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| All photos are by Steve Love |
Here is a report of the day from Chris Hudson of BCF
On Tuesday 24th
July the British Culinary Federation and MARCHE teamed up, and
co-hosted this year’s event, which took place at the prestigious
Marriott Forest of Arden Golf and Country Club.
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| Except this one, which is from the hotel's website |
A complete field of 80
members and guests took on the challenge of the Arden Championship
course, in what turned out to be so far, one of the hottest days of
the Year!!
The format of the day
was registration from 8.30am with coffee, tea and bacon rolls on
arrival and then a “shotgun” start at 10.00am from each of the 18
holes around the course. The BCF had also invited a Craft Guild of
Chefs team, to compete in the Mike Sullivan Trophy (formally; The
Concorde Trophy) which is held annually at their respective Golf
Days.
The golf was followed
by the much needed refreshments at the 19th hole, as there
was a definite “glow” amongst the players, who had endured the
heat on the course. An enjoyable two course buffet meal was then
served, prior to the prize presentation, which was given by Mark
Blake (MARCHE, Executive Council member) and assisted by Hilary Hall
(MARCHE, Chief Executive).
The BCF and MARCHE
would like to say a sincere thank you to, Major International, Gram,
and Aubrey Allen for their generous sponsorship on the day. Also, to
everyone who donated raffle prizes, and to the people who organised
and supported the event, in order to make the day such a great
success.
Team Prizes:
1st Gary
Hunter, Terry Tinton, Ash Spencer, Geoff Booth. (Westminster
Kingsway College)
2nd Tony
Cheal, Ian Perkes, Paul Carr, Dan Hendriksen. (The Arden Hotel)
3rd Luke
Tipping, George Hicks, Steve Belcher, Harry Kattou. (Simpsons
Restaurant)
The Mike Sullivan
Trophy:
The British Culinary
Federation
Longest Drive:
3rd Gary
Bloxham
12th Daniel
Parsons
Nearest the Pin:
8th Steve
Belcher
15th Matthew
Taylor
Here are the photos of some of the MARCHE members teams ~ in glorious technicolour!
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| The Abbey Hotel & Golf Club Simon Clements, Dan Parson, James Robert & Adam Small |
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| Lea Marston Hotel John Blake, Mark Blake, Richard Blake & John Whale |
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| Simpsons Restaurant Matt Cheal, Mike Coldicott, Stassi Kayiatou & Chris Satchwell |
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| RBS David Growcott, Rob MacLaren, Ian Morgan & Glenn Williamson |
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| Simpsons Restaurant Steve Belcher, George Hicks, Harry Kattou & Luke Tipping |
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| Redcliffe Catering Brian Robbins, Matt Taylor, Simon Tupper & John Turnbull |
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| The Abbey Hotel and Golf Course Steve Dipple, John Hindson, Tom Kirkham & Nick Stanton |
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| MacDonald Burlington Hotel, Electrolux & Fracino Mark Dimenn, Derek McDonagh, John McGinnell & Doug Walker |
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| Marketing Birmingham, Hobart & Steelite David Grundy, Ivor Marsh, Graham Robinson & Nigel Tolley |
All photos are provided by Steve Love
