Cheese & Whites event, December 8th 2012

The Christmas Abergavenny Food Festival was busy this year with lots of exciting events. The Cheese and Whites event on 8th December at Homes of Elegance kicked off the festival and was a great night. Please see the pictures below.

Exciting Love Lily News!

Love Lily has launched its very own Flower School

Love Lily have their new Flower School starting in December! Wedding Flowers magazine rated the Flower School as one of 'The Best Flower Schools' running in the UK.  The classes have been designed for beginners, floral arrangers and anyone wishing to try their hand at floristry.  The classes are fun filled, relaxed and are guaranteed enjoyment!

December Class Dates

Love Lily have one class date left for December which is Tuesday 18th,

'DECK THE HALLS'class, 9-5pm.

The Class will be held at the Angel Hotel, Abergavenny - the course is a full
day of festive flower arranging, where you'll make a table centre & a
door wreath guided by the Love Lily team, all to take home at the end of the
day. A wonderful & fun class! 

For further information or to book please
visit www.love-lily.com <http://www.love-lily.com/>  or call 01873 856618

There will be lots of classes running in the new year too, take a look at the 2013 

class dates here, http://www.love-lily.com/32/flower-schools.html 

Other Love Lily News 

New Design Studio 

December sees the launch of the Love Lily Design Studio in
Abergavenny. An exciting new venture which will allow Love Lily 

to dedicate space for their wedding & event services!

New Website 

Love Lily also have a brand new website which went live on 1st November & are
delighted to now offer our beautiful fresh flowers,
bouquets & gorgeous range of gifts all available to buy online.

To order your beautiful Love Lily flowers visit the online shop 

http://www.love-lily.com/store/ 

Love Lily are also on Twitter at @lovelilyflowers

https://twitter.com/lovelilyflowers

Check them out on Facebook too at http://www.facebook.com/lovelilyflowers

Abergavenny Food Events!

The next few weeks are exciting for Abergavenny as we have some great food events taking place throughout November and December to kick start the festive season.

Wednesday 21st November, 6pm-9pm- Abergavenny Food Workshop Christmas Shopping Evening

Saturday 8th December, 6pm-7pm- Abergavenny Christmas Food Festival launch event at Homes of Elegance


Sunday 9th December, 10am-5pm- Abergavenny Christmas Food & Drink Fair
  

Abergavenny Food Workshop 

On Wednesday 21st November, 6pm-9pm, Abergavenny Food Workshop will be holding a festive food shopping evening at Unit 2 Castle Meadows Park Abergavenny.

The event will includea cookery demonstration for Christmas Entertaining by Mark Coulton from Sugarloaf Catering.

The event will also include stalls from local food producers including:

The Burren Bread Company (porter cakes and soda bread)
Foodworkshop ( award winning  condiments and gift vouchers)
Hardwick Hampers (homemade hampers)


This is a ticketed FREE event so if you would like your name on the guest list please email us at foodworkshopltd@gmail.com

For more information visit:
www.foodworkshopabergavenny.co.uk
www.chefinthefreezer.co.uk
www.sugarloafcatering.co.uk
http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-food/welsh-food-news/115-news/12353-christmas-open-evening-from-food-workshop  


Abergavenny Christmas Food Festival launch event at Homes of Elegance  

On Saturday 8th December Homes of Elegance are hosting an event in association with Abergavenny Food Festival on Saturday 8th December from 6 - 7p.m. 

Tom Harrow & Eric Charriaux will be setting up in our store at 7 Mill Street, providing a taster session of a range of cheeses and wine. To purchase tickets to this evening event for just £7.00 you can visit:- http://www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/christmas-fair_tutored-tastings.htm

More information about what Tom & Eric do can be found on their sites listed below:- 
Tom Harrow 'Wine Chap' :- http://winechap.com/blog-new/
Eric Charriaux 'La Cave à Fromage' :- http://www.la-cave.co.uk/about.php


Abergavenny Christmas Food & Drink Fair

On Sunday 9th December the third Christmas Food & Drink Fair will be taking place in Abergavenny which will include:

Fabulous exhibitors from Wales, the Marches and further afield. 
Food will include fresh and cured meats, poultry and game, cheeses and chocolates, cakes and desserts, wines and liquers, ales and cider. 
Demonstrations throughout the day to help you up your game in the kitchen and host the best Christmas ever.

For more information vist: http://www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/

Monmouthshire’s business winners of 2012!

