Chocolate and Beyond

Could your puddings win a prize? Fab competition with PUDZ!

A colleague of mine is organising a wonderful competition in Manchester to find the region's best amateur pudding chef - and the prize includes a weekend away baking puddings at The Pudding Club, which sounds great! I'm considering entering - but am rubbish at making desserts so I'm not so sure!

Fancy it? Here are all the details:

Do you bake THE BEST BUNS, COOK CRACKING CAKES OR ARE YOUR FLANS FABULOUS?

THE HUNT IS ON TO FIND THE BEST AMATEUR PUDDING CHEF IN THE NORTH-WEST!

Are your desserts more delicious than James Martin's? Would Delia be envious of your perfect puddings? If you think your desserts are divine PUDZ wants to hear from you!

Time to be mindful again

A recent trip to Australia's island state of Tasmania, where I did nothing but eat and drink and completely ignore any satiety signals, has prompted my return to mindfulness, which I seemed to have forgotten about! Worryingly, I must have put on about half a stone (feels like it, anyway) because I was eating probably double than I'd normally eat at home.

I was in Tasmania with a group of people on a travel agent 'fam' trip, and everyone was eating large amounts of food, as we were wined and dined extravagantly on this trip (am I destined to a life of lard if I continue on this route?), so I just joined in.