10 Years of Jabberwocky

10 Years of Jabberwocky

by | Sunday, January 24, 2021 | Award Winning Toasties, Event Food, Food Van Driving, Hopeful, Street Food Soliloquy - The Book, Street Food Theory, Street Food Van Conversion, The Business of Catering

The Beginning of Time Every story starts in all sorts of places, but the winding tale of the Jabberwocky has one undeniable beginning: when on this day, 10 years ago, we brought home the vehicle that would go on to become the Beast. It doesn’t feel that long...
Coronavirus Cancelling Events

Coronavirus Cancelling Events

by | Tuesday, March 10, 2020 | Event Food, Hopeful, Other...

A Trader Perspective Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is causing panic worldwide. It’s causing a lot of very sensible reactions as well, but the panic is the problem here. As a food and festival trader, we rely on around 12 weeks of trade to float most of the rest of...
Sushi Afternoon Tea

Sushi Afternoon Tea

by | Friday, September 25, 2015 | Event Food, Projects, Recipes

Last night Barny was at the Cafe Life Awards in London. We were nominated for the Manwich, the Scotch Egg toastie and a pet project we had been working on: Sushi Afternoon Tea. Sushi is beautiful, classically presented and full of fish. The only difference to an...
Wedding Street Food

Wedding Street Food

by | Saturday, April 25, 2015 | Event Food, Street Food Theory

First, let me begin by saying I love a good wedding. I have been to my fair share, in pretty much every capacity, and enjoy them immensely. I’m still missing “mother of the bride/groom” and “wedding officiant”, but I’m confident at...

Vintage Crockery

by | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 | Event Food, Projects

I don’t know why people don’t still do gilt edges on things. It was such a wonderful way of adding classiness without getting all Argos about it. These days with vintage crockery on the rise perhaps it will be given a new lease of life, in which case I...