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December 2014
Flower Market Awards 2014
The team at NB
Flowers tastin
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Dennis and Eddie celebrating their win with
Pam Alexander, CGMA chair (and Mo with his lovely hat)
This year saw the return of the Flower Market awards. These awards
give industry recognition to the incredible work and inspiring
businesses run by our Flower Market customers, and to the sterling
job of our wholesalers who work crazy hours to support them.
Thank you to everyone who entered the judges were overwhelmed and had
a huge task to pick just one winner for
the Florist of the Year award. In the end
the talents of NB Flowers won them
the title of Florist of the Year 2014!
We would also like to congratulate our
shortlisted companies: Jay Archer
Floral Design and Mary Jane
Vaughan Designs.
Our Wholesaler of the Year award
was chosen by customers of the Flower
Market, and for the second year running
went to Dennis Edwards Flowers!
Zest and Donovans were shortlisted
for this. Well done!
The judges:
Rona Wheeldon, Caroline Marshall-Foster,
Helen Evans and Simon Lycett
On 11 December we celebrated with our
winners and shortlisted companies in
the Market with some cake and bubbles.
You can read full profiles on our
winners on our website
newcoventgardenmarket.com
Every Last Scrap
With sustainability still a hot topic in catering it has never been
more evident that food waste is unnecessary and expensive.
We ran a Tutored Tasting with
Chefs Mike Knowlden and Josh
Pollen at Blanch & Shock Food
Design who took us through some
ideas for minimising food
waste in the kitchen and
Potatoes
Left over: Skins
Useage: As with many
vegetables, most of the
flavour is found in the skin.
Roasted potato skins can be
used to make a stock that can
be served on its own as a consommé,
used to impart extra flavour to dishes,
or to loosen a potato puree or mash.
Note: Potato skins can be deep-fried
and served like chips or instead of
crisps and dip.
some unusual ways for using
up leftovers. All produce was
supplied by S Thorogood &
Sons. This recently appeared in
the Caterer & Hotelkeeper
magazine.
Stone fruits
Mike Knowlde
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Left over: Kernels
Useage: Kernels can be removed from the stone and
crushed, toasted or blended into liquids to infuse the
bitter-almond flavour of benzaldehyde into food. The flavour
enhances dairy products. For example, hot butter can be
infused with crushed kernels and then used as a crumble
topping for fruit desserts.
Note: A little-known fact is that Amaretto liqueur is made from
apricot kernels rather than almonds.
Please note that bezaldehyde can cause skin and eye irritation and should
therefore be clearly identified on menus.
Josh Pollen
A Celebration of 40 years
New Covent Garden Market tenants past and present turned out in
40th anniversary of the Market’s move to Nine Elms at the annual
More than 550 guests were in attendance, held at a packed Westminster Park Plaza. Traders were joined by
customers and suppliers and a large number of Market ‘old boys’, brought together by former Covent Garden
Tenants Association (CGTA) chairman Philip Emanuel.
Current CGTA chairman Gary Marshall
addressed the packed room, first
thanking everyone for being part of
what was a record attendance at the
event. “No other market in the country
can compare,” he said. “We are - as
Ali would say - the greatest; a boast
we backed up again by being named
the Best Wholesale Market in the
country for 2014.”
Cheques for £20,000 were presented
to each of the Market’s chosen
charities, the Anthony Nolan Bone
Marrow Trust and Trinity Hospice.
Generous diners and companies
donated a record of over £55,000 to
increase the total sum raised for the
two worthy causes in the 10 years
since Gary became chairman to more
than £450,000.
List of donors:
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2 Serve
3663 Group
A Booth
AC Produce
AJ Glasgow
Allison Risebro
Allweather
Andrew Peters
Barry Wadsworth
• Bevington Salads
• Cyril Brookner
• Bill Bury
• Brian Bass
• Neil Brown
• Bruce White
• CGMA
• Clear Financial
Advice
• County Supplies
• CSR
• Danny Gough
• Darren Cox
• Dennis Edwards
• Derek and Kevin
of Bromley
• DG Fruits
• DG Imports
• EA Williams
• Eddie Hulse
• Elsey and Bent
• Entremettier
• ERMS
• Esther MA
• Eurofrutta
• European Salads
• Fisher of Newbury
• The French Garden
• Fresh Connect
• Freshpro
• Fruit for the Office
• Fyffes
• Gary Saunders
• Gareth Balance
• Global Fruits
• Greencell
• HG Walker
• Hardwick Family
• Harwoods of
London
• Hemingways Holiday to Kenya
• Hilliard Bros
• I A Harris
• Italian Fruit
at Nine Elms
force on November 15 to mark the
Dinner Dance.
