WeFiFo - whats it all about and Dinner at Maria's

So WeFiFo, whats its all about then, firstly its stands for "We Find Food" Its sort of an Airbnb supper club equivalent meets "Come dine with me" but in a good way. 

Its a way of home cooks, chefs and foodie people to find each other and hold unique food experiences, may be make new friends and eat delicious home cooked food.

WeFiFo events are being held up and down the country, so there is sure to be one near(ish) to you, we popped along to the lovely Maria's and Alan's who are our nearest hosts for Sunday tea, a proper traditional Sunday roast,but more of that later. There is is an amazing range of food related  events on offer so I am sure there is something for you to sign up for and to have your own WeFiFo experience.

If you are a budding chef you can start cooking, host events and earn, just check out the website for more details and lots of advice and guidance on getting started.

• You can turn your cooking into cash !
• Discover home cooked food near you
• Cook the food you love for paying guests
• Share food and meet new people
• What's not to love about WeFiFo

This is the lovely Maria our host who is passionate about sharing good food with local people in a friendly environment, with WeFiFo you are eating in your hosts home so its a friendly relaxed atmosphere. 

She's been a WeFiFo Home chef for a while and has hosted many varied and different events at various locations in her local area, it all started for her fund raising for a family friend and it went from there.  

Initially it is a little strange that you are turning up a someone house you have never met before and you are going to enjoy a meal with people you have never met before, but once you get over that initial meeting then you are off and running and by the end of the evening you are chatting like old friends. 

Booking our WeFiFo experience was pretty easy via the website, hosts post their events and you book on using Cookies (The WeFiFo currency) You can purchase Cookies using paypal or credit card and also get them as rewards for sharing and posting on social media)

The atmosphere at our event was very friendly and the chat was wide ranging covers from philosophy to Manchester Pride .

Our main course was succulent roast slice of beef served with a rich gravy, yorkshire pudding (gluten free one's especially for me :-)), crunchy roast potatoes, roast carrot and parsnip batons, cauliflower cheese (gluten free too), tenderstem, beans and peas. All delicious and a great roast dinner.

Maria had created for our pudding after all we are up North here, a delightfully decadent Champagne pavlova with strawberries, billowing with cream. Big piece for me then please....

Chocolate anise cake, again gluten free, rich dark and decadent.

Then to finish a selection of European cheeses with a variety of accompaniments.

A thoroughly enjoyable evening, great fun and something out of the ordinary, it's not just about the food its the whole atmosphere that counts. Maria would love to host something more rustic some if one of my foodie friends has a barn we can use then please get in touch. Of course if you fancy becoming a host Maria is happy to give you some hints and tips to get started.

Here is a blog post from Maria about her WeFiFo story

Here is a video of a WeFiFo event filmed at Maria's 

Our Cookies to enjoy our WeFiFo experience we given free of charge, we were not compelled to write a positive review and all viewss, opinions etc are our own. Thanks to Maria and Alan and the rest of the party for an enjoyable introduction to WeFiFo.

Ovenclean - The Original oven cleaning specialists

As an avid cook and baker one of the essential tools in my kitchen is my oven. I am lucky to have a fab stainless steel double oven which is a great workhorse and its very energy efficient  and assists greatly in the production of lots of cakes and bakes. However its also my nemesis as I absolutely loath cleaning it, its one of those jobs that gets put off, so that were Ovenclean comes in.

My idea of heaven is to be able to pick up the phone and book a nice man (or lady) who will come and give some love and attention to my oven restoring it back to its showroom shine. That's exactly what Ovenclean do, in my case my local contact was Bernard who arrived on an atrocious winter day to give my oven the Ovenclean treatment.

The before shot !

Ovenclean is the UK's leading professional domestic oven cleaning specialist, their specially trained technicians use the latest equipment and customised cleaning products to clean your oven, hob, aga, grill, extractor, range or BBQ and  put the sparkle back into your appliance.

Using an eco friendly system to remove all grease, fat and burnt on oven deposits, Bernard soon had my oven sparkling again, there were no fumes, no mess, no fuss or bother and wow does my oven now shine.

Bernard removed the parts he could and cleaned those in his specially equipped van and then refitted all the parts and cleaned the main body of the oven, at no time where there any nasty harsh chemicals being used (so great for those with pets, allergies or children), all I could smell was a pleasant fresh clean aroma as he did he wonderful job of restoring the gleam to my trusty oven. Plus I could use my oven straight away !

All in all the service took approximately 2 hour for my ovens and all I had to do was drink tea whilst Bernard worked away. I can't recommend Ovenclean highly enough, especially for all you avid cooks and bakers, your oven deserves a treat, no more nasty oven cleaning foams and potions and scrubbing for hours all to no avail, have your oven professional cleaned by experts.

If you contact Ovenclean they will have a representative in your area and will provide you with a personalised quote for whatever service you require to be undertaken. I think the pricing is affordable especially when you look at the results achieved, my oven never looked like this after I had cleaned it !

You can contact Ovenclean on 0800 840 7127 or by clicking on www.ovenclean.com

                                          

This is a sponsored blog post and I received my service complimentary from Ovenclean to enable me to review their service.