Polly Tyrer - Testimonials

"We first met Polly in the Autumn of 2003. The British Tomato Growers’ Association were planning to launch the first ever British Tomato Week in the Spring of 2004 and wanted to produce a tomato recipe booklet using fresh British tomatoes in very simple recipes.

Polly was extremely enthusiastic about our brief and produced a wide range of delicious, yet simple, ideas making it difficult for us to choose just 11 recipes for the booklet. From January to May 2004 it was all systems go, making the recipes, getting the right photography and actually producing the booklet just days before the deadline. During this hectic time Polly’s calming influence and unflappable approach kept us on track and the result was a superb booklet which is as relevant today and it was when it was first produced.

Since that time Polly has become the BTGA’s very own Chef. Creating new recipes for British Tomato week 2005 and 2006, promoting and demonstrating our product on several occasions and advising on the many culinary enquiries we receive at the BTGA office.

We consider Polly to be an honorary member of the BTGA and hope that she will be instrumental in our 10^th Anniversary celebrations during 2007."

Julie Woolley

"Polly is a thorough and very knowledgeable trainer. She reads individuals well and communicates accordingly, quickly making students feel at ease whilst building their confidence. Her food knowledge is very interesting and adds another dimension to cooking. All our customers were thrilled with the course she took".

" Thank you so very much for yours and your teams help in delivering the Flavas of Peckham Festival. As you know the Flavas Festival is about showing working families in Peckham, via the mobile kitchen, easy and healthy meals to prepare to try and combat the rising levels of obesity and heart disease that we have in the area. The Flavas Festival proved a very successful vehicle in doing that and the meals prepared from the kitchen by your team proved to be tremendously popular. This was largely due to your professionalism and attention to detail in pulling the thing together for us for what is a very difficult and hard to reach client group of new migrants to the UK and first generation British. On a personal level can I also add that you're a fun and easy person to deal with and that on behalf of Southwark Council, myself and other members of The Peckham Programme team very mich look forward to working with you in the future."