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AN exciting line-up of celebrity chefs for this year?s Thame Food Festival has now been confirmed, with every available time slot for the Demo kitchen now booked.

The demonstration schedule begins at 10 am with Beverley Glock from Princes Risborough cooking Fizzy Rhubarb Cannelloni with Rosemary Foam and Whizz Bang Jelly and Ice Cream for grownups! The cooking for the day will conclude with the grand finale cook-off between Adam and Mark from Le Manoir aux Quat?Saisons and Harding?s Restaurant at Aylesbury College, using ingredients bought from stallholders and exhibitors at the festival by Raymond Blanc.

The full itinerary with timings is currently confirmed as follows:

10.00 am ? 10.40 am Beverley Glock of Whizz Bang Food and Splat Cooking.

10.45 am ? 11.25 am Laurie Gear of The Artichoke Amersham, rising star in the Michelin Guide 2011.

11.30 am ? 12.10 pm Adam Simmonds of Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House awarded a Michelin star for the second year running.

12.15 pm ? 12.55 pm McCormick UK, proud head-line sponsors of the Thame Food Festival.

13.00 pm ? 13.40 pm Raymond Blanc & Kush from Le Manoir aux Quat?Saisons.

13.45 pm ? 14.20 pm Lotte Duncan, festival Patron and all round food ?Superstar?.

14.25 pm ? 14.55 pm Nigel Rumsey of Thame?s own Rumsey?s Chocolaterie.

15.00 pm ? 15.40 pm Katie & Giancarlo Caldesi London Cookery School and Top Restaurateurs.

15.45 pm – 16.30 pm Grande Finale Cook-Off Adam & Mark from Le Manoir aux Quat?Saisons v Harding?s Restaurant Aylesbury College using ingredients bought at the festival by Raymond Blanc.

AN exciting line-up of celebrity chefs for this year?s Thame Food Festival has now been confirmed, with every available time slot for the Demo kitchen now booked.

The demonstration schedule begins at 10 am with Beverley Glock from Princes Risborough cooking Fizzy Rhubarb Cannelloni with Rosemary Foam and Whizz Bang Jelly and Ice Cream for grownups! The cooking for the day will conclude with the grand finale cook-off between Adam and Mark from Le Manoir aux Quat?Saisons and Harding?s Restaurant at Aylesbury College, using ingredients bought from stallholders and exhibitors at the festival by Raymond Blanc.

The full itinerary with timings is currently confirmed as follows:

10.00 am ? 10.40 am Beverley Glock of Whizz Bang Food and Splat Cooking.

10.45 am ? 11.25 am Laurie Gear of The Artichoke Amersham, rising star in the Michelin Guide 2011.

11.30 am ? 12.10 pm Adam Simmonds of Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House awarded a Michelin star for the second year running.

12.15 pm ? 12.55 pm McCormick UK, proud head-line sponsors of the Thame Food Festival.

13.00 pm ? 13.40 pm Raymond Blanc & Kush from Le Manoir aux Quat?Saisons.

13.45 pm ? 14.20 pm Lotte Duncan, festival Patron and all round food ?Superstar?.

14.25 pm ? 14.55 pm Nigel Rumsey of Thame?s own Rumsey?s Chocolaterie.

15.00 pm ? 15.40 pm Katie & Giancarlo Caldesi London Cookery School and Top Restaurateurs.

15.45 pm – 16.30 pm Grande Finale Cook-Off Adam & Mark from Le Manoir aux Quat?Saisons v Harding?s Restaurant Aylesbury College using ingredients bought at the festival by Raymond Blanc.

THAME residents are being urged to have their say about the town?s green spaces. A new group established to promote Thame?s natural environment is urging local residents to respond to the latest consultation on the town?s draft Neighbourhood Plan, and help shape the final plan which will be voted on next year.

Wild About Thame is an informal group of local people all with a strong interest in wildlife and green spaces. It believes that the plan being put forward for consultation does not have enough emphasis on providing high quality green spaces for wildlife and people across the town. The group also feels that there is also little mention of improving walking and cycling links so that residents can access the town centre and the surrounding countryside easily.

