Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2007 | Page 101

FASHION, HEALTH & BEAUTY

life

IN THE HEAT
New cheese from
IW Cheese Co.

Fresh from their success
at The World Cheese
Awards, The Isle of Wight
Cheese Company are
ready to launch their third
cheese Nipper's Nammet.
The unpasteurised cheese
is made at Queen Bower
Dairy near Alverstone
using milk from the farm's
very own Guernsey herd.
Nipper's Nammet is
a semi-hard, pressed
cheese that resembles
the Italian cheese Bel
Paese although it's creator,
Richard Hodgson is quick
to point out that he doesn't
follow the recipe entirely.
"It's exciting for me as with
the IOW Blue and the IOW
Soft I've used traditional
methods whereas with the
Nammet, I've been bending
the rules. I've been forging
it with a lactic smelter"
Nipper's Nammet will be
available from the Island
Farmers' Markets towards
the end of August.

Cocktails

Catering - in the wet?
It may have been the wettest
summer for years, but it didn’t
deter All About Catering from
preparing and cooking their
delicious food at a record
number of weddings this year.
From BBQs to banquets,
David Rogers and his team
carried on regardless.
‘There was only one day
when we had to don wellies
and waterproofs, but we
still managed to prepare
a hot 3 course wedding
dinner in a marquee for

150 guests’ said David.
‘The majority of our brides
come from the mainland and
are looking for something
different for their wedding but I
don’t think they were expecting
tropical monsoon weather.’
All About Catering specialise
in outside and event catering
and will have catered for over
2,500 wedding guests between
May and September. The Isle of
Wight is definitely the place for
a great wedding – wet or dry!!
Tel: [phone]

Local produce on your doorstep
Keen to extend the availability
of local food, Island girls
Jackie Phillips and Rachel
Foy are the faces behind new
venture The Real Island Food

Joe’s begin the summer months
with a great new exciting
cocktail menu at each of their
premier Island outlets.
The menu’s have been designed
specifically for each site and the
majority of the input has been
made by our teams of Island
based staff who have used their
extensive knowledge of the Island
and its tastes to bring something
new and exciting to the business
that will have everybody talking
about their evenings out in Joes
for many months to come.
Operations Manager Cavan
Lowe has hailed the work done by

Island Life - www.islandlife.tv

Company. Celebrating Island
food with mouthwatering food
ideas, the company offers a
full on-line shop and home
delivery service for all your
favourite Island goodies.
Jackie and
Rachel are
passionate about
buying and eating
really tasty local
food, food that
hasn’t travelled
thousands
of miles to
get here. “By
buying, wherever
possible, from
Island suppliers,

we know
that we are
helping
maintain
our Island
countryside and
economy,”
says
Jackie, who grew-up on an
Island strawberry farm.
For fresh meat, seasonal
vegetables and products
from a wide range of
excellent local producers
see www.realislandfood.
co.uk or call Jackie and
Rachel on 01983 731778.

the staff at both units and claims
that by empowering the staff
during this task they have really
shown their worth and commitment
in ensuring that we keep Joe’s
at the forefront of the eating and
drinking out market on the Island.
Barman Gary Warville was
delighted with the opportunity to
add something to the business
and claimed that this made the
new menus all the more personal:
“I will take great pleasure in
the knowledge that my work is
helping to delight our customers
and add something to their
total experience at Joes”

101