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Coronation Street Stars To Get A Charity Grilling

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:30:00 -0000

Coronation Street star Tupele Dorgu will be joined by team mates Samia Smith, Antony Cotton, Sue Cleaver and Michael Le Vell to do battle in the kitchen of Restaurant Bar and Grill in Manchester on Sunday 26th April.

Celebrity Grilling in aid of The New Children’s Hospital Appeal – part of Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals Charity – will see two celebrity teams going head to head to cook signature bar and grill dishes as well as test their abilities front of house as waiters and waitresses and also behind the bar.

The evening promises to be full of surprises as the two teams prepare three course meals for guests. One team concentrating on the knife menu creating dishes such as a main course of marinated breast of chicken with Malayan spices, sweet potato, coconut and lime while the fork team will take on the challenge of creating a main of roast lamb rump with Boulangere potatoes and seasonal greens followed by a Belgium chocolate fondant dessert.

Guests will then vote as to whether they would have paid for the meal giving the winning team the sort after Celebrity Grilling trophy while the losers will walk away with the wooden spoon.

More info can be found here.

Stars Launch Charity Fun Run In Britain

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

British opera singer Russell Watson joined other stars last week to launch this year’s BUPA Great Manchester Charity Run.

The 42-year-old – who underwent a life-saving operation after the discovery of his second brain tumor in October 2007 – is considering taking part in the run, which will take place in May.

“I’m contemplating running at the event,” he said. “It’s going to be in the middle of my UK tour, so if I’m not somewhere down south or too far away I’d really like to do it. Recently I’ve started to get back into my fitness regime again and I’m enjoying it, so I’d like to.”

The event is part of a series of regional fun runs, which will raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.

Also at the official launch was Gemma Atkinson, Antony Cotton, and former Bond girl Britt Ekland. Ekland watched her mother suffer from Alzheimer’s 14 years ago and is a major supporter of the Society.

“I think it’s important that I can use my experience and my sometimes high profile to do whatever I can for the Alzheimer’s Society and raise funds where necessary,” she said. “To be connected to this year’s Bupa Great Run is a major, major thing for us in the society.”

Coronation Street’s Antony Cotton announced that he would be running the race with his soap star colleague Samia Smith, after been asked by a 13-year-old girl born with her heart back-to-front. The stars will be raising money for Francis House Hospice in Didsbury. Former Hollyoaks actress Gemma Atkinson will run in support of Manchester’s New Children’s Hospital Appeal.

More information about the BUPA Great Charity Runs can be found here.

Tracey and Joan Clean House

Sun, 13 May 2007 12:15:00 -0000

Written by Chris Tarttelin

Falling behind with your housework? Do you need a cleaner? One bidder at the charity auction at Christies bid £13,000 (approx $25,500 US) to have Tracey Emin and Joan Rivers come and do some ‘light cleaning’.

The annual Lighthouse Gala Auction raised over £320,000 for the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). THT is the leading HIV / AIDS and sexual health charity in the UK. It was one of the first charities to be set up in response to the HIV epidemic and has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV and AIDS ever since.

Tracey Emin auctioned a neon sign which says ‘Keep Me Safe’, bought by George Michael’s partner Kenny Goss for £50,000, and a second bespoke neon sold to an anonymous bidder for a further £60,000. Other auctions included having your dog walked by Geri Halliwell, which raised £5,500, and a tour round the set of Coronation Street with Antony Cotton, raising a further £5,000.

Over the last 10 years, the annual Lighthouse Gala auction has seen some fabulous and unique lots and provided outrageous entertainment for the attendees. To date it has raised nearly £2 million towards services for people living with, and affected by HIV and AIDS.

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