Hiya all,
Well, it's just over a week until our next meeting. It seems to have been ages since our first meeting, and so much wonderful stuff has happened since then.
Today we are mainly excited to be going to the Newcastle Clandestine Cake Club meeting. After all, without the CCC, we would never exist in the first place, and all these exciting things would never have happened to us in the meantime.
We have sorted the venue and date for our March meeting, and all i will say is... It's British Pie Week in March. Hmm, I wonder if that could be a good time to hold a meeting?
Look out for announcements soon. And of course, we'll let you know all about the lovely pie we eat and the people we meet at our next event.
Hayley xxx
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Oh my, what a day!
Hi all,
Just a quick check in to say "OMG WHAT AN EXCITING DAY!" or words to that nature.
Firstly, we made it into today's Chronicle (page 22, to be exact). We had almost a full page, and there was a very lovely write-up, which you can read here
We've had loads of amazing responses, and lots of people signing up, with the result that we are now FULLY BOOKED for our February meeting. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that we'd become so popular so quickly. We've even had applications to our standby list for this meeting.
Our lack of sweet pies problem appears to have been solved somewhat, with talk of a key lime pie possibility and a sweet potato pie signed up.
We also heard from the marvellous Simple Simon (self-styled, not a name we have assigned him) who let us know about his website which we think you'll be interested in- www.piespy.co.uk
We also had some lovely tweets from Lynne Hill, the Queen of the Clandestine Cake Club, which we're so pleased about as we really wouldn't exist if it wasn't for them paving the way for secret food groups with such style and panache.
Then we found out about British Pie Week, and I managed to accidentally enter Private Pie Club into a National pie recipe competition. Eek!
So then it was off to kettlebell class, as I really need to do some serious exercise in order to balance out the copious pie and cake quantities i will be eating in the future. Luckily, Nancy's partner Tony runs classes at The Unit Gym, and in Wallsend. I used to go to classes ages ago, but then I "fell out" of them, but now i've been back once I've realised that I've definitely really missed them. And this, coming from me who has a pathological hatred of, and is completely useless at, any form of exercise, is high praise indeed.
Then, even more excitement after that, with a couple more Private Pie developments that I shall tell you more about when they come to fruition.
Oh, and in amongst all of this, I also signed myself up for some firewalking...
What a day...
Hayley xxx
Just a quick check in to say "OMG WHAT AN EXCITING DAY!" or words to that nature.
Firstly, we made it into today's Chronicle (page 22, to be exact). We had almost a full page, and there was a very lovely write-up, which you can read here
We've had loads of amazing responses, and lots of people signing up, with the result that we are now FULLY BOOKED for our February meeting. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that we'd become so popular so quickly. We've even had applications to our standby list for this meeting.
Our lack of sweet pies problem appears to have been solved somewhat, with talk of a key lime pie possibility and a sweet potato pie signed up.
We also heard from the marvellous Simple Simon (self-styled, not a name we have assigned him) who let us know about his website which we think you'll be interested in- www.piespy.co.uk
We also had some lovely tweets from Lynne Hill, the Queen of the Clandestine Cake Club, which we're so pleased about as we really wouldn't exist if it wasn't for them paving the way for secret food groups with such style and panache.
Then we found out about British Pie Week, and I managed to accidentally enter Private Pie Club into a National pie recipe competition. Eek!
So then it was off to kettlebell class, as I really need to do some serious exercise in order to balance out the copious pie and cake quantities i will be eating in the future. Luckily, Nancy's partner Tony runs classes at The Unit Gym, and in Wallsend. I used to go to classes ages ago, but then I "fell out" of them, but now i've been back once I've realised that I've definitely really missed them. And this, coming from me who has a pathological hatred of, and is completely useless at, any form of exercise, is high praise indeed.
Then, even more excitement after that, with a couple more Private Pie developments that I shall tell you more about when they come to fruition.
Oh, and in amongst all of this, I also signed myself up for some firewalking...
What a day...
Hayley xxx
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Exciting times for Private Pie!
Hi all,
Just wanting to check in and let you all know how things are going. It's been an exciting few days for us at Private Pie.
So at the time of writing we have VERY limited space left for our second meeting. This whole concept has really taken off, and much more quickly than we thought. We've so far got a total of 12 bakers lined up, not to mention their non-baking guests, so there is going to be a WHOLE LOT OF PIE to be eating! We have Greek pie, Hungarian pie, Pie Thai, Mississippi Mud Pie and many more, although the sweet pie options are outweighed by the savoury at the moment by quite a lot, so we're hoping for a few more sweets.
Yesterday, we got a new domain name for our website, so it's now the beautifully simple www.privatepie.co.uk . Now we feel all professional and grown up!
