My BBQ Essentials

Whilst Steve and I don't have a garden as such, we refer to it as the concrete jungle which is essentially a pathway which leads to our door with some plants in pots, two cat kennels (yes really) and a door mat.  However, we do both love to a BBQ or to be pedantic, I usually wanted Halloumi and I prefer it to be done on the barbeque.  Outside our flat we have a space to do use a BBQ and store it on our terrace, though ours really needs chucking out and replacing.


Having a BBQ makes a nice change to kitchen cooked food for me, I can prep whatever needs to be done and the rest I can leave to him to do. So whilst the weather is still nice, by nice I mean not yet raining, it is something we are still doing.

If you type BBQ Essentials into Google, it throws back around 2.3 million pages for you to peruse at your leisure and having looked through a few of them, I have cobbled together a basic list here of items, a sort of him and her type list that we would both be happy with.

So for the mister there is a huge BBQ which is big enough to cook food on and store extra plates and utensils which are also included and not forgetting the BBQ companion which features over 180 recipes from around the world. For me there is a new pan, a funky apron and some funky looking salt and pepper shakers, which I do need to replace.

Do you BBQ? What do you consider essentials?

This is a sponsored post for House of Fraser; but all opinions and product purchasing are my own

Organise and Organising

One aspect of my job is to organise events and they can be for a broad spectrum of people both in house which means hiring chairs, projectors, organising catering facilities and in many cases marquees and gazebos to go outside.  Other times it is hiring a venue, finding a suitable restaurant , hotel or banqueting suite depending upon the client and function.

One event that is being organised later this summer is an Annual Barbecue and it is for people from all walks of life, I need a suitable outdoor marquee that fits my requirements as well as chairs, tables and sorting out some of the decorations.  I also organise some conferences and for that I naturally need venues of a much bigger space and sometimes some temporary structures to go with it.

Neptunus Structures  are one of the largest providers of marquees, semi-permanent and temporary accommodation worldwide.  They have a history which spans 75 years and they thankfully supply everything you can think of for all types of events, whether it is a marquee, accommodation for top events or something which is demountable for numerous semi-permanent applications, you name it they supply it.  Everything you need to know is displayed clearly on their website for you to read and it isn't written with lots of jargon, it is straightforward and easy to read.

So organising all of this can be stressful, time consuming not to mention hard work and when you need someone to help you out, I would prefer to go to someone who has a much better understanding of how the organisational side of things work, whom I can give my requirements too and leave them to get on with it.

Written in collaboration with Neptunus Structures