Worcestershire
WR13 6NW UK
Tel: 01684 584900
For more information please contact:
Sharon Gilbert
Press & PR Manager
Telephone:
01684 584929
Fax:
01684 584930
E-mail: sharon@threecounties.co.uk
Editor's Notes:
The Malvern Spring Gardening Show is a fund raising event and a joint venture of the Three Counties Agricultural Society (Registered charity no: 511868) and the Royal Horticultural Society (No: 222879), and is now in its 24th year.
Felice Tocchini has appeared on BBC’s The One Show, Countryfile, Midlands Today and Heart of the Country, as well as having cooked on BBC Woman’s Hour. He works with schools to teach children the wonders of cooking, and is honorary chef for the British Sprout Association on account of his famous ‘Sprouty Cake’.
Fusion Brasserie is at the Bird In Hand, Hawbridge, Stoulton.
Cake That Gives You Your 5-A-Day
A sweet cake that delivers your 5-a-day quota has been created by celebrity chef Felice Tocchini. It will be unveiled at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show – the first big Royal Horticultural Society show of the year – at Worcestershire’s Malvern Showground from 7th – 10th May 2009.
The cake is being made from parsnip, carrots, cabbage, sweet potato, raisins and lavender flowers blended with coconut, cinnamon and ginger. It will be decorated with herbs and edible flowers including fennel, mint, marjoram and borage.
What makes this first cake particularly special is the design – it replicates one of the gardens appearing at the show. Garden designer, Paul Hervey-Brookes of Boxcourt Plants and Gardens , has based his design on the classical painting 'Il Ballo Della Vita Humana' by Nicolas Poussin, painted circa 1650. The painting represents man’s different life stages as a circular dance with the music played by Father Time.
Felice Tocchini, who owns and runs Fusion Brasserie in Worcestershire, is the chef-in-residence for the Malvern Spring Gardening Show ‘Felice’s Kitchen’ will provide a host of attractions throughout the show aimed at everyone from experienced cooks through to young children. Commenting on the cake, Felice said:
“My Sprouty Cake has become renowned since I first developed it in an attempt to encourage children to eat their greens. I felt that a delicious cake that ensured people got their 5-a-day quota would be perfect to unveil at the show.
I decided to replicate a garden at the show in order for the cake to be auctioned for charity after it is unveiled at 5pm on 7th May. Monies raised will be divided between St Richards Hospice, Pied Piper and Linc."
For further information please contact Felice Tocchini 01905 840647 or 07968 202014 or Paul Hervey-Brooks 01531 828289 or 0771 559429.
For more information and interview opportunities, please contact:
Sharon Gilbert – Press & PR Manager
Three Counties Agricultural Society
Telephone: 01684 584929 (direct dial)
E-mail: sharon@threecounties.co.uk
Show Web Site and Box Office: www.threecounties.co.uk/springgardening
Ticket Hotline: +44 (0) 1684 584 900/924
For more information about Felice’s Kitchen, please visit: www.fusionbrasserie.co.uk
Released: 06/05/2009