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BBC News
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival in Skipton is cancelled
A food and drink festival has been cancelled due to "too many challenges" in staging it, its organisers have Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival was set to be held in Aireville Park in Skipton between 18-20 a number of the guests have pulled out of the festival in recent days, including Saturday Kitchen host James Martin and chef Rosemary Arrowsmith, managing director of Cocker Hoop Creative, who organised the event, said they had "simply run out of time" to make the festival work. He said: "It is with a heavy heart that I must admit defeat and share the news that the Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival will not go ahead this year."This is not a decision I have taken lightly. We have worked tirelessly over the last year to stage a festival that Yorkshire could be proud of, but there were too many challenges that we could not foresee at the start of this journey and too little time to fix them."He went on to say how the group had saved the festival from administration last year after it had been cancelled when the company behind it, Events by B3 Ltd, went into Arrowsmith said they had since "poured our heart and soul into rebuilding and reimaging the event". He said: "We offered 200 traders a free pitch. We lined up thousands of free masterclasses. We invited amazing chefs and music acts to join us."When we lost our original location (Funkirk Farm near Skipton), the clock started ticking, and even with the best will in the world, we simply ran out of time to make it work at Aireville Park."I'm completely heartbroken and desperately sorry for letting everyone down."Earlier this week, James Martin and Galton Blackiston both said on social media that "circumstances outside my control" meant they would no longer be able to attend the event. Rosemary Shrager also confirmed she would not be appearing either, although no reason was Diaram, who appeared on Masterchef in 2023, said it was "disappointing" that guests had been withdrawing from the said: "A festival of this scale is a huge task involving thousands of people. However the health and wellbeing of all the people involved must be a priority." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
The Independent
01-07-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Chef Rosemary Shrager details snake bike horror
TV chef Rosemary Shrager revealed on TV show Loose Women she was bitten by an adder on her leg during her 450-mile charity bike ride, Two Wheels For Meals. The incident happened in Cornwall when Shrager fell off her bike into a bush, landing directly on the snake. Despite her leg turning yellow with a thick black line from the bite, Shrager continued the arduous journey, stating she didn't dare tell anyone for fear of being taken off the challenge. Shrager acknowledged that while adder bites in the UK are not usually fatal, they can cause significant illness, and advised others to go to the hospital immediately if bitten. Doctors also issued a warning about a rise in venomous snake bites in the UK, often linked to an increase in exotic pet ownership.
Daily Mail
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Rosemary Shrager bitten by an adder after falling into a bush during 'foolhardy' 450-mile bike ride - leaving leg ‘black and yellow' with its venom
Rosemary Shrager recalled the moment she was bitten by an adder after she fell into a bush during a 450-mile bike ride. The TV chef featured on Monday's instalment of Loose Women and joined panellists Ruth Langsford, Linda Robson, Oti Mabuse and Katie Piper. She recently completed a whopping bike ride called Two Wheels For Meals and rode for 18 days all the way from Land's End to Dover to raise funds to donate to food poverty charities. To prepare for the big ride, Rosemary trained and worked on her fitness, but she 'kept falling off her bike'. Things took a turn when she fell onto an unsuspecting snake while cycling in Cornwall. 'I fell onto an adder and it did bite me... on my leg,' Rosemary recalled. 'The problem was I didn't dare tell anyone, this was in Cornwall I fell into a hedge and my leg went into the grass and I literally fell on the adder.' She added: 'It just obviously didn't like me, it bit me.' However, the TV chef revealed she didn't tell anyone as she wanted to continue the journey. 