by Chez Shamwari | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog
For our theme this time we’re ‘Going Local’. This could encompass anything from local ingredients (whether home grown or sourced from a local supplier) or a recipe reflecting traditions or cuisine local to your area. Our hosts for the evening were...
by Chez Shamwari | Jan 30, 2016 | Blog
The baking theme for this month was an encouragement to shake off the dust of those cookery books seldom used or to put to use what might have appeared under our Christmas trees. There weren’t many of us for our gathering but it was none the less great fun with lots...
by Chez Shamwari | Jan 30, 2016 | Menus
There could be no better way to start the year off than with an afternoon tea. A private booking no less where ‘the fat man in a red suit’ had adorned the relevant Christmas trees with gifts of an afternoon tea at Chez Shamwari. It had all been secretly planned with...
by Chez Shamwari | Dec 28, 2015 | Menus
Is it just me, or has this been the fastest year on record? To whizz by that is? Such is the busyness of life I have to diarise my Christmas baking ‘weekend’. All my festive baking (mincemeat, pudding & cake) takes place at the end of September or beginning of...
by Chez Shamwari | Dec 26, 2015 | Menus
With autumn in full swing and the festive Christmas season knocking on the door, it was to this seasonal ‘palette’ of flavours and treats I turned to for inspiration when designing this menu. I also had had an extremely busy time with my day job and therefore needed...
