Chocolates and a reason to celebrate

Some weeks working to get interviews and features for Food for Thought is tough, but somehow this week’s show came together like a dream. A few weekends ago at the Christmas Food and Gift Fair I got chatting to a local chocolatier called Rosella Gugliotta and her business is Okie Coco. While asking her about what chocolates she makes for Christmas we ended up chatting in general about making chocolate and she jokingly said that she should be on the show. The Monday after I emailed her to ask her on.

When it came to the interview Rosella was brilliant and I ended up with almost 20 minutes of a lovely interview. Then one of the scariest things in radio happened — the software froze just as I was saving. I thought that there might be some way to save the interview without having to do it all over again but eventually I conceeded. Thankfully Rosella understood and was happy to do the interview again. Then after all that she has even offered to help out again for the show and suggested the idea of a chocolate special.

You can listen to the interview with Rosella from Okie Coco in full here:

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Also on this week’s show I had been invited to Stokes of Lincoln’s VIP Party to celebrate 75 years of the High Bridge cafe. Stokes has been serving tea and coffee to the people of Lincoln since 1902 but they moved to that beautiful building in the 1930s.

To set the tone of the evening staff were dressed up in 1930s outfits as well as people dancing and a fortune teller. I had my future told to me and apparently I am going to become a weather presenter in Hull.

You can listen to my fortune and the staff of Stokes explaining why they think it is important to celebrate their company’s history here.

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If you want to listen to the show in full then make sure you listen to Siren 107.3FM on Wednesdays at 2pm or Saturdays at 3pm. Alternatively you can listen online here as well.

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The next two shows are Christmas specials which I have been working hard on so I really hope they come out well. As well as looking at the Christmas Food and Gift Fair, the Lincoln Christmas Market and there are also tips on how to make Christmas cake from a local cake professional as well as finding out about a traditional Victorian Christmas dinner.

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