Sharrow Community Forum

There are a lot of things run in the local area by Shipshape teaching you how to cook and eat healthily and creatively. Chris Hanson is the staff member at Shipshape responsible for these, along with quite a few health champions. If you are interested in learning more or want to know about getting involved, either drop in to Shipshape at 222 London Road to see him or give us a call on 0114 2500222. Here are some of the things that have happened over the last few months and may be happening again in the near future: watch this space for news.

Community Cook Alongs

The first of these took place this July as part of the Sharrow Fringe Festival. It was such a good experience that we are looking into running more in the future!

Come and spend an evening cooking with your neighbours! We will provide all the ingredients and recipes and create a couple of interesting and healthy meals together. All ages welcome, and there will be plenty of leftovers to take home.

Surestart Dads group

About once a month Chris will be at Surestart on a Saturday morning helping the kids and their parents to cook something fun together for their lunch. These sessions are a lot of fun and potentially very messy! Hopefully you'll learn something from the simple group recipes as well.

Sharrow Chef of the Year 2010!

The first annual Sharrow of the Year competition has taken place!

Sharrow Chef of the Year was a big success with La Terrazza winning the overall competition by 2 points from East and West Restaurant. Their winning dish was Pan fried salmon with polenta and a tomato salsa, which they accompanied with a dry Italian white wine. The judging panel commented on the simplicity of the flavours in the dish along with the outstanding presentation as the main reason for choosing it over East and West.

The event was attended by around 300 people over the course of the day, with people being able to try a number of different styles of food and learning some of the secrets of the best restaurant cookery in the area. La Terrazza's chef Mario Cantelimi really went the extra mile by bringing alongan amazing Italian Ricotta and Fruit cake for the audience and judges to taste and at 23 showed to everyone present what a talented young chef he is.

The event ran alongside the Sharrow Flea Market, Big lunch events and a play by Side by Side theatre company, which proved to be very popular with the residents of Sharrow.

Sharrow Chef of the Year is going to be back in 2011, so if you are a restaurant in the Sharrow, Abbeydale or Sharrow Vale area and are interested in taking part, please contact Shipshape on 2500222 for more information.

Cook and Eat Sessions

Our cook and eat sessions are 1 to 2 hour long sessions where you will learn to make a healthy, cheap, easy to re-produce in your own home, meal. You will also get a recipe to take away for everything that you make. The courses are generally booked in blocks of six weeks and fill up fast! Get in touch today and find out more about the next opportunity for you to come and learn to cook something new.