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June 22nd Midsummer Night’s supper club

Tickets: £50 BYO

Starts 7.30pm and will take place in the garden if weather permits.

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MsMarmiteLover aka Kerstin Rodgers.

Chef, photographer, author, journalist, blogger. Pioneer of the supperclub movement.

This is my food and travel blog, with recipes, reviews and travel stories. I also stray into politics, feminism, gardening.

msmarmitelover

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