On Saturday 13th July the village hall/ Pavilion saw a transformation into a French cafe setting decorated with a painted backdrop of the Eifel Tower, French flags, candles, blue, red and white table decorations and a menu and information about the origin of the dish chicken chasseur. This was organised by Hepworth2Enjoy as one of a number of fund raising events in support of the village Christmas meal on 3rd December.

The highlight of the evening was at the very start of the event when we were privileged to listen to Robert Marsham, a resident of Hepworth, who delivered a most informative and amusing talk about the history, ages and production of the three cheeses presented on each table for sampling: Comte, Brie de Meaux and Forme d’Ambert. This tasting was accompanied by French bread and butter. Delicious!

There followed a meal of chicken chasseur and new potatoes – a typical French dish of chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes and herbs traditionally foraged by a hunter and prepared on returning home. ( La chasse is French for the hunt and Le chasseur is a hunter) No fine meal is complete without a delicious dessert and this was individually served lemon possets and superb, buttery shortbread biscuits. All the dishes were prepared and cooked by members of the Hepworth 2 Enjoy team.

To add to the atmosphere there was music by an accordionist Mark Armstrong from Stanton Folk Group who kindly gave of his time to support our evening. Indeed after the meal a few brave people took to their feet to dance. And of course the Hepworth Angels were there to introduce those well known French songs Frere Jaques, Sur le pont d’Avignon and Alouette encouraging audience participation. It was a most enjoyable, well attended evening which sold out promptly. Do look out for our next fund raising evening and come along and enjoy it within our Hepworth community.

Hepworth2Enjoy team