Hi Baukjen here. Ever wanted to take tea with your favourite fashion icon? Well now you have the chance with these fabulous teabags from gifting website Donkey Products. It’s such a fun idea and certainly brightens up tea time. Simply choose your favourite character ( I think I’d go for Karl Lagerfeld) and enjoy....
Hi, Baukjen here. When I came home one evening this week there was a huge bunch of flowers and delicious macaroons on the table very kindly sent by lovely friends. Who doesn’t love surprises like that? The flowers were gorgeous and the macaroons were out of this world. I'm not a connoisseur but these were really special. Made by Pierre Herme, flavours included White Truffle & Hazelnut, Rose Petal, Salted-Butter Caramel. I've shared nicely and everyone agrees, ... Read More...
Hi, Baukjen here. Though my birthday was a few months ago, I celebrated it with friends and family on Saturday. We had a brilliant evening. It was made extra special that so many friends and family flew in from around the world and we spent quite a bit of the weekend together, not just at the party. On Saturday, with much appreciated help from family, we decorated the house and garden with hundreds of candles, stars etc. ... Read More...
This week we received this recipe from Rachel Khoo which we will be trying out this Christmas. Enjoy! Snowball truffles (this recipe makes about 40 snowball truffles) 400g white chocolate, chopped 150 ml coconut milk 25g salted butter, cubed 6 cardamom pods, crushed (optional) 300g shredded coconut Bring the coconut milk to a boil with the cardamom. Leave to infuse for ten minutes and then remove the cardamom pods. Place a heatproof bowl with the white chocolate, coconut milk and butter over a ... Read More...
This week we were delighted to receive these gorgeous Christmas cupcakes from our UK PR company, BPCM. They not only looked fabulous, they were delicious too. They came from The Hummingbird Bakery here in London. A massive thank you to BPCM! x
Hi, Baukjen here. Last night we celebrated Christmas. We have a fantastic team here at Isabella Oliver and as much as we try to get together outside of work, it’s never easy organising something for everyone, so it was lovely to see the team enjoy a meal out together. We chose a cosy yet beautiful local restaurant for the meal and we arrived to a fabulous Champagne reception, with a festive splash of crème de cassis thrown in ... Read More...
Hi, Baukjen here. As you may have read on our blog, we were recently in the beautiful Bruges. In Bruges they are besotted with chocolate and they have chocolate shops everywhere. The chocolate shops are laden with all kinds of chocolate, all gorgeously presented. In one of the chocolate shops I saw sticks with chocolate cubes at the end. The lady in the shop explained that they are for making the perfect hot chocolate. Of course ... Read More...
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As you may have seen from their recent post, Baukjen and Geoff spent the weekend in Belgium, and it sounds like they had an amazing time. Belgium is famous for its delicious chocolate of course, so we were all delighted when they kindly bought everyone in the office a chocolate initial back as a surprise gift. They managed to remember everyone, and with so many ‘Jo’s in the office they had to buy the letter ‘J’ ... Read More...
It was Baukjen’s birthday at the weekend and from her blog post it sounds like she had a really lovely day. We wanted to celebrate with her of course, so we bought an amazing chocolate cake which we all shared during the afternoon, it was delicious and so huge that there was plenty left over, even after we’d all had as much as we could manage. Check out the pictures below to see the cake before ... Read More...
Hi Baukjen here, On Friday Geoff and I flew to Amsterdam to spend a weekend with family. Before going to the airport we thought we would pop by the warehouse and bring cake to everyone working there so that they would share in the birthday celebrations. When we were on our way to the warehouse it was absolutely pouring down with rain and everybody was driving at a snail’s pace. Worried that we would miss our flight ... Read More...
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