Scrumptious Sussex
20 July | 10:30 - 14:00
A Light-hearted Lunchtime of food and drink, fun and games, history and comedy at Leonardslee
All-inclusive History Events present for the first time ever at Leonardslee Gardens a unique lunchtime event of local history, food, drink and fun, all provided by four of the county’s funniest foodie figures! Find out about the timeline of the event below.
A break for lunch will be taken with afternoon tea which includes scones with cream and jam, a sandwich, a slice of cake and a tea or coffee per person. Please email info@leonardsleegardens.co.uk if you have any allergies or dietary requirements.
£29.50 per person | 10% off for Members
Garden Entry Included | Parking included for Leonardslee Members | Parking information
Event Information
10.30 - Doors open
11.00 - Paul L
Scrumptious Sussex is compered by the ‘Big Beardy Baking Beserker’ of the Sussex food world, local chef and entertainer, Paul Lowe. Paul has worked in many Sussex locations and is a compere like no other. His warmth, banter, personality and humour will more than get the audience warmed up. Paul introduces the very funny pubs historian Dr Janet Pennington, known across the county (and beyond) for her funny, saucy and always entertaining talks. Janet will be more than whetting our appetites with her mischievous tales of ‘Cakes and Ale’.
11.15 - Janet
Paul introduces the very funny pubs historian Dr Janet Pennington, known across the county (and beyond) for her funny, saucy and always entertaining talks. Janet will be more than whetting our appetites with her mischievous tales of ‘Cakes and Ale’.
12.00 - Interval
12.15 - Ian
Next up on the menu is TV and Radio’s Ian Dowding, famed chef of the Hungry Monk restaurant in Jevington and co-author of its famous and widely-selling cookbooks. Ian will be bringing his wit, charm and wealth of experience as a celebrity chef along with his experiences of appearing in several television programmes as chef and food adviser including ‘Regency House Party’ (2003, Channel 4), ‘The Diets that Time Forgot’, and more recently ‘Turn back Time’ for BBC1.He has also appeared on Radio 4’s ‘The Kitchen Cabinet’ but is most famous as the co-creator of Sussex’s most famous ever dessert, Banoffi pie. Ian has penned numerous cookbooks including the wonderfully titled ‘Fish Bananas’ and is now a novelist too, with two novels to his credit, ‘Fish Face’ and his latest offering; a tale of smuggling in Sussex called ‘A Fraternity of Thieves’.
If you’ve never been to one of Ian’s talks you’re in for a treat as his long career has been full of many exciting adventures, and his latest adventure is that we’ll be daring him to see how long we can get him to talk for without mentioning Banoffi pie! He’ll also be inviting those attending the event to bring in their own banoffi pie-themed creations for Ian and Paul to judge, much in the style of ‘Bake Off – An Extra Slice’. Paul is the chef behind what was believed to be the world’s biggest banoffi pie last year and so it will be great to see what these two chefs make of your offerings.
13.00 - Kevin
Our final section on the mirth menu will be light-hearted local historian and humourist Kevin Newman, author of the bestselling ‘Little History of Sussex’ and ‘Pond Puddings and Sussex Smokies’, both now in their second editions and tickling the funnybones of foodies across the county. Kevin will be taking us through the funnier side of the county’s past food and drink, the people that produced it and the places it was enjoyed and eaten. Kevin will also be inviting you to play several Scrumptious Sussex games, such as ‘Scoff – or Keep Well Off?’ where the audience will be asked whether they would eat something from Sussex’s past or not, based solely on its name.
13.45 - Q&A
14.00 - Lunch will be taken with Afternoon Tea (to finish by 3pm)