We're also going to be in the Evening Chronicle tomorrow, which is both really exciting, and really terrifying as we have no idea what the picture will have turned out like :-S. It's so great that we're getting so much attention and publicity and that people seem to really like our idea.
I had to do some emergency baking in time for the photographer turning up, and made an emergency panic pie with the few ingredients i had in the house. It ended up looking acceptable enough, though i'm not convinced it's actually edible!
Then there was some lighting-based stress... As it turns out that one of the lights in my kitchen is inconveniently place right above the place the photographer wanted me to stand, causing shadows. The irony is that this exact light bulb hadn't been working for ages, then was changed only a few weeks ago by my boyfriend, Matt (or, to give him his full title: Pie Baking King [it's a long story] And Producer of Artistic Paraphernalia For Private Pie).
Anyway, some pictures were eventually taken, although we didn't see them, so hopefully they will be ok.
I also just want to say a big thank you to Lisa, the organiser of the Newcastle Clandestine Cake Club. She's been great, really enthusiastic about pie club, even though we have pretty much copied what she is doing with the CCC. She's even been kind enough to provide some comments to the reporter for the Chronicle. However, we do think that pie would definitely win over cake in a fight, and that's that.
Hayley xxx
Just wanting to check in and let you all know how things are going. It's been an exciting few days for us at Private Pie.
So at the time of writing we have VERY limited space left for our second meeting. This whole concept has really taken off, and much more quickly than we thought. We've so far got a total of 12 bakers lined up, not to mention their non-baking guests, so there is going to be a WHOLE LOT OF PIE to be eating! We have Greek pie, Hungarian pie, Pie Thai, Mississippi Mud Pie and many more, although the sweet pie options are outweighed by the savoury at the moment by quite a lot, so we're hoping for a few more sweets.
Yesterday, we got a new domain name for our website, so it's now the beautifully simple www.privatepie.co.uk . Now we feel all professional and grown up!
We're also going to be in the Evening Chronicle tomorrow, which is both really exciting, and really terrifying as we have no idea what the picture will have turned out like :-S. It's so great that we're getting so much attention and publicity and that people seem to really like our idea.
I had to do some emergency baking in time for the photographer turning up, and made an emergency panic pie with the few ingredients i had in the house. It ended up looking acceptable enough, though i'm not convinced it's actually edible!
Then there was some lighting-based stress... As it turns out that one of the lights in my kitchen is inconveniently place right above the place the photographer wanted me to stand, causing shadows. The irony is that this exact light bulb hadn't been working for ages, then was changed only a few weeks ago by my boyfriend, Matt (or, to give him his full title: Pie Baking King [it's a long story] And Producer of Artistic Paraphernalia For Private Pie).
Anyway, some pictures were eventually taken, although we didn't see them, so hopefully they will be ok.
I also just want to say a big thank you to Lisa, the organiser of the Newcastle Clandestine Cake Club. She's been great, really enthusiastic about pie club, even though we have pretty much copied what she is doing with the CCC. She's even been kind enough to provide some comments to the reporter for the Chronicle. However, we do think that pie would definitely win over cake in a fight, and that's that.
Hayley xxx
Thursday 5 January 2012
New Event Date Announced!
Hi all,
We at Private Pie are very excited to announce the date of our next meeting:
We at Private Pie are very excited to announce the date of our next meeting:
Thursday 2nd February 2012
6-8pm
Venue: a place of historical significance near central station.
Theme: Pies of the world
Are you interested in coming along to sample the delights of freshly home-baked pie, with flavours from around the world? Is there a particular country's cooking you are interested in making? Remember that you can be as creative as you like around the theme and tenuous links are actively encouraged.
Drop us an email at privatepieclub@gmail.com stating:
- Your name
- Whether you will be bringing along a non-baking guest (max 1 per baker please)
- What pie you will be baking (or TBC if you want more time to think about it)
Places are limited, so make sure you book your place as soon as possible. You don't want to miss out on some excellent pie in a great venue!
See you there
Hayley xxx
Monday 2 January 2012
Bonus extra Pie Pic
Unfortunately my little camera died at the inaugural pie club meeting... it turns out that this is due to my frugality when buying batteries. apparently, 11 batteries for £1 does not equal a quality source of power...
Ah well... having borrowed stolen some quality batteries from the parents, I have discovered this one nice little photo from the Private Pie meeting.
The moral of the story is: Cheap batteries = false economy.
New Year's Resolutions
1. Bake more pie
2. Eat more pie
3. Go to Private Pie meetings
4. Meet some wonderful people along the way.
Hap-pie new year, and hope to see you at a meeting soon
Hayley xxx
2. Eat more pie
3. Go to Private Pie meetings
4. Meet some wonderful people along the way.
Hap-pie new year, and hope to see you at a meeting soon
Hayley xxx
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