Peddler Night Market

Night markets are set to return to Sheffield thanks to Peddler, the brain child of Ben Smith (of Tamper and Hop Box), Jordan Roberts and Becky Marshall.

The first event takes place on 3rd (5-10.30) & 4th October (2-10.30) at Renown works on the corner of Sylvester St & Arundel St.

The evening, which is set to be a monthly occurrence, will be all about beer, food and music.

And, I'm pleased to say that I've had a sneak peek at the line-up of food traders... And I've been given the go-ahead to share it with you...

Mei Mei 

Street cart serving up authentic Chinese street food including Jian Bing which is a wheat based pancake with, I am told, wonderful fillings

Tamper and O'Hara's 

Coffee and rum bar

The Hop Box 

Beer - including the Orange Peel saison from Brew By Numbers

Piggie Smalls 

Classic frankfurter hot-dogs

Street Fodder

Pan Asian cuisine serving pad thai and nasi goreng.

Bánh mì Booth

Serving Vietnamese sandwiches and noodles

Le Petite Bretonne 

A Citroen van serving French crêpes and galettes 

Street Food Chef 

Mexican street food

Fish&

Fish and chips and, hopefully, calamari

Cowboys Burgers

American Street food - Cows, American Cheese, Sweet Rolls and Cow Sauce

Crêpe Lucette

A unique vintage crêpe experience 

Percy and Lily's

Street food served with Northern Soul from Citroen vans

Nether Edge Pizza

Wood fired pizza!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/peddlermarket
Instagram: @peddlermkt
Twitter: @peddlerMKT
Email: peddlerfestival@gmail.com

Competition Time - Old J Spiced Rum

It’s not often I hold competitions on this ‘ere blog, in fact I think I’ve only done one before. But this one is a bit of a beauty, so I had to agree to getting involved…

Organised by Old J, this is a cooking contest with a bit of a difference as I’ll be asking you to submit recipes using either their Old J Spiced Rum or their Old J Tiki Fire. I’m currently thinking BBQ ribs and rum truffles, but I’m sure there are more exciting recipe ideas out there!

Each recipe will be posted on this blog and I’ll set up a voting system so that my readers and Twitter followers can vote for their favourite. I will then pick the winning recipe and its author will win some lovely Old J goodies.

Pretty simple, aye? Well… it all gets a little more exciting as the winning recipe from this blog will then go up against others from across the country in the final held in Manchester (your travel costs will be covered by Old J so you can attend too). Your recipe will then be prepared and judged by Debbie Halls-Evans, winner of The Taste, and Dave Marsland, aka The Drinks Enthusiast.

Then… get this… the final winner will win dinner for two at Manchester House (that’s Aiden Byrne’s swanky new (ish) place, in case you didn’t know) along with travel and accommodation.

It all sounds rather exciting doesn’t it? Well, I certainly hope you want to get involved – if one of the recipes submitted here wins in the final, I get a trip to Manchester House too!

How to enter…

• Send your recipe (along with a full list of ingredients and a method) to live-to-eat@hotmail.co.uk, along with a picture of the finished dish by Friday 26 September 2014. 
• Your recipe will be posted on this blog within around 48 hours of receiving your email. Please note that I will not be editing/proofreading posts. Therefore, if you want to increase your chances of winning, you may want to ensure that your recipe is clear and easy to follow.
• Voting will close on Friday 3 October 2014. I will then choose the winning recipe and its author will be notified by email by Monday 8 October 2014.
• All votes must be made using the poll set up on the blog. Any votes tweeted/emailed to me will not be counted. Please note that I will reserve the right to choose the winning recipe. 

Good luck!!

Starmore Boss Tasting Sessions

Last night I went to a Starmore Boss sherry tasting night at The Rutland Arms. It was brilliant.

A couple of months back I went to a Starmore Boss whisky tasting night at The Bath Hotel. It was brilliant.

(And I dont even like whisky...)

The upshot is that the Starmore Boss tasting nights are brilliant (good value, informative and fun).

Follow them on twitter for more info and get yourself to the next one.