Healthy Yummies

 

 

What a gorgeous summer we are having, we all have ‘T’ shirt sun tans and donning smiles all round.   Every week we are blessed with more new produce to squeeze into our menu’s, one that springs to mind is heratage tomatoes….. they are absolutly superb right now,  packed with flavour and look incredible on the plate with the different array of colours and shapes and sizes. 

 

 

I got a call from Louise at Katy Baggott (RIP) with a request for some afternoon tea at Hampton Court for a shoot that Juergen Teller was doing.  They wanted some healthy, light snacks for their crew and models.  I didn’t ask who the client was.

 

 

When I arrived apart from being blown away by the palace kitchen, (where Heston Blumenthal had filmed)  I realised that it was for Vivienne Westwood!!

I am so proud of our work, that in such little time (6 months) we have proved ourselves to such a level that we are getting these jobs.  It was a pleasure working with the whole team and with Vivienne who, having achieved so much, could have been the girl next door.  Unlike others she has nothing to prove.  It’s like the ‘old money’ and the ‘nouveau riche’!

I was delighted when she quizzed me about the nettle and watercress soup and how did we manage to keep it so vibrant and green.  We always over-cater as there are normally a few stragglers on shoots, so I was equally delighted when she asked for doggy bags to take the left overs into the office the next day.  Seeing the wastage is a horrible part of my job.

We have also fed the gorgeous Kate Moss twice this month.  The first was funny as it was at a 50th wedding anniversary party put on by my old friends Charlotte and Fran Cutler for their Mum and Dad.  They had booked a Shirley Bassey look-a-likey to do a full on set…  It was a proper old fashioned knees up with everyone hitting the dance floor straight away in true ‘Cutler’ style.  Was very sweet too, 50 years is a long time! 

We then got to feed Kate again on a shoot for ID last week, Ragi and her team fell in love with our ’summer on a plate’ salad…. I’ll hold on to the recipe until we sign a publishing deal!

We were also lucky enough to feed Elle Macpherson and the 10-4 production crew on a shoot last week.  The job was out of town, but Head Chef Toby was more than happy to do it.  We had set out a seperate meal for Elle’s dietry requirements and whilst Toby was setting it up she went and had a word, I think Toby’s head went numb……. Elle Macpherson and Kate Moss in one week – all too much for him!  When he came back I heard him saying “I think she fancies me” !!!!

Our company is undergoing some big changes right now, we are re-structuring our business model in order to take on more work.  The business has grown much quicker than ever imagined and unfortunately due to our set up we have had to turn a lot of jobs down, we are very sorry but please bare with us as we are addressing these problems.

We are eternally grateful for all the work we have had, thank you!

Nichola and the Healthy Yummies team

Tags: 1-4 Inc, Elle Macpherson, heratage tomatoes, ID Magazine, Juergen Teller, Kate Moss, katy baggott, Ragi Productions, Vivienne Westwood

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