The ex-Head chef of the Thatch restaurant in Thame, has criticed the treatment of couple who won the restaurant in a TV programme, since their decision to quit. (Not Raymond Blanc as previously reported. We apologise for the mis-reporting of this article.)
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Photo: Courtesy of menumagazine.com
THIS is the latest neighbourhood update, provided by Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Diane Greenwood:
On 23 April, licensees in Thame officially launched the Pubwatch scheme in town. The meeting was attended by an overwhelming majority of pub and off licence staff and landlords from Thame. PC Hounslow and South Oxfordshire District Council Licensing Department also attended the meeting which was held at the Six Bells Pub in the town. The aim of Pubwatch is to fight alcohol fuelled violence in the town. It works by having a ring around system to alert each other of any potential problems and prevent groups or individuals trouble makers from entering other premises.
PCSOs Jackson and Tucker have recently done a post coding event at Lord Williams School over two days which went down really well with many items being marked. The next school to have a visit from our local PCSOs will be John Hampden on Tuesday 20 May.
There will also be a PCSO surgery on 10 May at Thame Town Hall. This is where residents are encouraged to come and speak to us about any issues of concern they might have within the community.
THE Rotary Club of Thame, on behalf of the Parents and Carers of the pupils at Barley Hill, John Hampden, and St. Josephs Primary Schools wish to thank Thame Town Council, who, on behalf of
the community, have again made a grant of
BORIS JOHNSON’S father, Mr Stanley Johnson, told the Times newspaper today that he hoped to contest the seat for Henley-on-Thames held by his son, who was elected Mayor of London last week.
To read all about Stanley, see LINK to his entry on WIKIPEDIA
Photo: Stanley Johnson, father of Boris Johnson MP
courtesy of Friends of the Earth.
OXFORDHIRE County Council’s Trading Standards service is warning the public about a bogus kitchenware salesman operating in the area.
The man claims to be working for the council and is peddling knives and saucepans which he claims are made by the high quality brand, Kaiserbach.
The items he is selling door-to-door however are not designer brands and he does not work for any local authority.
Similar reports have emerged in other parts of the UK and across Europe and the scam is well known to Trading Standards and the Office of Fair Trading.
If you are at all suspicious about a doorstep caller, please report the matter to Trading Standards on 0845 051 0845.
Image: Genuine Kaiserbach knives
THE couple that have run ‘The Thatch’ in Thame since becoming the winners of the televised TV programme, The Restaurant, are to leave town.
Jane and Jeremy Hooper have announced that they will be returning to their home in Barnstaple, Devon, in the wake of a report in The Caterer magazine that the head chef employed to mentor Jeremy, was sacked.
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The restaurant is, however, to remain open.
The couple, an ex marine and a trainee teacher, have been away from the restaurant since the birth of their baby son in March.
Raymond Blanc, who backed the Hoopers financially, has so far made no official comment about the Hooper’s alleged departure.
A follow up film of the Hooper’s post-winning experience has been filmed since October, and was due to be shown in early summer.
The second series of The Restaurant is about to start filming at The Green Dragon in Haddenham.
Photo: Jane and Jeremy Hooper with Raymond Blanc – Courtesy of the BBC
IT has been reported today that Boris Johnson will not give up his job as MP if wins today’s election for Mayor of London.
Conservative Office say that they “will not be rushed into anything,” but will take there time in chosing a replacement for Boris, with a By-election probably in the Autumn.
Ladbrokes’ currently shows the odds for a win to Boris currently (2pm today) standing at 1/3, amd for Ken Livingstone, 9/4.
A THAME pub has helped swell the coffers of the local scouts.
The Star & Garter, in Kingsey Road, Thame, raised
THAME Town Council’s planning committee has recommended refusal of an application to build 13, mews style cottages behind a Thame shop in the Cornmarket.
The committee rejected the application, to build on land behind ‘The Money Spinner,’ on the following grounds:
i) No access for emergency vehicles.
ii) Over-development for such a narrow restricted
site.
iii) Unsympathetic to the area.
iv) No parking
The application will now go before South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee for their decision.
A THAME couple had a lucky escape on Saturday when fire officers found them fast asleep in bed as their smoke alarm failed to alert to them to the fact that their kitchen was on fire.
A Thame fire crew was called to the flat behind the Cornmarket, by a hairdresser who saw smoke billowing from the window and heard the alarm going off, as she arrived for work at around 8am on Saturday (26/04).
Station Officer, Andy Ford said: “Failing to rouse the occupants, we kicked the door in and ran up the stairs and found an oven, containing the remains of oven chips, on fire and a couple motionless in the bedroom.
“One of them was so motionless that we took his pulse.
“It would appear that they had put the chips in the oven early in the morning and had returned to bed having had a late night, only to fall fast asleep again.
“They were extremely surprised to be woken up by four firemen crashing around their flat!
“Hopefully, this couple have learned a very valuable lesson about the risks of attempting to cook after a night out.
“Cooking is one of the biggest causes of fire in the home.
“It was very fortunate for them that this didn’t happen during the night or even on a Sunday morning when the smoke might not have been spotted by anyone.”
Fortunately, the fire was quickly dealt with and no one was injured.