The weekend found me with my friend Sue (I know I always seem to be with her these days!) talking food – one of my favourite subjects!!
As you know, Holly, Sue’s daughter is having her reception in the Village Hall and after much debate we have decided that we need a helping hand. Both of us are excellent cooks, but that is just it we are general cooks, we can put together some fabulous meals but catering for a hoard of people is a very different story and besides that Holly wants something a little more up market than we are capable of producing and to be quite truthful I could do without the stress. 
Anyway, Sue has found a great Chef from her Wedding Organizer e-book called 
Simon Smith and he is fantastic!
Simon has had a varied worldwide culinary career over the past forty years . He trained in Switzerland and then Paris. From there he moved on to London and worked as Chef saucier at ‘’The Inn on The Park’’ Park Lane. In addition he has worked at the British embassies in both Paris and Vienna, catered for a wedding for 4000 in New York (so ours will be a doddle) and worked as a private chef aboard super yachts, but he is so down to earth and easy to talk to.
We had thought of a sit down meal but the ideas Simon came up with for a mix and match (some hot some cold) dishes had us sold in a matter of seconds. He knows where to source all the tableware, how much food and drink will be required for the number of guests invited and has come up with some beautiful ideas for the table settings and of course we are going to have chair covers
We are meeting up with him for a taster session and I for one just can't wait!
