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Catercall

More on houses…

28/02/2020 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  3 Comments

Way back in the mists of time, with my partner Patricia Harbottle, I ran an outside catering business..... ..and, among other things, we made 'themed' cakes. I actually blogged about them a few years ago when we unearthed a cache of antique photographs. I think they were …

Category: Buildings, Food, UncategorizedTag: Catercall, Guildhall School of Music, Prince Charles patron of the Guildhall School of Music, themed party cakes

The Prince…. St Paul’s and the cakes…

22/03/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  2 Comments

Apart from our sallies into the past, we, at Catercall, believe that we pioneered the modern passion for 'themed' cakes.  Compared with some of the look-a-like confections you can get today, ours were maybe a touch agricultural, but no one could say that they did not have …

Category: Cooking/kitchen equipment, Food, MusicTag: architectural cakes, Catercall, Dame Joan Sutherland, Prince Charles moves into HIghgrove, Prince charles opens the new Guildhall School of Music, Prince Charles prefers fruit cake to chocolate cake!, St Pauls' cathedral in cake

Blast from the ’70s – and just dig those flares!

21/03/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  7 Comments

My good friend Patricia, with whom I used to run an outside catering business way back in the 1970s, is moving house and therefore having a clear out. Among the many goodies that she has unearthed was an envelope of pictures taken relatively early in our catering career – so I …

Category: Cooking/kitchen equipment, FoodTag: Catercall, Chenies Manor, Chenies Manor herb garden, Elizabeth MacLoed Matthews, historic cookery days, historical cookery demonstrations, Honda vans, Patricia Harbottle

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