Wild About Thame says: “With a planned 15-20% increase in Thame?s population over the coming years, the provision of natural green breathing spaces for local people is more important than ever.” The group wants local residents to have their say on the Town Council?s preferred option for the Neighbourhood Plan and to include additional comments if they are keen to see better and more green spaces. Responses must be made by June 22, at the latest.

Residents can respond to the consultation by using the form currently being delivered to their homes, or by visiting LINK to download the plan and the form, or byvisiting the town hall to pick up a leaflet.

Wild About Thame has a Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WildAboutThame

THAME residents are being urged to have their say about the town?s green spaces. A new group established to promote Thame?s natural environment is urging local residents to respond to the latest consultation on the town?s draft Neighbourhood Plan, and help shape the final plan which will be voted on next year.

Wild About Thame is an informal group of local people all with a strong interest in wildlife and green spaces. It believes that the plan being put forward for consultation does not have enough emphasis on providing high quality green spaces for wildlife and people across the town. The group also feels that there is also little mention of improving walking and cycling links so that residents can access the town centre and the surrounding countryside easily.

Wild About Thame says: “With a planned 15-20% increase in Thame?s population over the coming years, the provision of natural green breathing spaces for local people is more important than ever.” The group wants local residents to have their say on the Town Council?s preferred option for the Neighbourhood Plan and to include additional comments if they are keen to see better and more green spaces. Responses must be made by June 22, at the latest.

Residents can respond to the consultation by using the form currently being delivered to their homes, or by visiting LINK to download the plan and the form, or byvisiting the town hall to pick up a leaflet.

Wild About Thame has a Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WildAboutThame

THAME Lions Club has joined Lions all over the region to send their good wishes to the Queen in this Jubilee week.

It was the Queen Mother who first brought Lions to the British Isles and the Lions’ Patron is the Duchess of Wessex.

THAME Lions Club has joined Lions all over the region to send their good wishes to the Queen in this Jubilee week.

It was the Queen Mother who first brought Lions to the British Isles and the Lions’ Patron is the Duchess of Wessex.

EX PUPILS OF Sydenham & Chinnor Schools, who went there in the 1940s and 1950s, are invited to a 10th Anniversary Reunion in July.

The, now annual, school reunion is on Friday, July 13, at the Old School Room, Sydenham from 7.30pm. Anyone who went to the schools around this time are welcome.

Please bring a bottle and some food for the sharing buffet. This will be the 10th school reunion, and it would be good to see as many of our old friends there as possible. Contact Chris 01844 281645.

PHOTO: Chinnor school, 1957

Sat 2nd Garden Party A Right Royal Garden Party will be held at Turn End, Townside, (3-5pm) in aid of Friends of St Mary?s (Church). Stroll round the beautiful gardens, meet Henry VIII and friends, listen to the Haddenham Recorder Consort, and relax with tea and cakes. There will also be royal themed children?s activities, a plant sale, an opportunity to visit the studios of Heather Hunter, artist in residence, and of Paul Wilkinson, photographer. Tickets

EX PUPILS OF Sydenham & Chinnor Schools, who went there in the 1940s and 1950s, are invited to a 10th Anniversary Reunion in July.

The, now annual, school reunion is on Friday, July 13, at the Old School Room, Sydenham from 7.30pm. Anyone who went to the schools around this time are welcome.

Please bring a bottle and some food for the sharing buffet. This will be the 10th school reunion, and it would be good to see as many of our old friends there as possible. Contact Chris 01844 281645.

PHOTO: Chinnor school, 1957

Sat 2nd Garden Party A Right Royal Garden Party will be held at Turn End, Townside, (3-5pm) in aid of Friends of St Mary?s (Church). Stroll round the beautiful gardens, meet Henry VIII and friends, listen to the Haddenham Recorder Consort, and relax with tea and cakes. There will also be royal themed children?s activities, a plant sale, an opportunity to visit the studios of Heather Hunter, artist in residence, and of Paul Wilkinson, photographer. Tickets