TV chef Emma Evans brings The Secret Supper Clwb to private dinner parties
Emma Evans, contestant on Sky Living’s My Kitchen Rules, chef, co-founder of The Secret Supper Clwb and founder of the Welsh Mums in Business Network, is bringing the The Secret Supper Clwb party experience to customers’ homes.
From March 2014, dinner party hosts can hand the stress of catering over to Emma, who will design a bespoke menu and help style your venue. Emma works closely with a leading sommelier that will recommend and supply the wine to complement the meal.
At her most recent Secret Supper Clwb event, Emma’s Spanish menu comprised a selection of tapas followed by slow cooked Iberieo pork plumas with smoked buttered potatoes. For desert, diners were treated to churros with vanilla yogurt and chocolate sauce.
Customers can also opt for the three course meal that propelled Emma and her hairdresser co-contestant, Philip Mungean, to the top of the leader board on My Kitchen Rules. This round-winning menu began with pan fried sea bass on samphire with a bisque sauce. The main course, Three Little Pigs, consisted of three delicious variations of pork including pork fillet served alongside olive oil potatoes, braised cabbage, asparagus and cider sauce. Desert was a vanilla panna cotta with rhubarb and ginger compote served with a caramel shard.
Speaking of the new development for The Secret Supper Clwb, Emma said: “I love working with people and creating memorable one-off occasions. Whether formal or informal, there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing people enjoy an evening you helped to create. As well the event itself, I love the build-up and working with hosts. Developing bespoke menus to match the personality of the diners and nature of the evening is very exciting.”
As well as preparing food and supplying wine, Emma can arrange live music and entertainment acts.
The Secret Supper Clwb home service is available in any location in the UK, with the first event being booked in Chesham, Hertfordshire on Saturday 3 May. The party of 20 guests will enjoy Emma’s Three Little Pigs menu and a live jazz piano performance. Price starts from £45 per person. Emma Evans and her great team will make the evening stress free for the host, by serving and even clearing away, leaving them to simply enjoy the night.
Emma Evans is an experienced hospitality professional who has catered for HRH Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex and The Welsh Secretary of State. She is currently representing Wales as a contestant on Sky Living’s competitive cooking show, My Kitchen Rules, which is judged by celebrity chefs, Lorraine Pascale and Jason Atherton.
The Secret Supper Clwb hosts regular evenings at quirky and exciting venues in South Wales. Often featuring guest chefs, dinner and live music, these events explore themes such as cooking with unusual meats, matching food with wine and creating inspired sharing boards. All of the March Secret Supper Clwb events have sold out; making it imperative that you book your ticket early.
Due to popular demand an additional date for the specialist wine and dine night has been added in Roath, Cardiff, for Friday 30 May 2014.
For information contact emma@thesecretsupperclwb.co.uk or visit www.emma-evans.com.
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Emma Evans – Backgrounder
Emma Evans is a Newport-based chef, co-founder of The Secret Supper Clwb and founder of the Welsh Mums in Business Network. A highly experienced hospitality professional, Emma has catered for HRH Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex and The Welsh Secretary of State.
Through the Secret Supper Clwb Emma hosts regular live cookery demonstrations at quirky venues in South Wales. Often featuring guest chefs, dinner and live music, these events explore themes such as cooking with unusual meats, matching food with wine and creating inspired sharing boards.
Monthly Supper Clwbs are also held throughout the year by Emma, the dates and locations can be found on the website www.emma-evans.com.
Emma’s success in the hospitality sector is driven by a passion for food which developed from long hours spent with her father in the kitchen of their family-owned hotel. As well as expert skills in cooking with families – including men and children – Emma holds a degree in Hotel Management from the University of Wales Institute. She has a background in sales, recruitment and event management and spent two years in Dubai. Emma describes her cooking style as rustic and bursting with flavour.
In 2008, Emma established the Welsh Mums in Business Network to give home-based self-employed women a forum to meet and develop business, support and networking opportunities.
From January 2014, Emma will represent Wales as a contestant on Sky Living’s competitive cooking show, My Kitchen Rules, which is judged by celebrity chefs, Lorraine Pascale and Jason Atherton.
In her spare time, Emma enjoys keeping fit at the gym. Her determination to keep fit as led her to run half marathons and 10k races, as well as training for her first Tough Mudder later this year. Emma also enjoys spending time with her family, watching her boys play football and rugby and going on walks and cycling.
