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06-07-2008 The Padstow Seafood School  Maureen at The Padstow Seafood SchoolMaureen recently combined a holiday in sunny Cornwall with a two day Seafood and Sushi course at the famous Rick Stein's Seafood Cookery School. "This was an excellent course which I thorougly enjoyed and can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone, whatever their cooking skills.The school was excellently equipped and the teachers/chefs were terrific. Everyone was very helpful and there was a lovely friendly atmosphere. Apart from learning a lot of new skills, you get to eat all the recipes you cook, which were all delicious ... |
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04-07-2008 Living North Wedding Feature  Living North Wedding FeatureOne of Maureen/Foodesign's wedding cakes recently featured in the Living North's Wedding Magazine. The stunning five tiered cake was commissioned by the Bride (Claire Smeaton) and the Groom (Lee Armstrong) to celebrate their wedding at Seaham Hall on Teeside. The ivory five tiered weddding cake which was interspaced with fresh, beautiful and the most unusual green roses made a fitting centrepeice which complimented an extremely glamorous Bride and wedding. See full wedding feature attached. ... |
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18-01-2008 Christmas Feast  James Martin's Christmas MagazineTwo recipes that Maureen recently wrote, developed and styled for The Shropshire Spice Company were featured in a new publication brought out for Christmas 2007 by James Martin entitled "James Martin's Christmas". "Foodesign has developed some beautiful recipes for Shropshire Spice's new Coatings and Stuffing ranges. The great thing about Maureen is her creativity and down to earth approach - she has the rare ability to develop interesting and adventurous recipes that are easy and convenient to make. Maureen has ... |
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17-01-2008 The Happy Milkman  Maureen was recently on location with Artists Group in Cascais, Portugal working on a Russian TV commercial entitled "The Happy Milkman" for Metra Films, who are based in Moscow."This was an extremely enjoyable assignment for me out on location in the glorious Portuguese sunshine. I was a little worried about working in the same field as the cows, but fortunately they were well tranquilised"!! ... |
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15-01-2008 Wood Varnish  The Guardian Friday October 13th 2006
"I am continually being asked by the media to disclose 'Tricks of the Food Stylist's' trade"." Making food look delicious and good enough to eat for the camera seems to fascinate most people, particularly those interested in getting into the food styling business. However, it isn't all "trickery". It is an art that requires lots of skill, patience, artistic flair and years of experience". Please click on article below from the Guardian news paper ... |
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14-01-2008 Pitta Bread Platter  Maureen is seen here working on "Serving Suggestions" with Pitta Bread etc., for one of her many clients, "Pride Valley Foods"."Being able to create serving suggestions for clients' food products is an essential and integral part of a Home Economist/Food Stylist's work. Client's require their food photography on packaging etc., to be original and look so enticing that the general public will want to buy their product and consequently try out the recipe/suggestion. This not only requires a wealth of knowledge and experience, It requires creativity, ingenuity and skill". ... |
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