We are absolutely delighted to be hosting this event… what an amazing way to actually have your say… so many of us love to comment on what we’d do better, what we’d like to see… and so this is your chance!!!
Tried&Tested
‘Town & City’
Community Assemblies host ‘meet your neighbours for afternoon tea’
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010CHEF:FIELD A 48hr Food Festival for Food Lovers
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
CHEF: FIELD a 48 hour food festival for food lovers
Showcasing the finest food brands from around the UK. Our 2 tone festival explores the relationship between what comes out of the field and what happens after the harvest.
We invite you to leap through the FIELD festival experiencing exquisite tastes, flavours and textures celebrating food in its purest form fresh from the earth.
Then we ask you to succumb to the delights of CHEF as the ingredients straight from our land and sea are introduced to cooking styles, method and innovation to create an inspirational and educational festival for food lovers everywhere.
A bustling 2 day programme of cookery schools, demonstrations, lectures, masterclasses by The School of Artisan Food (‘Such Brilliance..an idea that will change the food culture’ Sheila Dillon BBC Radio 4 Food programme) and The Milestone (‘For me it is a rare and lovely find’ Jay Rayner) as well as specialist bars, restaurants, entertainment, cocktail bars from London’s biggest names and dedicated gourmet points for those needing quick fixes of champagne and oysters. A culmination of the first day’s food and cookery classes will be with the festival’s ‘garden’ dinner for guests, sponsors, press and brands.
With the aim of keeping the festival ethos as ethical, responsible sustainable, innovative and educational as possible brands and names taking part will use the festival as a platform that engages with an audience over 48 hours with these principles in mind.
The Marque: 93ft have created an ambigram for the festival. Once rotated Field becomes Chef and Chef, Field. This reflects the symbiotic relationship between the two as the transformation of field produce into chef delights is celebrated.
Location: CHEF: FIELD is a merging of the two experiences which also spells (in your mouth) the location of our first event. Exact location will be released soon.
When: Summer 2011
Who you can see: Some of the most exciting and forward thinking food brands in the UK. Please contact info@cheffieldfestival.com for more details.
Can you take part?: To find out how please view here. (PDF)
Please email info@cheffieldfestival.com for details
Tickets: Details released soon
Sponsorship: Limited availability please view here (PDF)
Please email info@thechimneyhouse.com to register your interest
Website and Programme: Coming soon. Due to popular demand there are limited spaces available. Please contact info@cheffieldfestival.com for more details.
Our site is currently under construction… almost there!! It is www.cheffieldfestival.com
Brought to you by: The Chimney House, The Milestone & 93ft
The World’s Best Restaurant: Noma and Me
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
So you might know we are hosting a pop up dining hall at The Chimney House? Of course you do… we’ve been bleating on about it for a small while now… so you may think we are about to announce that the newly crowned ‘Worlds Best Restaurant’ winner (San Pellegrino decides) Noma is coming to be one of our pop ups. Sadly – although we did get a personal guided tour of his kitchens the delightful Rene Redzepi may not be tempted from his Nordic perfection just yet – but maybe for a short while if we plead… it’s only a little hop over the ocean…
This could quickly turn into pleading and lamenting – so I’ll tell the story instead of how I got to this point. Ok. So over in Copenhagen – rewind a month or so book lunch at Noma. Back in Copenhagen again we hire bikes for the morning and buzz around the city in the beauteous sun and deathly cold Nordic breeze. Realise it’s lunch time and take off hair-a- flowing down to the docks where Noma lives. Park bikes. Soon realise (within half a footstep) of approaching the door that ‘bike disheveled ‘ is not a look that is adapted or recognised in Noma. (this is a city where there are more bikes than humans…for Christ sakes )
But at least the Tom Ford a-like in breathtakingly suave attire possessing immaculate manners had the good grace not to point it out as he welcomed us with earth shattering poise and handed us over to an army of ‘take you to your chair’ characters. And that is just what they were… real characters of mystery, appeal and knowledge… fascinating to look at (be aware of you look at them too long they think you need to ‘go’ and try to escort you to the loo. Am sure they will be mortified by this as they are in fact supremely ‘not of this world’ – and don’t register bodily functions am sure . ) Team Noma are even better to chat to – one of the chefs was a super human Yorkshire creation called Sam Miller who was so disarmingly down to earth we pummeled him with Q’s. So settled at our table of exquisite Danish cool we were presented a series of ‘snacks’ the best bit was they came in biscuit tins, plant pots, hairy plates, smoking egg shells, which we devoured in a dainty snack eating fashion. My fav element was the fact the chef who had created each snack brought them over to explain what it was and why you were just about to eat the most theatrical morsel of pure creation and skill than you have ever seen before in your entire life and didn’t hang around long enough to see hours of work vanish in a heartbeat. The same pattern continued throughout the tasting menus and over the course of 3 hours we emerged triumphant and dizzy with expectation for more. You remember walnut whips? (I say remember as no one I speak to has ever eaten one after graduation into their teens, although I was given one last time I went to the Podiatrist and nearly fainted… ‘you need sugar’ cried the girl and raided her stash) Moving to languish on more Danish cool we were presented with a hat-box filled with tissue paper and the most stunning handcrafted work of art a bit like said walnut whip only a zillion times better and bigger and one for the fond memory cabinet. So after an impromptu kitchen tour and subsequent layering back on of bike attire we did a little jig of glee.
