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Sophie

12 Days of Christmas… Red Anywhere Style!

13/12/11 in General, News by | No Comments Comments

 

On the first day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Smiling Staff 300x229 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the second day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Turkey Crowns 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the third day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
French Wines 224x300 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the fourth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Grazing Bowls 300x200 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the Fifth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Homemade Puds 300x224 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the Sixth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
 
On the Seventh day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
 
On the Eighth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Ovens Burning 208x300 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the ninth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Nine Timers Peeping, 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile form all our Staff! 
Timers 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the tenth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Ten Chefs a-Chopping,  
Nine Timers Peeping, 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile form all our Staff! 
Chef Chopping 224x300 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the eleventh day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Eleven Mixers Mixing, 
Ten Chefs a-Chopping,  
Nine Timers Peeping, 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
 
On the twelfth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Twelve Porters Peeling, 
Eleven Mixers Mixing, 
Ten Chefs a-Chopping,  
Nine Timers Peeping, 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Sophie

Great South East Care Awards 2011

29/11/11 in General, News by | No Comments Comments

 

Following on from Laura’s blog last week, I thought I’d let you know how the Care Awards event at the Brighton Dome transpired…
 
As we arrived, the autumn sun beat down and the team had begun unloading the vans, so us girls swiftly slipped past avoiding too much heavy lifting. The Corn Exchange was a sight, there were precariously placed ladders, wires littering the floor and an assortment of tables and chairs strewn in amongst the chaos. Positively Laura chirped ‘Ok, Ladies, Gents. Let’s get to work!’ and so we did. Folding napkins and neatly laying cutlery, straightening tables and chairs allocating numbers and aligning salt and pepper mills, 3 hours later the room was complete.  We retreated to the changing rooms with bleary eyes and aching backs and awaited the arrival of fresh feet. 

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Once the full team was with us we rapidly changed and Laura set to work explaining the plan of attack (it could only be described as an attack with 431 hungry mouths to feed!), we split the staff into 2 teams and allocated jobs asking them to distribute themselves along the sides of the venue. The curtains were pulled back and the guests were able to view the room in all its glory. They meandered through the room finding their seats, greeting colleagues and friends along the way. When finally all had taken their seats we were off. Each team had 220 guest to feed and only 2 hours to do it. 

 
We served starters, table by table, moving seamlessly throughout the room, with our supervisors managing any dietary requirements as we went. 15 minutes later Laura and I emerged from either end of the room beaming. No rest for the wicked though, as we were straight onto clearing, sliding through any gap we could find to remove every empty plate. 

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Another 15 minutes passed and it seemed all was going well. Starter had been served and cleared and we were just waiting on the sign from the kitchen that they were happy for mains to be served. The signal came and the staff set to work. 20 minutes later and the mains had all been served so again we were back to clearing. 

 
Once every plate, bread board and salt and pepper mill had been removed from the tables the staff were ready to begin dessert service. They glided through the room and presented each guest with a delicious end to the meal. 
 
After the coffee was served all the staff retired to the kitchen for a rest and some food as the guests settled into their seats pleasantly full to watch the award ceremony. 
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All in all a brilliant event!
Dan Clarke

Arundel Sparkle Ball – 9 Days Notice, 300 Guests, No Problem!

01/04/10 in General by | No Comments Comments

Two weeks ago I got a call from a lady asking if were available on the 26th March… I replied, for 2011, she replied know in 9 days time. I assumed that it would be a private dinner for 16 and perhaps the lady had been on our website looking for a Master Chef Experience…. How wrong was I?

I asked for how many guests… the lady replied 250-300 at that point I nearly fell off my chair… I said 250-300! In 9 days time! What has happened? Basically the previous caterers decided to pull out and the committee were frantically calling around to see if anyone could for-fill the event… Of course I said in a very calm manner we can do that, No problem… behind the scenes I was thinking of Staffing, Menu, Logistics etc etc but when you have a good team around you and the resources to pull something together like this in such a short space of time you get a real buzz….

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