Men rule cuisine at Yapton spring show

It was a man's world in the cookery classes of the Yapton Cottage Gardeners'spring show.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Mar 2009, 08:51 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 19:09 BST

The chefs firmly ruled the kitchen by winning seven of the nine first

prizes awarded in the annual event.

The culinary challenges were particularly well supported. They included making a jar of lemon curd and four small gypsy creams.

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The Pratt Trophy for the best cookery overall was won by David Donovan.

Mr Donovan, the show secretary, also shared the Harry March Cup for the most points in the horticultural classes with Christine Fry, who took along some very fine daffodils.

Olivia Lisle was awarded the Junior Spring Cup for child exhibitors and then selected the winning tickets for the raffle.

The full list of first prize winners was: Christine Fry, Roy Phillips, David Donovan, Terry Booker, Vicky Millis, Diane Booker, Roy Jackson, Mary Carmel Pardi, Alan Humphrey, Debbie Lawrence, Christine Hickman, David Cole, Malcolm Paradine, Joan Jackson, Alan Thew,

Eva Pendreich and Olivia Lisle.

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The show last Saturday marked the start of the year's season of friendly competition. The 31 exhibitors came from an area bounded by Billingshurst, Chichester and West Preston and submitted 201 entries.

They included an excellent staging of daffodils, plus fine support from cut flowers, pot plants, cacti and succulents and vegetables.

A quite superb display of flower arrangements was a delight to the eye and a warm smell from the blooms greeted some 70 visitors who viewed the displays during the afternoons.

They also looked round the sidestalls which offered the choice of various plants, greetings cards, a raffle, cards and confectionery.

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A full list of results can be seen on the www.yaptongardeners.co.uk website.

* Yapton Cottage Gardeners' Society will be hosting local historian Syliva Endacott's talk, One Man's Dream, the story of Billy Butlin's holiday camps, on April 8 in Yapton Village Hall.

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