Monmouthshire's business winners of 2012

The winners of the first ever Monmouthsire Business Awards were announced at a evening award ceremony on Friday 5th October.

Over 130 representatives from the County's business community gathered at The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny on Friday (October 5th) to find out which businesses had won the honours across 11 award catagories.

  

Winners of each of the 11 categories were:

·        Most Promising Start Up - Pioneer Aircraft Ltd. sponsored by University of Wales Newport

·         Young Entrepreneur  - Oarsome Potential sponsored by adventa

·         Excellence in Marketing – Monmouthpedia sponsored by Severn Quay

·         Best Rural Enterprise - Marlow Vets sponsored by Community Economic Development Scheme

·         The Most Environmentally Aware Festival - Monmouth Festivals sponsored by adventa

·         Excellence in Retail - Little Treasures  sponsored by Janet Harris ‘Your voice’ and Zest Global Limited

·         Training and Excellence in People Development (Including Customer Service) - Penpergwym House sponsored by UHY Peacheys

·         Best Food Tourism Business - Carriages Catering sponsored by adventa

·         Innovation in Business - Turner Hydraulic Services sponsored by Homes of Elegance

·         Company showing Exceptional Growth - Mabey Bridge sponsored by Parker and Co.

·         Company of the Year - Mabey Bridge sponsored by RDP Law

Janet Harris states, “This was a fantastic amount of entries and the judging panel, chaired by Dylan Matthew, MD of The Celtic Manor Resort, were impressed by the calibre of entrants and found the judging to be challenging but most enjoyable.”

The judging panel consisted of a representative from each of the category sponsors together with Jo Barnes of the South Wales Argus (Media Partner), Steve Sulley of South Wales Chamber, Monmouthshire County Council and Alyson Hunt of the Welsh Government Regional Centre Service.

Building on this successful 2012 event, plans have commenced for a bigger event for Monmouthshire Business Awards 2013.

Love Abergavenny Postcards

We are pleased to announce our new Love Abergavenny postcards have arrived!!

These postcards can be found in businesses around Abergavenny, so why not pick  up your free postcard and let us know what you think.

Abergavenny Food Festival

This September Abergavenny is all about food and there's plenty happening to fill you up for this month. Abergavenny Food festival is taking place on Saturday the 15^th and Sunday the 16^th of September, so put the date in your diary and join us for what will be a weekend for all to indulge.

But if two days of food just isn't enough for all you food lovers why not enjoy four days with Pre festival events that are taking place on the 13^th and 14^th.

The Festival Fanfare Feast this year promises to be a feast that is full of life with a Latin American theme. Enjoy a wide range of foods to get your taste buds tingling! Not only that but you will be entertained by the Cheltenham Salsa dance group and musicians Poco Latino. Plenty for all the family of all ages to enjoy.

To welcome the food festival to Abergavenny Homes of Elegance is excited to announce the highly anticipated chocktail party on Friday the 14^th. This sold out event is bringing together luxury chocolate created by Marc Demarquette and James Chase. Together they have devised pure brilliance combining spirits and chocolates in liquid and solid forms. This exclusive event promises to satisfy your every need and you don't even need to feel guilty because it's the start of the weekend. You do not want to miss this!

Then we arrive to the food festival itself. Two days of jam packed food related stalls, events, masterclasses, tastings, food talks and so much more. Why would you want to be anywhere else. From sweet to savoury, vegetarian foods to foods that all you meat lovers will adore, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks we guarantee there will be something to your taste.

Visit the link below for futher information. Here you will be able to find every event for the four days.
http://www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/pre-festival-events.htm#.UCjnHqCtTCA

Key dates to remember / brief summary of events

Date	Opening Time	Closing Time	Event	Location
13/09/12	19:00:00		Festival fanfare Feast	Market hall
14/09/12	18:00:00		Chocktail Party	Homes of Elegance
15/09/12	11:00:00	Run all day	Masterclasses	Priory Centre
15/09/12	11:00:00	Run all day	Tutored Tastings	Angel Hotel Ballroom
15/09/12	11:00:00	Run all day	Food Talks	Lion's Place
15/09/12	09:45:00	13:30:00	Walks & Forays	Abergavenny Tourist Information Centre
16/09/12	11:00:00	Run all day	Masterclasses	Priory Centre
16/09/12	11:00:00	Run all day	Tutored Tastings	Angel Hotel Ballroom
16/09/12	12:30:00	Run all day	Food Talks	Lion's Place
16/09/12	09:45:00	Run all day	Walks & Forays	Abergavenny Tourist Information Centre