Our January 2008 edition features an exclusive interview and pictures with wildlife presenter Chris Packham.
Chris has had the good fortune to travel widely and he has explored many habitats from Antarctic Islands, rainforests, deserts, the Everest range, the deep oceans and some of the planets most notorious nightclubs and drinking dens. He is a sucker for Archaeology and likes to holiday amongst ruins.
What’s On Magazine met up with Chris at The Queens Hall Theatre Cranbrook where Chris was giving one of his talks entitled ‘NEVER MIND THE BUZZARDS’
See www.chrispackham.com
Turn up your sound & Click here for pictures of the Brew House Hotel Launch Party.
The Brew House Hotel epitomises what upmarket dining is all about. It’s light, airy and spacious with unassuming but tasteful decor. With its elegant good looks and dazzling atmosphere it will surely become one of Tunbridge Wells most fashionable dining haunts.
Located at 1 Warwick Park, The Brew House Hotel is adjacent to the historic Pantiles in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
The Hotel and Restaurant is owned by entrepreneurs Kevin Spencer and Nick Drees, with the general management of the hotel in the hands of Laurence Glayzer, an experienced hotelier.
For more information see www.thebrewhousehotel.net
Slide Show music is from T J Johnson. See www.tjjohnson.co.uk
Our December edition features an exclusive interview and pictures with Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke.
Best known for starring in BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, Anton Du Beke has made ballroom queens of celebrities Lesley Garrett CBE, Esther Rantzen OBE, Patsy Palmer and Jan Ravens on the hit TV series.
Anton’s stunning new teach yourself to dance book, ‘Anton’s Dance Class’ which includes an instructional DVD is now available in all good bookshops published by Kyle Cathie Ltd.
Anton is pictured above at The Roof Gardens, Kensingtonexclusively for
What’s On Magazine.
Our November edition features an exclusive interview and pictures with Lesley Waters. Click on the pictures to hear some of the interview and see more pictures.
Well known for her regular television appearances on Ready Steady Cook, Great Food Live and This Morning, Lesley is also a former Head Tutor of Leith’s School of Food & Wine, author of several Cookery Books, a qualified Fitness Instructor and mother of two!
Teaching has always been her great passion and opening her own Cookery School is the realisation of a long held dream. Her energetic style of presentation is expertly combined with clear and simple guidance, making her classes both entertaining and informative.
The school is situated in the beautiful Chantmarle Manor in the town of Frome St Quentin, Dorset.
Turn up your sound and Click on the pictures for the slideshow.
Once again What’s on was delighted to accompany Maison du Vin and ten other lucky couples on their latest “Wine Safari” to Piemonte in North West Italy.
The region is home to red wine legends such as Barbera, Barbaresco and the mighty Barolo. There are also some delightful white wines such as Gavi, Arnies and Favorita.
It’s true to say that the area does not get it fair share of tourists as it tends to get bypassed in favour of Tuscany. But we can assure you that the whole region is stunningly beautiful. Made up of a mass of rolling hills and steep vine-covered slopes. Many of the hills are topped with gorgeous ancient villages, like Sinio where we stayed in the luxurious five star Hotel Castello di Sinio.
The Northwest Italians love their food with Saturday and Sunday lunch being particularly important family gatherings. Indeed, one of the many highlights was Saturday Lunch at the “Nettle Vigne Trattoria.” Now many restaurants claim to be set in a vineyard but this is literarily built on a terrace right in the middle of the vine-covered slopes. The views were amazing as was the ten-course lunch!
Every year during the first weekend in October the culinary world descends upon the town of Alba to indulge in the heady delights of its world famous ‘white truffle’ festival. These highly prized and very rare subterranean fungi were changing hands for thousand’s of euros! Needless to say we resisted the temptation. But we were treated to some white truffle shavings as part of our sumptuous eight-course dinner that evening.
The two main wineries we visited were, the internationally renowned ‘Fontanafredda’ and the legendary ‘Mario Giribaldi.’
Maison du Vin is the UK’s sole shipper of Giribaldi wines. Mario and his family treated us to a superb eight-course Sunday lunch complete with a wine tasting led by Mario himself.
All in all, it was a fabulous weekend. Another triumph for Maison du Vin!
Piemonte is a magical, seductive part of Italy. Majestic hills, deep valleys and gentle swirling mists, a fairy tale land of plenty, with a strong sense of ‘La Dolce Vita’. Simply wonderful!
Next year .. Tuscany……..can’t wait!
Our October edition features an exclusive interview and pictures with Antony Worrall Thompson.
Antony is passionate about organic farming and grows many herbs and vegetables for his restaurants. Despite such an energetic professional lifestyle, he still manages to find time for art, antiques, tennis, swimming and gardening – and of course his wife Jay and their two young children, plus two dogs called Jess and Rodney, Nigel the cat, twelve Middle White pigs and a variety of fish and chickens who all live at his arts and crafts-style house near the River Thames. Antony also has an avocado farm in Spain where he and his family retreat to when they can find time.