Category Archives: King’s Fine Food Blog

Amedei Chocolate – April Update

Amedei Chocolate - April Update

Dear Amedei Friends, I hope you are well and taking good care of yourselves and your Families. A quick update about what is happening in Italy and in our beloved Factory in Pontedera. Italy is in its 4th week of lockdown, restaurants and shops are still closed as well as the non-food factories, whereas food […]

Rice Milk And Cocoa Dessert Recipe

Rice Milk & Cocoa – recipe from Chef Peter Brunel It looks like a risotto but it’s a dessert, a simple dish with milk and cocoa suitable also for kids For 4 people: 120g or 3/4cup Acquerello rice 350ml or 1 1/2cup milk 60g or 1/4cup sugar 50g or 3/4cup cocoa Put the milk, sugar […]

Holly King’s Video Diary for The Kilimanjaro Fundraising Trip

Holly King's Video Diary for The Kilimanjaro Fundraising Trip

Congratulations Team Kilimanjaro! OUR SINCERE THANKS TO: Holly King, Laura Hutcheson, Ed Vokes, Amber Chaze, Allesandra Pasian, John Pasian, Sarah Hercock, Ben Rice, Jennifer Walklate, Josh Howell Our amazing team has raised an incredible £28,000! We are all so proud of this amazing team who battled hyperthermia, freak snowstorms and winds of 80 miles an […]

Our Intrepid Brave Trekkers Are Back Safe And Sound

Hi, The amazing team who battled hyperthermia, 2 freak snowstorms and winds of 80 miles an hour on Kilimanjaro are back at the Hotel. Holly said she will never take a shower for granted again!! As I am writing this I know they are celebrating the amazing journey.  Most of us who have climbed Kilimanjaro […]

Congratulations Kilimanjaro Fund Raising Team!

Congratulations Kilimanjaro Fund Raising Team!

Well done, to the Kilimanjaro Team on such a huge achievement. We are so proud of Holly King for raising over 5,000 so far, please keep those donations flowing for the John King Brain Tumour Foundation. We are a registered charity supporting the Atkinson Morley Wing of St George’s Hospital to treat brain diseases and disorders. […]

Kilimanjaro Team – Another Update

Kilimanjaro Team - Another Update

Hi to every one, I have just had the latest update from our Kilimanjaro Team. A hasty phone call from Holly saying was I sitting down, then the phone went dead!  You can imagine how worried I was. She called back and relayed the story of the previous night. They set off and after 5.5 […]

Kilimanjaro Team Update

Hi everyone I wanted to keep you updated on Holly and the teams progresses up the mountain. Day one was 30 degrees, so hot! Day Two halfway along the 6-hour trek a freak snowstorm hit the group.  They had no choice but to keep going and Holly said it was by far the hardest thing […]

The Kilimanjaro Team Arrive In Moshi

Holly King's Video Diary for The Kilimanjaro Fundraising Trip

Looking refreshed and ready for the long trek ahead the KilimanjaroTeam arrive safely in Moshi They are taking on the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to support The John King Brain Tumour Foundation charity. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, standing at 4,900 metres (16,100 feet) from its base, over 5.895 […]