A thief who stole £1,850-worth of garden furniture from restaurants has been handed a 12-week custodial sentence.

Here at MBFBY? I don’t usually use the blog to plug stuff, but I’ll make an exception in this case as the thing I’m plugging is a food festival on my doorstep in Surbiton.

As a final throw of the dice in order to bring this resolution to some sort of respectability, I headed out to Surbiton (not strictly out of town, but on the edge of zone 6, so might as well be) and sat down with my family at the French ...

Kingston Chamber of Commerce:

This is a networking event for professional women who run a business in the area who would like to join a network of like minded women. It is aimed at senior managers and leaders also who want to make connections with other women in the professions - from lawyers and bankers through to marketing consultants and web designers.

Costs: £35

Contact: Lisa Gagliani, 0208 541 4441

Rumours abound that Gordon Ramsay has been filming an episode of Kitchen Nightmares at the French Table on Maple Road.
Seems strange as the food there always seems to be top notch and you normally have to book a table in advance.

Photo evidence: http://twitpic.com/gd1fk

Following on from the sell-out success of our Summer Wine Dinner and Autumn Wine Dinner 2008...Giles Smith Walker, wine expert from the famous supplier Berry Bro’s & Rudd, is set to host one of the finest wine dinners to date at our restaurant.