So I had a fantastic afternoon at Fortnum and Mason yesterday meeting fellow bloggers who have all been busy baking for Christmas.
This was the brain child of the lovely and very hard working Vanessa Kimbell, author of Prepped, a book which I think is now going to make it onto my Christmas list for its beautiful pictures and lovely recipes.
I met so many people that I spend my days tweeting with like Karen and Lavender and Lovage, Ren Behan, Urvashi Botanical Baker and Laura from How to Cook Good Food. I definitely plan to make some of Laura's ginger Cordial.
I also met lots of bloggers I haven't spoken to before such as Hannah from Corner Cottage Bakery.
We all brought along our home made gifts for swapping and to enter into a competition. There were lots of fantastic entries and the competition was very still but my chutney at least got shortlisted to the Dan Lepard tasting stage.
This was the brain child of the lovely and very hard working Vanessa Kimbell, author of Prepped, a book which I think is now going to make it onto my Christmas list for its beautiful pictures and lovely recipes.
I met so many people that I spend my days tweeting with like Karen and Lavender and Lovage, Ren Behan, Urvashi Botanical Baker and Laura from How to Cook Good Food. I definitely plan to make some of Laura's ginger Cordial.
I also met lots of bloggers I haven't spoken to before such as Hannah from Corner Cottage Bakery.
We all brought along our home made gifts for swapping and to enter into a competition. There were lots of fantastic entries and the competition was very still but my chutney at least got shortlisted to the Dan Lepard tasting stage.
This is what I took along for the swap and competition. The Christmas Cranberry Chutney (making a 2nd batch this morning). White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies and my special Christmassy Orange Mince Pies.
I didn't manage to see who went home with my gifts so I hope they will get in touch.
I didn't manage to see who went home with my gifts so I hope they will get in touch.
There are some people I didn't get round to meeting last night but funnily enough all the gifts I drew out from the draw were from people I had spent a long time chatting to. These were all people I had never spoken to on the blogosphere before.
I receieved these beautiful glittery star Cornish Fairings from Ella who write The Lost Art of Eating and this lovely Mulled Wine Syrup which I may have to try tonight!
My last gift was Apple, Cranberry, Fig and Walnut Chutney from Julia at Eat Healthy But Tasty. I am really looking forward to following Julia's blog as I am good at cooking baked goods but really needs some inspirational help for my health dinners.
I receieved these beautiful glittery star Cornish Fairings from Ella who write The Lost Art of Eating and this lovely Mulled Wine Syrup which I may have to try tonight!
My last gift was Apple, Cranberry, Fig and Walnut Chutney from Julia at Eat Healthy But Tasty. I am really looking forward to following Julia's blog as I am good at cooking baked goods but really needs some inspirational help for my health dinners.
I also want to point out these gorgeous truffles made by Laura at Craftstorming. There are absolutely gorgeous. I make truffles every year but mine are always a bit rough and ready looking, even though they taste fab. I might be leaning on Laura to share her skills so I can one day be this good!
Just to finish up here are some of my favourite things form the Fortnum and Mason displays. I have to confess I did spend £10 on the most wonderful chocolates. I will blog these in a separate post. All in all, a fantastic event and huge thanks to Vanessa for arranging it. I really loved the opportunity to meet like minded blog and twitter friends.
