
Holmfirth Food & Drink Festival Omelette Challenge
All demonstration chefs were invited to take part in our
very own Omelette challenge – three eggs, 1 knob of
butter and 1 hot pan to see who could make the fastest
omelette, the results for 2011 were:
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2011 |
2010 |
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Steve Halstead
Pam Mollan
Sean Crammer
Greg Christofi
Sean Crammer
Eddie
Ben Atkinson
Neil Frazer
Simon
Andrew Colwill
Allison Whitmarsh
Richard Morphett
Joe
Matt
Hilary Frayne
Davy
Dan Junior
Sarah Sweeting |
Kirklees College
Festival Chef
les Caveaux
Old Bridge Bakery
les Caveaux
Audience
The Hepworth
Kirklees college
Snowden Hill
Coddy’s Farm
Propermaid
Foodie Farmer
les Caveaux
Two Valleys
Kirklees Markets
The Nook
Audience
Kirklees Markets |
35 SEC
46 SEC
52 SEC
47 SEC
52 SEC
56 SEC
56 SEC
59 SEC
1 minute, 01 seconds
1 minute, 07 seconds
1 minute, 10 seconds
1 minute, 24 Seconds
1 minute, 12 seconds
1 minute, 15 seconds
1 minute, 28 seconds
1 minute, 51 seconds
1 minute, 16 seconds
1 minute, 49 seconds |
1 minute, 1 second
1 minute
1 minute, 13 seconds (2nd attempt)
2 minutes, 12 seconds
1 minute, 29 seconds
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Our Stallholders love the Holmfirth Food & Drink
Festival!
Read their comments here...
"The event was a credit to your Department. Everyone
enjoyed it, traders and visitors alike!.
There was a wide area of coverage. I spoke to visitors
from Doncaster, Manchester, Harrogate etc.
Can you arrange such events for three or four times a
year?"
Alexander
Gourmet Med
"Just wanted to say thank you very much for a superb
weekend, my team and I really enjoyed coming along to
the festival, and found it to be a great success.
We will definitely be coming again next year – so
reserve us a stall please!"
Jane Jordon
Independent Sales Director for The Pampered Chef
"Thank you for letting us attend the event yesterday.
It was very successful and we managed to speak to loads
of people about our the Love Food Hate Waste campaign.
Thanks again for yesterday."
Alison Lowe
Recycling Officer
"Maria, Just to say a big thank you to you, Claire,
Pam, Chris and everyone on your team for a brilliant
weekend.
My staff and I have loved every bit of the weekend and
it is all down to hard work you all do to make it such a
success.
The security team were brilliant and the car park
remained a safe place for every one.
The stall holders were all great to the staff and was a
pleasure to be around them all weekend.
I get involved in many things in Holmfirth, but, this
festival is the best organised, enjoyed and loved by
many and hundreds more.
Your commitment to ensure it works is a credit to you. I
cannot praise and thank you enough!
Lynn Ford
Old Bridge Hotel
"Thank you so much to you & your excellent team for a job
well done from all at Sharland's of Paddock.
What a superb event the Holmfirth Food & Drink Festival is, everyone who
visited had a great time I'm certain, I know we did!
We'll be back again next year, keep up the good work & book the sunshine
again please!"
Keith Sharland
Sharland's of Paddock
Get the Holmfirth Food & Drink Festival Recipe 2011
Created and demonstrated by Old Bridge Hotel Chef, Jason Bedford
Beetroot and Chicken Liver Salad.
Salmon with Lime and Ginger.
Autumn Mess.
Click here for
recipe...
FrumpTarn Guggenband Back in 2011
FrumpTarn Guggenband
a German Carnival Band (one of only two in
the country) from Barnsley performed for us again this year after huge
popularity at the Festival in 2008, 2009 & 2010.
'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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Holmfirth Food and Drink Festival Triumphs Again in
2010!
