Enter our  'Pie in the Sky' dessert competition

Do you have your own original favourite recipe for a pudding or dessert?  If so you could be enjoying ‘sweet’ success if you put it forward for our 10th anniversary competition ‘Pie in the Sky.’

We’ve linked up with four top chefs and restaurateurs to launch a competition to find the region’s best desserts.  We want amateur cooks from Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to submit their favourite recipes for inclusion in a special fundraising cookbook which will be called ‘Pie in the Sky.’

The book will be launched in the autumn featuring the winning recipes, together with signature puddings from the region’s best professional chefs as well as from celebrities and well-known TV foodies.  Jean-Christophe Novelli and The Hairy Bikers are among those submitting recipes.

Recipes put forward for the competition will be judged by the four chef ‘judges’; Galton Blackiston from the award-winning Morston Hall in Norfolk and star of ‘Market Kitchen’ and ‘Great British Menu’; Jason Waterfield, executive chef at Kings College, Cambridge; Stephen David, Chef-Patron of The Crown at Woodbridge, Suffolk and Martin Lee of The Plough, Bolnhurst from Bedfordshire. 

The winning recipe will be served to guests at our 10th anniversary ball on Saturday 9th October  at the Norfolk Showground with its creator receiving two free tickets to see their pudding served to guests.

Galton Blackiston said:  “We’re looking for undiscovered gems - desserts which are unusual and which perhaps feature the wonderful array of produce we have here in the East of England – our superb home-grown flour, beet sugar and fruits for example.  But, of course, we also love chocolate and other not-so-native sweet ingredients.

“I’m delighted to support the East Anglian Air Ambulance and judging the pudding competition will be a real pleasure!”

You can watch a video about the launch of the pudding competition here
Terms and Conditions:                                                

1.       The promoter of this competition (‘the competition’) is the East Anglian Air Ambulance, Hangar D, Gambling Close, Norwich Airport, Norwich, NR6 6EG.  Registered Charity No. 1083876.

2.        Entry to the Competition is open to all those living in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.  Entries can be made either from an individual amateur cook or amateur group with interest in cookery.  Entries from anyone under 16 must be made with the consent of the adult or carer.

3.       By entering the Competition, each entrant agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

4.       Entry into the Competition is free and limited to one dessert per entrant.

5.       The closing date for the Competition is Friday 30 June 2010.  No responsibility is accepted for late, lost, delayed or misdirected entries.

6. To enter the Competition, you must:
(i) produce an original recipe for a dessert including ingredients and method.  It  must be entirely your own creation
(ii) submit your entry by email - click here or submit your entry accompanied by your name, address, email address and telephone number by post to the EAAA at the address above.  The envelope should be clearly marked Pie in the Sky Dessert Competition

6.       By entering your recipe into the Competition, you grant the EAAA the right to reproduce it in promotional materials, including its Pie in the Sky Cook book. 

7.       The judges will select one overall winning recipe.  Its creator will win the prize of two tickets to the EAAA Tenth Anniversary Ball on Saturday 9 October 2010 where their dessert will be served to guests.  The judges may also select a number of recipes as ‘runners up’.  The judges’ decision is final.  Winners will be notified by 31 July 2010. 

8.       By entering the competition you confirm that your recipe is original and that you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

A Suffolk micro-brewery is supporting the East Anglian Air Ambulance with a special beer to celebrate the charity’s 10th anniversary.

The award-winning Mill Green Brewery at Edwardstone near Sudbury is brewing a premium golden ale called ‘Lifesaver’ which has a strength of 4.2%.

The beer is to be officially launched on April 21st at the opening of the East Anglian Beer Festival run by the West Suffolk Campaign for Real Ale.  The festival, at the Bury St Edmunds Corn Exchange, has also chosen EAAA as one of the charities it will be supporting this year.

A limited edition bottled version of the beer will also be available from the charity and other outlets during this year only.

'Special recipe'

Tom Norton, (pictured above, right) who brewed the beer, said:  “I have made this beer to a special recipe.  It is a genuine one-off, so those who want to try it will have to do so during this limited period of availability.”

The brewery is in the grounds of the White Horse pub at Edwardstone.  It currently supplies a number of free houses as well as the White Horse, where the first brew of ‘Lifesaver’ has already gone on sale and beer festivals to order.

Director of fundraising and marketing at EAAA Richard Robinson said:  “This is a wonderful gesture from Tom to make a donation from every pint and bottle sold.  I hope real ale enthusiasts will seek out the beer and encourage landlords to have it as a guest beer if they can.”