Yesterday was a long, preparation day in the labyrinth known as the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Set within a site covering more than 40 acres, the Ricoh Arena is unlike any other development of its kind in the UK. With its state-of-the-art conference, banqueting, exhibition, hotel and sports facilities, the multi-purpose complex has already won awards for its design.
I was there to help Jean-Christophe Novelli produce a lunch for 140 business people, at 1pm Thursday March 3rd, 2011.
It has been a while since Jean-Christophe and I had last met but as always he was his unflappable charming self. I'm hoping to be doing some more work with Jean-Christophe in the near future, so watch this space.
http://jeanchristophenovelli.com
As is often the case in these large facilities the logistics of creating, co-ordinating and executing a fine dinning luncheon is a series of challenges, moving equipment and ingredients around 3-4 kitchens in the process. All the staff could not have been more helpful or friendly and I would to say thank you to them all.
But as the big cheesy grin I have on my face will tell you the lunch went very well and Jean-Christophe, the clients and all concerned were very happy with the results.
The Ricoh Arena is run and managed by Arena Coventry Ltd, a joint venture company consisting of Coventry City Council and the Alan Edward Higgs Charity. http://www.ricoharena.com
My Life update
This blog has received over 10,500,00 page views since I started 5 years ago, and the numbers of people following wannabe via facebook is edging towards 21,000 (20,700) so let me once again thank you all for your support. I did manage to get home in time to watch the third episode of The Spice Trail presented by Kate Humble. Just like the first two episodes her performance was engaging and the story of saffron and origins of vanilla informative....a real treat to watch congratulations to the BBC.
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