Posts by Dan Clarke:

I was delighted and very excited when we were asked to cook a special dinner for Aisha and James Caan at their private residence in London! The Master Chefs experience was for 12 guests and the influence was to be Indian / Asian flavours which was a real challenge!

After much discussion and research by myself including visiting one of the Caan’s favourite restaurants in London called Patara we decided on a 7 course tasting menu which was a blend of exciting flavours and textures.

The evening was a great success and enjoyed by all, we even had James daughters Gemma and Hannah in  the kitchen watching us and asking questions as they love their food.

It was a great experience for us not only cooking for the Caan’s but being challenged to come up with new and exciting ideas, Red Anywhere is all about thinking out of the box and giving the client the wow factor and what they really want at their event….. I think we managed that with this one!

Dan Clarke

Testimonial below from Aisha and James

Dear Dan and the Team at Red Anywhere

We wanted to thank you for a wonderful evening of fine food, great Mocktails and excellent service.

This was by no means an easy task as we asked you to create a 7 course tasting menu around the theme of Asian flavours. You took the time to research the dishes and flavours we had mentioned and also visited one of our favourite restaurants to get a real feel for the food we love to eat, this was very impressive!

On the night from the minute you arrived at our home you and your staff were professional courteous and most of all made us feel relaxed knowing that everything was taken care off.

The food, well it was great, great textures and balance of flavours an executed just how we imagined, our guests were very impressed and the whole night was seamless.

Well done to you and all of your staff Dan, we look forward to using you again the future

Thank you

James and Aisha Caan

Lets start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year and hope its full of lots of GOLF! including our 4th annual Charity Golf Day!

The Red Golf Day continues to grow from strength to strength and to add to this already phenomenal day we are very luck that one of our main sponsors…. LWS Creative of Arundel have built us a website to represent the golf day!

A huge thank you to Claire Love, MD of LWS and the team for putting such a great site together for us and a special thank you to Cat one of the designers at LWS for seeing our vision for the site and I hope you will all admit she has done a fantastic job!

Well that’s enough of babbling on click on the link and see for yourself…… “Red Golf Day 2009″

I will start with saying “WOW” and a huge well done to Sam and Terri from Pretty Clever Events and all the team at Red Anywhere for what was an amazing party…. well weekend in Bath

The event was a 60th birthday celebration with a difference… the setting was a stunning country estate just outside Bath with beautiful views and amazing gardens. We then came along and stuck one of the biggest marquees I ever seen right on it!

There is so much to say about this event that I could write a book let alone a blog but I will give you a few snippets and then please look at all the pictures.

Canapes… Foie Gras Brule, King Prawn Cocktail, Crispy Duck, Fish and Chips served in wooden effect cones!

The menu consisted of 4 courses and started with a Wild Mushroom Veloute with Truffle Oil, Followed by Home Cured Gravadlax, Smoked Salmon and Horseradish Potato Salad. Main Course was Rump of Welsh Lamb, Fondant Potato, Roasted Vegetables and a light Rosemary Jus. Pudding was a delicate Vanilla & Star Anise Pannacota with Home Made Apple and Basil Sorbet…. one of my own creations and dam good I have to say!

The Entertainment was well amazing and so much of it…. there were Stilt Walkers, Fire Breathers, Jugglers, Magicians and even a show that had music and cabaret which all the guest loved! and then if that was not enough Marilyn Monroe made an appearance (well a very fine look a like) at midnight to sing Happy Birthday to the birthday boy!

A great band then sang some good old oldies and got the place rocking and rolling to the early hours of the morning!

After a couple of hours sleep and a large coffee we then prepared ourselves for the Sunday Tuscan Brunch which was an array of breakfast items, cold meats and fish, Hot roast Beef and Vegetables and even my good self on the stoves in front of guests cooking omelette’s, fried eggs and scrambled eggs, they loved it and I must admit so did I!

well I think by now your getting the gist of this party…. it was amazing and 200 very lucky people had a wonderful weekend which was put together by Pretty Clever Events based in Brighton…. we have been working with the ladies for about 6 months now and there passion, creativity and professionalism is second to none and once again a huge applause to Sam, Terri and all the girls….

Here’s looking forward to the next event…

Dan – Creative Chef, Red Anywhere

Claire Love-Jones, Managing Director of Local Web Solutions asked us to cater at the launches for her sister company LWS Creative.

There were three launches all together, Red Anywhere served a glass of champagne on arrival and drinks throughout the evening to the …guests, who included……

After a presentation, we then served a selection of Canapes including seared scallop, apple sauce and spiced sultanas, Chorizo & Mango Risotto and Sunblushed Tomato Tapenade with Poached Asparagus on Tomato & Basil Toast. Red Anywhere also served some Dessert Canapes which included, Lemon & Vanilla Posset with Blueberry Compote and Eton Mess.

Daniel CLarke, Creative Chef of Red Anywhere gave a demonstration during one of the launches which included filleting and deboning a whole plaice and explaining how to season and cook it. Dan then went on to show how to cut, prep and cook a Saddle of Lamb and a Whole Fillet of Beef. Everyone watched attentively while Dan explained the importance of seasoning meats with Salt & Pepper and then enjoyed watching him cook them. Dan even gave them a little taster so that guests could determine for themselves the difference between well seasoned meats and unseasoned meats. They then bombarded Dan with questions about how to cook certain meats and whats the best way to cook this and where the best place to buy that…etc

Or ‘Adults will be Kids’ in this case…

Giant Apple Events were managing a 40th birthday party for 80 people but with a twist…The theme was a 4th birthday party and was held at the Flying Fortress in Climping. This was an excellent venue with a children’s indoor climbing frame, bouncy castles and trampolines. The room was decorated with Huge 5ft balloons, ‘Happy Birthday’ signs

When asked, Red Anywhere were more than happy to cater for this event especially when there was the added challenge of creating new dishes suitable for Vegans.

Red Anywhere served up some fantastic Canapes, which were enjoyed by all, whether a Vegan or not. Then followed Red’s very popular Grazing Bowls, filled with Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges and Mango Salsa, Corn on the Cob with Lime & Chilli Butter, Leek & Potato Soup With Wild Mushrooms and Mini Sun-dried Tomato & Olive Pizzas.

We also made some delicious open sandwiches and home-made muffins to go on the buffet table for guests to help themselves to throughout the evening.

The Children played some party games including ‘pass the parcel’ and ‘Musical Chairs’ and danced the evening away to an excellent live band. There was even a naughty chair for anyone who misbehaved! At the end of the evening party bags were handed out whilst they waited for their parents…sorry taxis to collect them and take them back home!

Daniel Clarke, Red Anywhere’s Creative Chef, is more than happy to cater for any dietary requirement at any venue, any where, any time!

If you would like us to attend to your catering needs whether or not you have any dietary requirements then please contact me, Charlie Lovering on 0845 223 4472

We got this sent us by a client and we found it very funny, Now with Mr Ramsay in the news we thought it ironic to let you have a look!