Scrumptious cakes and traditional artisan bread are flying off the shelves at The Bakery in Dunbar as Ross Baxter, one of Scotland’s brightest young talents in baking, steps in to take charge.
Ross, 28, won the accolade of Scottish Patissier of the Year in 2011, when he was working as Head Pastry Chef at Greywalls Hotel in nearby Gullane. His previous experience incudes working under Michelin Star chefs Albert Roux and Michael Caines.
Ross joined Dunbar’s Community-owned bakery in April and is now running the small but dynamic East Lothian business as Head Baker and Business Manager.
He has already widened the range of fresh produce baked on the premises to include a new range of luxury cakes and tarts.
‘The Bakery’ is an innovative and high profile social enterprise and co-operative based in Dunbar, East Lothian. Additional volunteer committee members are required who are strategic thinkers and have skills and experience in the following areas:
• Catering, retail or commercial baking • Accountancy and finance
• Marketing and communication • Business and human resources management • IT
John Campion is the kind of teacher that any child would want for their class.
He’s also the kind of teacher that lots of mothers want to have. And some of them do.
His impulsive nature, dedication to his pupils and his love of women lead him into a chain of events that would cause even the most consummate professional to unravel.
“All on his own, Nigel Bird has created a new sub-genre: Teacher Noir. In Loco Parentis delves into the darkness of the everyday through the eyes of painfully human and delightfully contradictory characters. This is vulnerable, brave fiction.
Bird is a noir poet who crafts characters you will love, hate, and become addicted to–all at the same time. Be prepared: In Loco Parentis is a rare and devastating book.”
- Chris Rhatigan (Watch You Drown, All Due Respect, Death By Killing, Pulp Ink)
Please come and join us, lots to do. Sunday 27th May 2012: we are holding a planting day when we hope to top dress, fertilise and re-stock some of the planters and to plant up a bed in the harbour. Meet at the Town House at 10.30hrs if you can but don’t worry if you can only attend later in the day, there will be somet…hing that you can do. There is no time limit and volunteers may leave at any time they wish. Please remember to bring hand tools if you have them as we don’t have many ourselves. Those working at the harbour will require to bring spades in order to plant shrubs.
An Evening with Picasso on 29 May 7-8.30pm is a first one in a series of monthly events to be held at the Dunbar Town House Museum.
All art enthusiasts from Dunbar and beyond are welcomed to join this informal talk and discussion accompanied by the projection of digital images of Picasso’s paintings from various stages within his prolific career.
Home-made cake, tea and coffee are included in the price of the ticket which costs £7 and can be purchased at the door.
To book a place please contact Dunbar Town House Museum & Gallery open 1pm-5pm daily or phone 01368 866030.
Led by art historian Ola Wojtkiewicz.
The subsequent talks will take place at the following dates:
Monday 25 June 7-8.30pm, An Evening with Whistler
Tue 28 August 7-8.30pm, An Evening with Munch
Dunbar Community Kitchen Ltd is progressing plans to open a training kitchen and cafe in the new Bleachingfield Centre.
The steering group would really appreciate your input to this brief survey to assess the demand for different services: Dunbar Community Kitchen Survey
If you think you might use this cafe, book catering for an event, have an interest in training or employment opportunities, in supplying produce or whatever, please do complete the survey. Many thanks.
Dr Bike (aka Dan Waters) will be at John Muir campus tomorrow (4th May) 12noon-1pm.
Just turn up with your bike for a free safety check. We don’t supply any parts but Dr Bike can adjust helmets, brakes and gears, put chains back on and pump up tyres.
Dr Bike can also give advice on
Bike2Work (get a bike through your employer and save up to 42%)
On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, lawman Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller’s gang, who are waiting for him at the station…
Sustaining Dunbar’s aim is to bring people together to build a future for our locality which is not reliant on fossil fuels. Our work is focussed on local projects which further this aim, from helping people to save money on their fuel bills, to creating opportunities for local employment and leisure activities which reduce the need to travel further afield.
Sustaining Dunbar is a Development Trust and a Charity:
As a Development Trust Sustaining Dunbar works to support local projects to help them get up and running.
Sustaining Dunbar has a membership open to anyone living in the Dunbar and East Linton Ward and it is free. However, households and local groups do not need to be members in order to get our practical support.
Sustaining Dunbar has various active projects on the go locally some of which have funding from the Scottish Government and some of which are not funded e.g. our trading subsidiaries.
Funded Projects: Based upon our previous work we have recently been awarded three years funding from the Scottish Government to pay for part-time members of staff to deliver one main project called - The Household Canny Challenge which gives practical support to households and schools throughout the Dunbar and East Linton Ward to reduce their use of fossil fuels. We have 4 practical support teams: Energy Advice Team, Connecting Dunbar Team (local sustainable transport), Incredibly Edible Dunbar and District Team (local food growing) and Worms Work (food waste composting) all working with households and schools to reduce carbon emissions, and to measure and record how we have done this, so that what we learn can be shared around the country.
We are grateful to the large number of volunteers (not least our hard-working board members) who help us keep the show on the road.
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