recognising the potential of an expanding market, Allison launched
ProperMaid, cooking cakes at home and distributing them through local
farmers’ markets to gauge customer interest and develop a broader knowledge
of the baking industry.
Allison has a passion for baking and has passed this on to her army of
baking ‘maids’, along with her interest in producing new and innovative
recipes. Her home baking ‘with a twist’ has resulted in taste treats such as
chocolate chilli and fudge, chocolate and beetroot, and courgette and lime
cakes. A dandelion and burdock cake, created in tribute to her home town of
Huddersfield, won the award for best bakery product at last year’s
Deliciously Yorkshire Awards, and will be followed soon by a liquorice cake
in honour of the 250th birthday of Yorkshire’s favourite sweets, Pontefract
Cakes.
Aware that their local focus is a key part of their customer appeal,
ProperMaid have so far targeted businesses within a 50 mile radius,
including nine Asda stores.
As demand for their products continues to increase, they are planning to
expand their premises to support the production of single portion retail
packs and are developing contacts with other local suppliers to help
increase sales. Discussions are under way with Morrisons, Booths, Tesco and
Selfridges, while by 2011 ProperMaid and its army of maids plan to be
looking into the potential of international sales, taking their ‘posh cakes
from Yorkshire’ much further from home.
www.propermaid.co.uk
www.startupstars.hsbc.co.uk
Vintage Market in Holmfirth
The Vintage Market is open on each
Wednesday running from 10am to 4.30pm.
Cllr Peter McBride, Cabinet member for Regeneration, said: “This new trading
day will be a great boost for the town centre and will be an additional
attraction for the many coach parties visiting Holmfirth as well as more
local shoppers. The market has also resulted in a new partnership with the
Kirkwood Hospice charity which has committed its support and will hand-pick
vintage goods from donations to sell at the market.”
Traders interested in renting a stall should contact Geoff Sheard on 01484
223730.
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