PS Note to reader. Since winning The San Pellegrino World Restaurant Award 2010 Noma’s site reportedly received 100,000 requests for tables so I’ve done another jig. This time of smugness.
Star Struck with Glenn Foster
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Did we think we’d get more celebs running through the door at The Chimney House than we could chase up the stairs and round and round the room… of course we did. After our Heaven 17 biscuit eating experience (and very stylish interview and film making) we had high expectations…and naturally being of a positive and optimistic personality the standards had been set.
So who should call us and ask to use The Chimney House for his own personal use for the duration of his time in the UK (whilst over from LA) for interviews and star studded filming but Glenn Foster himself (He’s the one in the pic above jumping around on roof tops in a Bond sequence)
So these are the facts… Glenn Foster – stuntman to the rich, famous, most talented and brightest stars in the world – nominated for 2 World Stunt Awards (to be hosted in Hollywood in May) had decided that The Chimney House suited his style and tastes and would be the perfect base to hold court to the press and chat about his awe inspiring rise to the dizzy heights of the top of the tree.
And we are talking the top… See if you recognise any of these people that Glenn has worked with… I struggled – but you may find some familiar… So he’s Robert Downey Junior’s stunt double (Sherlock Holmes and Iron Man 2 – people on set included Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mickey Rourke )
He has also starred (as an actor) in Bond (Quantum of Solace) and was responsible for pinching the limelight on more than several occasions – including the opening scenes with Daniel Craig (Casino Royale)and to list a few more blockbusters – why not… The Dark Knight, National Treasure, The Golden Compass, The Bourne Ultimatum, Munich, Alexander… you get the picture.
So as the UK press descend – and a rigorous round of interviews commence we’re there cheering him on… we’d have liked it if he did a stunt jump off the top of our chimney into the goit water below… but we’ve heard there are some pretty ferocious Pike in there…and that would be a whole different story…
Check out his story(told in The Chimney House)…keep very posted for more!
The Star Watch out for The Chimney House hitting small screens EVERYWHERE!!!
The Star Part 2
Heaven 17 visit The Chimney House
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Electro synthpop gods Heaven 17 came and ate biscuits in The Chimney House last week – along with super cool director Mr James Strong who said this about our Chimney House….
‘The Chimney House was a great place to shoot. A beautiful main room with its lovely design, layout and stylish mix of modern and old design perfectly captures the modern style of the city of Sheffield. It’s also very quiet and the shortbread’s yummy.’
Of course they didn’t just eat biscuits – they were also filming NOW AS IT WAS THEN: Heaven 17 the making of Penthouse & Pavement directed by the said Mr Strong.
They took over The Meeting Room and used our parquet table and 93ft chimney with Tom Newell’s illustration of Sarah and the fish to set the scene. The mood was buoyant, creative, focused and celeb ridden with a hint of flamboyance…you know… film star like – just how we like it in The Chimney House…. Our expectations are sky high now…we want more stars in our Chimney. Please form a not so orderly queue at the door.
The day after they hot footed it off to Magna – for their live world premier of their 1981 album ‘Penthouse and Pavement’ to a huge crowd of loving fans… ‘come back soon to The Chimney House and see us again’ we shouted at the tops of our voices… I think they heard us.
Images courtesy of NOW AS IT WAS THEN: Heaven 17 the making of Penthouse & Pavement. Directed by James Strong. (C) STRONG PICTURES 2010
Swallows & Damsons
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Says Anna of S&D…“I’m uninspired by minimal, tropical flower displays that you find in bland hotel receptions and soulless offices, they’re boring and a bit pretentious. I’d like to be given a modern classic bouquet that reminds you a little bit of your Grandma!” Which is exactly the reason why Anna’s florals are in The Chimney House.
We love florals… especially those English beauties that make you think of summer hedgerows and the warm smell of said hedgerows when the sun is beating down. Anna is flower heaven in a person. She totally gets the vibe at The Chimney House and so when I announced for the first meeting we had – I want sprigs in bottles they arrived hand delivered, pert and full of personality… those flowers knew they were beautiful and they were proud to be in The Meeting Room. Naturally they lasted for EVER… well 2 weeks – although one bottle is still going strong into it’s 3rd week. She’s also finding us some Orange trees as I fancy a bit of orange squeezing this summer. I’m hoping for more than a thimbleful which is being optimistic.
Swallows and Damsons like words like vintage, glamour and rustic – we like those words as well.
Also a nice note to add on is that all flowers are ethically sourced which makes us love our flowers even more.