“It is the intention that at next year’s
dinner, which falls on November 29, to
bump that up to over £500,000” Gary
said. “I’d like to once again thank
everyone for their fantastic generosity.
We are saving lives by giving to one
charity and making people’s final days
as comfortable as possible through
the other. As well as being a financial
contributor, the way to really change
someone’s life is to become a donor,
which is a very simple process.
All you need to be is “Fit
to Spit” - go to
www.anthonynolan.org
for more details.”
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There was a particularly poignant
moment during the annual dinner, when
the CGTA’s lifetime achievement award
was given to the late Jamie Hulse, who
sadly died earlier this year. Jamie’s son
Beau picked up the award
and gave an extremely
moving acceptance
speech.
Gary added: “[Jamie was]
a hard worker, fast learner,
skilled and proper trader,
with whom business flowed in
a fair and honest manner, generating
a deserved mutual respect from clients
and co-workers alike.
“He was, and will remain, a true
Covent Garden man who loved the
Market and was a prominent character
and front-runner capable of standing
up for what he believed to be right, but
also having the strength and integrity
to accept when he was wrong.”
All the images taken on the night
are available to buy from
www.smartpicsuk.com
• J Connell
• Jacko
• JFT Specialist
Works
• John and Duncan
Lewis
• Jupiter Marketing
• Louis Konyn
• Lays of Chelsea
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Lennards
Linkclass
London Dairies
London Fresh
London Van Sales
LRO Insurance
MG & Sons
Martin Hart
Mark James
• Geo & Bradley
Marshall
• Mash Purveyors
• Mealmakers
• Mem's Café
• Mushroom Man
• Nicholas Saphir
• P & I Fruits
• Park Plaza
Westminster Bridge
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Peter Condon
Peter Gilding
Poupart Group
Premier Fruits
Roshni
St Modwen
Rushton's
S Newman
Salad Choice
• Southern Fruit
Brokers
• Sparshotts
• Spitalfields
Tenants Assn
• Sterling Fruit
• Steve Pollard
• Supreme Salads
• TJ Wholesale
• Thompson Produce
• Tony's Cafe
• Tropical Fruit
• Valstar
• Vincenzo
• WE Roberts
• Yes Chef
• Your Image
40th Anniversary Special Part III
Our traders
The Market is nothing without the people who make it so special. Generations
of families have come through the ranks and friends are made here for life.
Here are just some of our terrific traders who have graced our stands.
Flower Market College Day
Five hundred floristry students filled the Flower Market on Wednesday
5 November for a fun-packed morning of talks, tours, competition and
Flower Market shopping, topped off with a spectacular floral demonstration.
The Level 2, 3 and 4 students from
23 colleges from across England
had come together for the Flower
Market College Day, by now a
highlight in the floristry college
calendar.
Level 3 and 4 competitors were
tasked with creating a wall display
for a Bonfire Night Party (well, it was
5th November after all!), sourcing fresh
flowers and foliage in the Flower
Market to a tight brief and a tight
budget. The results were stunning!
of McQueens
Francis Rushby
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Crowds of co
llege students
Student designs for the competition
The morning finished with a bang as
the wonderful Francis Rushby of
renowned florists McQueens gave
a truly inspirational demonstration,
starting with the largest hand-tie the
audience had ever seen! In rich
autumnal shades, the design sat neatly
inside a barrel, a witty nod to the
Gunpowder Plot!
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Danny Murphy and Francesco Mazzei
‘It's got the power to refresh anything it
touches,’ says Mazzei of the bergamot citrus
fruit, which he adds to pastries, panna cotta,
cocktails and even a ‘nice and black’ squid
ink stew.
Relaxing after a
busy lunch service,
Mazzei later
explains that his
brigade uses
about 70% English
produce, with the
remaining 30%
imported from Italy.
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4, and are a Wandsworth Borough
Food Team and Environmental
Services’ 5 star accredited company.
As a founder member of ‘Local to
London’ they are committed to
promoting regional food across London
and the South East of England.
Stuart taking students down Buyers’ Walk
to meet Edward on HG Walker
Tony Allison and Richard Risebro
began trading from an old Bedford
Police Van and started with just six
accounts, which has now grown from
strength to strength to over 500.
