Harrogate International Centre

Release Date: 10th January

On Thursday the 17^th January, UK conference buyers and journalists will be converging on the Millennium Hotel London Mayfair to sample the finest of culinary delights from Yorkshire, prepared by celebrity chef, Brian Turner.

 

The event, hosted by Yorkshire Tourist Board, Yorkshire's six conference bureaux and Brian Turner, will offer the opportunity for meetings buyers and journalists to learn about Yorkshire's extraordinary range of inspiring meetings venues and conference destinations and of course, give them the chance to taste the best food the region has to offer!

 

The event will be based around the delights and excellence of cooking in Yorkshire, with opportunities to experience a Yorkshire breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea following formal meetings with representatives of YTB and its six partner conference bureaux. During the pre arranged buyer supplier networking meetings, buyers will learn how Yorkshire can deliver the right ingredients for event success, from venue finding and bidding support to fresh and exciting social programmes and incentive opportunities. All of the meals served will be traditional Yorkshire dishes, prepared by Brian Turner, who is an expert on Yorkshire food having been born and bred in Halifax.

 

The menus for the event include some classic Yorkshire dishes that many people from outside the county may have never experienced before:

 

 'Mini but Full'

 Mini versions of full English & Egg Benedict

 Toasted Tea Cakes

Yorkshire Preserves

Honey

Apple Juice

Tea, Coffee

 

 'Winter Warmer'

 Lamb with Onion Sauce

(Carved in the room)

Yorkshire Puddings

  Wensleydale Rarebit or Ice Cream

 

 'Very High Tea'

 Smoked Haddock with Tomato and Poached Egg

 Stout Cake with other Cakes

 

 

 

Business tourism is worth over £450million a year in direct expenditure to the Yorkshire economy, and the teams from YTB and its six area tourism partnerships work hard to promote Yorkshire's excellent conference and event product offer and to bring new meetings business to the region. YTB and the six area tourism partnerships will be on hand during the event to discuss the ways in which Yorkshire can meet their business events needs.

 

For more information please contact Nick Bond, Business Tourism Manager at YTB, on 01904 773337, or visit www.venueyorkshire.com, or alternatively request a copy of Conference and Incentive Yorkshire 2008.

 

All of the food served at the event will be made from fresh, local produce, including meat from the Blue Pig Company and Thornhill Dexter Beef, Yorkshire Dales Cheeses, Brackenhill preserves, Bees Knees Apiary honey, Yorkshire Orchard apple juice and many more. For further information on Yorkshire food, visit www.yorkshire.com. The website has a guide on where to buy the very finest of local produce.