As our ticker seems to be on fast forward counting down the days until April 27th and our next retreat I would like to mention, and thank someone who has been a MASSIVE help and inspiration over the past two years.
Kathryn came to us after the second retreat, with a proposal (yes all written and very formal!) that she would like to take over the main meal catering. Up until that point we had always walked to a nearby hotel for a meal and both years had been disappointed. We felt that we were trying to run the best retreat ever (dare i say IN THE WORLD?!!) and those meals at the pub were letting us down.
Val was already well in charge of her scrummy lunches and general purchasing of kitchen goodies and so we thought Kathryn would be an awesome addition to our team.
Kathryn had everything sorted right from the get go and convinced us to give her a go as caterer of main meals and supporting Val during lunches.
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Val, Andrew and Kathryn 2011
(Andrew will curse me putting this photo on here with the pink aprons on!)
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Far out was she good?!!! Not only did she blow our socks off at the main retreat, she then agreed to help us with the Scrapathons as well!!
Her menus were to die for and omg i am still having random mouth watering issues over that deluxe chicken, cous-cous and baby spinach salad concoction at the last scrapathon… hmmmmmm.
We can quite safely say that we never ever could have taken e2c to that next level of fab without her input and hard slog.
| I cannot stress enough how good it is to know that all our meals and food business is taken care of. Meredith, Sue and myself did not have to worry one little bit about anything - Val and Kathryn had it all sorted like clockwork. To be free to concentrate on all the other aspects of retreat organisation with that one huge and vital area of catering totally taken care of was a gigantic worry and load off our minds |
Sadly (but understandably) Kathryn has decided to step away from the kitchen side of things this year - yep she is still coming but in a scrapbook capacity only!
So i would like to take this opportunity to say a huge THANKS to Kathryn. You have always been a positive, quiet achiever who was as passionate about the retreat as we are. We have loved having you involved and hope that you enjoyed being a part of the e2c team.
Thank you really doesn't seem enough for what you have done for us!! We really hope you enjoy the e2c experience from another angle this year.
When Kathryn told us this news, we had a bit of a panic and thought 'who the HELL will fill her massive shoes?!' (figuratively not literally as i think she might be a quite normal size 7)
Luckily we have secured not one person, not two but THREE ladies who have stepped up to do the job.
These girls are not scrapbookers but
by hell they know how to have a good time. They are also super organised and have menus and shopping lists all ready to go!
We know you are going to love having Mel, Kim and Leanne in the kitchen this year. They really are a bunch of wags!
Along with our 'Super Man Andrew' who is the most amazing help in every area of set up, general running of things and pack up of the retreat, i think we have a fantastic team behind us for April.
So
thank you to Kathryn.
Welcome Mel, Kim and Leanne.
and
thank goodness for Andrew and Val!