Allison Risebro was one of the first
companies to be awarded Higher BRC
Accreditation to Standard Food Issue
Yes Chef at the Market is one of Mazzei's
key suppliers, delivering high quality fresh
produce twice a day. Danny Murphy
(pictured) is founder of the company, a
relatively new venture after more than
30 years with his previous business,
Chef’s Connection.
At L'Anima, seasonal ingredients that
feature now include bergamot, black truffle,
cime di rapa and puntarelle.
Allison Risebro
celebrate 35 years
at the Market
This year Allison Risebro celebrated
their 35th birthday having been on
the market since 1979.
Francesco Mazzei is renowned chefowner of L'Anima, a chic and contemporary Italian restaurant in the heart
of
the City.
He creates high-end food that is a feast
for the eyes. His current menu includes
sophisticated dishes such as 'Hand-picked
Crab with Apple Sauce and Sea Urchin
Dressing', 'Wild Boar Maltagliati with
Juniper and Pistachio' and 'Pan-fried Veal
Fillet with Sage Mashed Potato and
Artichokes'.
LEVEL 3: 1st PLACE
Lewisham & Southwark College
LEVEL 4: 1st PLACE
Academy of Floristry
Customer Profile:
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Au
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‘It's a totally different environment to
anywhere else,’ reflects Murphy, who
has visited his fair share of top-end
professional kitchens over his 68
years.‘They work for love.’
Duncan and Richard celebrating Allison
Risebro being Red Tractor accredited
Congratulations Allison Risebro!
1 Snowden Street, Broadgate West, EC2A 2DQ
020 7422 700
www.lanima.co.uk @LanimaLondon
CREATE - So you want to start a food business?
CREATE is a new initiative run by the Lambeth Food Partnership
designed to help new and aspiring local food businesses get off
the ground with business and practical advice.
As part of the programme, participants
took an early morning tour of New Covent
Garden Market. These businesses had
the opportunity to meet some of the
wholesalers and distributors and learn
about how to source and buy ingredients
from the Market.
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The tour was a great success with many
of the attendees planning to return to the
Market soon, as new customers.
Free Driver
training
Get your
skates on
Every LGV / PSV licence holder
driving for financial gain is
required to obtain 35 hours of
CPC re training every five years.
Don’t miss out on the chance to test
your skills on the ice at Vauxhall
Pleasure Gardens this winter!
Wandsworth Council is funding a Safer
Urban Driving course for companies
based here on the Market.
This course offers seven hours FREE
training and, subject to numbers,
could be delivered here on site.
We understand that you are busy in the
run up to Christmas so this training
would be scheduled to take place early
in the New Year.
Until the 4 January you can get lost in a
Christmas tree maze, stuff yourself at the
street food market, enjoy rides and more
at the Pleasure Gardens.
As a kind offer from our very own The
Ice Box (who created the ice rink) there
is a 10% discount offer for NCGM
tenants and customers on all sessions.
Enter booking code NCGM10 when
booking online to get the discount.
www.iceskatevauxhall.co.uk/tickets
If this is of interest to you please
email [email protected]
with your details as in order to run
this course we would need a
minimum of 16 participants.
Christmas and New
Year Opening Times
Wed 24 Dec
Open as usual
Thu 25 Dec
Closed
Fri 26 Dec
Closed
Sat 27 Dec
Fruit & Veg Market
Open
Flower Market
Closed
Sun 28 Dec
Closed as usual
Mon 29 Dec
Fruit & Veg Market
Open
Flower Market
Closed
Tue 30 Dec
Both Open
Wed 31 Dec
Both Open
Thu 1 Jan
Closed
Fri 2 Jan
Fruit & Veg Market
Open
Flower Market
Closed
Sat 3 Jan
Get your mitts on this year’s Flower
Market calendar!
Make sure you pick up your copy of
the Flower Market Calendar 2015.
Open as usual
Contact us:
For more information about any of
the articles in this issue, or if you
have news that you would like to
share please contact:
Alastair Owen on 020 7501 3490
or email [email protected]
The calendars have all the important
floristry dates of the year and also
give you top tips from the traders
each month.
The Flower Market traders have kept
their clothes on this time (sorry!), but
each month we feature a new flower,
along with some of its varieties and
useful tips.
Local food bu
sinesses gettin
g a tour of the
Market
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