Call us crazy… Last Friday, Ben Ternent and Natalie Robinson took #FridayFeeling to a whole new level (literally, we’re talking 16 levels high!). Ben and I participated in Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice #FlightorFright challenge at Park Regis Birmingham. To help raise money for the charity, Ben and I had to tag team which resulted in one of us having to abseil down the side of Park Regis and the other having to run up all 16 flights of stairs. Fortunately for me, Ben bravely opted to abseil down and then I had to run up when Ben finished. Firstly, we...
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Beef Dinner with Aubrey Allen Last Friday, we hosted our final Source Dinner of the year; Beef. We were delighted to be joined by our friends and butchers of Aubrey Allen. As usual it was 5 delicious courses including wine and an aperitif to kick start the evening. Our kitchen team had been prepping all day in order to make the evening a night to remember. The evening started with a short welcome speech from Ann Tonks introducing Simon the butcher from Aubrey Allen and an insight of the evening to those who hadn’t joined us before for a Source...
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It’s British Food Fortnight, an annual celebration of British produce that has been running for around 14 years. At Opus, we celebrate British food every week! We create dishes from British produce around our region and country, always seasonal and market fresh, whether it’s fish from Brixham harbour, lamb from Cornwall, fruit and veg from Worcestershire, or beef from Hereford. This week we contributed to the work of #Britishfoodfortnight and visited our adopted school, St Clare’s Primary in Handsworth. This was the first lesson for the new year 5’s and a new year group brings with it 60 new personalities, very different questions and plenty of...
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Thursday 21st July Last Thursday saw 10 of Team Opus head down to Worcester Produce to see all of the beautiful produce we use every day in the dishes and to get as much knowledge as possible crammed in before our Vegetarian Dinner in August. We arrived in sunny Worcester around 11am and were greeted by Phil and Sean of Worcester Produce who showed us into a boardroom where we were told the itinerary of the day. We were then given some hi-vis jackets and caps. Looking the part, we headed into the warehouse where all of our fruits and...
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A festival full of food? You’ll see me right there at the front of the queue! Fortunately (for me) Opus are a part of the Colmore Business District amongst many more of Birmingham’s best bars, restaurants and cafes. The 2 day festival allowed people to sample dishes and drinks from 30 establishments, in the heart of Victoria Square. This was the 6th Colmore Food Festival and Opus had the pleasure of sponsoring it featuring ‘The Opus Garden’. We served 3 dishes which celebrated our Beautifully British and Garden Fresh passion. To show the true flavours of Opus, we had a...
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