'But I didn't want to tell anyone because I had to get from that destination to that destination everyday it was sometimes 55 miles, sometimes 48, it was a lot,' Rosemary said. The bite mark on her leg turned yellow and she even developed a 'black line'. She described: 'Basically I had to make it. I thought if I told them, then in the evening I saw it and it was that big, it was yellow, two prongs in my leg with a black line about that thick all the way around it and I couldn't believe it and I thought no, I'm not going to say anything I'm just going to carry on.' Ruth asked: 'Weren't you worried it had poisoned you or something?' To prepare for the big ride, Rosemary trained and worked on her fitness, but she 'kept falling off her bike' But Rosemary revealed she wasn't too concerned as she was aware adder bites usually aren't dangerous to most people. 'I wasn't because I do know the adders in this country, you can't really die from the bite but you can become quite ill,' She explained. 'If you do have an adder bite, go to hospital straight away. I was foolhardy because I was on this mission and I knew they'd take me off the challenge and if they had taken me off the challenge I would have never had made it.' According to The Wildlife Trusts, the adder is the UK's only venomous snake and is typically only dangerous to ill, very young or old people. They urge anyone bitten to seek medical attention immediately. Rosemary wrote in The Daily Mail earlier this month how she lost three stone from changing her lifestyle for the bike ride. 'Nine months after I started training, I'm more than three stone lighter and four dress sizes smaller,' she said. However, she revealed it wasn't just exercise that helped her to shed the pounds, a weight loss jab. Rosemary penned: 'And while I can credit perseverance plus the support of a personal trainer and cycling partner, I have something else to thank for my achievements – Ozempic.' Loose Women airs weekdays on ITV1 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm and is available to stream on ITVX.
BBC News
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Rosemary Shrager: 'Cycle challenge is unbelievably rewarding'
TV chef Rosemary Shrager says her 500-mile (804km) cycle has been "unbelievably rewarding" as she finishes her charity who lives in Wadhurst, East Sussex, said cycling from Land's End in Cornwall to the White Cliffs of Dover had been "one of the most challenging things I have ever done" as she reached the finish line on Wednesday added that, despite having to go through extreme pain during the ride, meeting volunteers had been worth "every single pedal".The 74-year-old celebrity chef, who also appeared on I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, has raised more than £100,000 for food poverty charities as part of her Two Wheels for Meals ride. Setting off from Ashford in Kent on Wednesday, Rosemary was joined by former Team GB Olympian sprinter Iwan Thomas, who said he was "massively proud" of her added: "I could see how hard it was for her because it was hard for me and I only did half a day."I think this just shows you how strong the mind really is and what the body can do – I'm massively proud of Rosemary."Setting off from Cornwall on 1 June, Rosemary's cycle has taken her across the south coast, finishing near the White Cliffs of Dover on initially set out to ride 450 miles (724km), Rosemary added that detours and winding roads meant that she had, in fact, cycled closer to 500 miles (804km).The money raised from the ride will go to support food charities across the south of England and the route of the cycle, which is backed by the Hendy Foundation.
BBC News
12-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Rosemary Shrager says bike challenge 'hardest thing I've done'
TV chef Rosemary Shrager has reached Sussex on her 450-mile bike challenge; raising money for food poverty to Wadhurst, East Sussex, the 74-year-old began her journey on 1 June at Land's End, Cornwall, and plans to reach the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent by 18 to Walthambrooks Nature Reserve on Wednesday, her goal for 12 June is to cycle to East Grinstead with Iwan Thomas, a Welsh sprinter, and hopes to raise £100,000 for the Hendry Foundation from the full chef told BBC Radio Sussex: "It has been the hardest thing I've ever done, going up all the hills of Cornwall and Devon - falling over six times." Mrs Shrager said she was "shocked" and "appalled" to learn of reports that 11% of the UK lives with food Trussell, aiming to end hunger, said 9.3 million people - including one in five children - are facing hunger and hardship within the UK in a 2024 report."I have a voice - being in the food industry, people might listen to me," Mrs Shrager chef told the BBC that the she had to relearn how to ride for the challenge and has been covering up to 50 miles per day on an electric "pensioners who can't afford to make ends meet" and "young people with children who can't afford to feed them" has spurred her on between checkpoints."People have been very sweet and kind because it can be lonely when you're on your own," Mrs Shrager said she is also visiting charities that will support her Two Wheels for Meals fundraiser during the challenge.
