DINING WITH THE STARS

I have made mention of the Bobby Moore Fund before and a very worthwhile charity it is too. This morning on TalkSport, Chef Tom Sellers was being chatted to, as they do, about his support of this Fund and his interest in football. Worth seeing the event website for the last money raising evening and its future event in 2017. The last gig earned over £200,000.

http://www.tomsellers.co.uk/2016/02/dining-with-the-stars-bobby-moore-fund/
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/find-an-event/dining-with-the-stars

I remind you that this year is the 50th anniversary of the 1966 World Cup win and I know that Tom Sellers, in 2014, owned a local pub/restaurant that my other half and I used to frequent called the Lickfold Arms, a delightful hostelry in deepest West Sussex. It was once owned by TV and radio star Chris Evans.

Tom would not have been in charge of the kitchen in those days, but the food was still very good and pub with its "sort of" baronial hall upstairs, a warm and atmospheric place to eat in.

Working in a pub at 16 he gradually realised that he had a talent for cooking. He then worked with some of the top chefs in London and abroad. He began to make a name for himself at the age of 21. As he took over the pub, he had his influence and in 2015 the Lickfold Inn was ranked 6th in the Good Food Guide (Pubs). His book "A Kind of Love Story" has just been published.

By the way, as Mrs Bailey prepares my Sunday dinner, I am still reeling from our U13s defeat 5-10 this morning. Last season they played in "small goals" (6ft x 12). Suddenly they are playing in full size, as per rules! Bonkers for a 4'6" goalie. Still, plenty of goals and therefore rewards.