The Safari Supper which had always been one of
the highlights of the festivals fringe, was missing from
last years programme as organisers felt the public would
prefer more variety. After numerous requests for its
return, the Supper was back and this year at four
venues. The Safari route is a surprise and guests only
find out the day before what their starting venue will
be, and only discover the remaining venues as the
evening unfolds. Tickets for the supper include three
courses, plus cocktail.
Saturday morning saw the Festival open fully,
with the food stalls meandering through the streets of
the town centre, open from 10am until 5.30pm
(some open from 9am until late). The Arts and Craft
market open from 9am in the lower Market Hall.
The festival kitchen, located on the upper floor of the
Market Hall, offered a truly varied selection of
demonstrations over the two days. Cookery demonstrations
started from 10am on both days in the upper Market Hall,
with a jam-packed line-up of serious cookery,
light-hearted cookery fun, and some wonderful tasting
and interactive sessions.
The Mayor of Kirklees, Cllr Andrew Palfreeman,
attended the festival on Saturday afternoon
to welcome festival goers and sample the wares. At
2pm the Mayor introduced the Ministry of Chocolate’s interactive ganache and
truffle making demonstration, one not to be missed!
The festival organisers were also keen to encourage
children to get involved with food demonstrations. This
year they launched the “Junior Big Breakfast Chef of
the Year” sponsored by Old Bridge Hotel. Children
aged 7-11 entered to cook breakfast for two people on
a budget of £5. The winner received a full English
breakfast for four people at Old Bridge Hotel on a date
of their choice, £25 in vouchers and the coveted trophy
and title of Junior Chef of the Year 2010.
Local winner of the Amateur Chef of the Year at
Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival was also
cooking at Holmfirth as part of her winning prize.
Tarryn Gillies showcased some of her
favourite dishes at 12noon on Saturday. Our runner-up,
Dewsbury favourite Tim Lyles, was on hand to judge
the children’s competition, and along with Tarryn to
receive their trophies as Winner and Runner-up in the
‘grown-ups’ competition.
Local MP, Jason McCartney was a fellow judge in
the children’s competition and presented the trophies
to Tarryn and Tim at 10am. Jason, a huge fan of the
Festival, has been a regular visitor over the years, and
was spotted throughout the weekend.
Also spotted over the weekend was Nathan Brown.
Nathan, who took part in last years Ready, Steady, Cook
enjoyed his visit so much that he insisted on returning.
Local restaurants worked tirelessly on the festival
committee to ensure lots of activities were taking place. Carniceria hosted free tapas, cheese and wine
tastings from noon each day. The Nook offered free
brewery tours and tastings at 2.30pm and 3.30pm each
day. Local restaurants The Balcony, Old Bridge Hotel and Carniceria
created a mini-dining area in Towngate
Car Park to offer taster menu’s. This was open
alongside the German beer garden from 11am each day.
Back by very popular demand, and taking centre stage on
the music front over both days, were Frumptarn Guggen
Band, one of only two German parading carnival bands
in the UK. Over the years, their music and costumes have
become synonymous with the Festival.
Cllr Peter McBride, Cabinet Member for
Regeneration said,
‘the festival at Holmfirth has a reputation for
being a real fun event, celebrating foods both local and
international, as well as creating plenty of opportunity
for visitors to relax and enjoy the social aspects of
food and drink. The demonstration programme is very
varied and the additional activities such as brewery
visits make this festival truly unique in the area.
Visitors can get their taste buds around a wealth of
fine foods and drinks as well as enjoying the vast array
of impressive stalls, chef demonstrations, tasters and
street entertainment.’
The wonderful backdrop of Holmfirth and its superb shops
and eateries, and the festival’s spread throughout the
town centre, make the visitor experience truly
memorable. Free children’s entertainment is provided on
both days, and with plenty for all the family, the
festival is definitely worth a visit. A free Park and
Ride scheme operates on both days. Free car
parking is available at Dunsely Heating (HD9 3TW) with a
free mini-bus service running into Holmfirth Town Centre
between 9.30am and 6.30pm.
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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.
News Archive
See which celebrities enjoyed taking part in our past Festival Cook off
Challenges... and find out who won!
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