Now that Autumn is setting in, it’s time for an Autumn Cocktail. One of the things I love about Autumn is that feeling of cosying up. Like we’re getting ready to hunker down for winter. I want things with apples and spices and pumpkins, warming things. I like to imagine that I’m going to wear

This Candy Floss Champagne Cocktail barely feels worthy of a recipe. It is so cool, however, that I am going to call it a recipe and suggest you all try it immediately. I made these as pre dinner drinks about a week or so ago, to celebrate Mr Chicks last day of work. He has

I’m pretty sure we all know how I feel about cocktails. HINT: I like them a lot. I’m a big fan of cocktails that taste like the spirits used to make them. I love a well made Manhattan, or an ice cold Martini. These kind of drinks need to be made with good ingredients as

Did you drink ice cream floats when you were little? I remember going to restaurants with my Parents, probably whatever the equivalent of a Harvester or Beefeater was in the 80s, maybe it actually was a Harvester or Beefeater, and ordering a Coke Float was a huge treat. We also used to get non alcoholic

Have you been to the Advent Calendar today? Behind today’s door is a bottle of Tanqueray Gin and a rather swish notebook from Smythson with some cocktail recipes for you to make with them. I confess I don’t like Gin & Tonic (unless, apparently, it’s the most expensive Gin & Tonic as the amazing Gin

People ask me about Cocktails a lot more these days than they used to. Probably because I went and decided Norwich needed a Cocktail Week. When they ask me what it is that I like about Cocktails, I always say that it’s because there’s something for everyone. Cocktails can be long and fruity and refreshing

A few weeks ago I worked on a Spring Cocktail campaign for Waitrose Cellar. I designed a Prosecco cocktail for all those special occasions that pop up in Spring that was published in their Waitrose Weekend magazine. It was a hard job creating it. I had to go shopping in Waitrose with vouchers for cocktail

I’ve been all about the cocktails this Summer! Organising Norwich Cocktail Week has meant that they’ve been on my mind a lot and there have been lots of meetings trying out cocktails at bars that are involved. It’s a hard life, right? A few weeks ago I got an email from Waitrose asking me to