Amadeus' award winning pastry chefs, based at the ICC, created
Birmingham's longest yuletide log to celebrate Christmas and spread
some festive cheer.
Displayed in the ICC mall and standing at 46ft long, the lengthy
log took two days to make, with 14 hours spent baking the sponge
sheets and 12 hours to complete. It needed five kilos of
plain flour, 25 kilos of unsalted butter, 11 kilos of caster sugar,
five kilos of cocoa powder and 28 kilos of icing sugar, plus 400
free range eggs!
Amadeus prides itself on the expertise of its chefs and earlier
this year launched its new multi-sensory food concepts at the ICC
that bring live theatre to the table - The Boulangerie, Canapé
Taster, Indulgence Shots and the ICC's Pudding Society. Since its
launch in July, the venue has delivered a staggering 9200
indulgence shots, that's 66 every day!
Martin Davies, Amadeus' General Manager ICC Catering, said: "Our
team is used to preparing fantastic puddings and desserts for up to
2000 at a time, so they wanted to use their talents to create
something that would be fun, while at the same time offer something
back to the community -the yuletide log is being donated to Midland
Heart, a leading housing and care organisation with strong
Birmingham links just like The ICC."
Chris Munday, Director for Care and Support at Midland Heart,
said:"This is a fantastic achievement and we are absolutely
delighted that Amadeus have donated this delicious Yule Log. We are
distributing the log to our customers across a range of our
services in Birmingham - mental health, homelessness, older people
and customers with learning disabilities. We are really
grateful to the kind generosity of Amadeus - it is sure to bring
plenty of Christmas cheer!"
Traditionally the Yule log was the biggest log the family could
find, which was burnt on Christmas day to keep warm, and symbolised
security and good luck for the forthcoming year. When it became
impractical to bring the biggest log inside the home, the tradition
of baking a chocolate Yule log came in.
Martin added: "We hope our Yule log will bring good luck and
security to all those receiving it."
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Photo captions:
Photo 1: Amadeus Chefs at the ICC put the finishing touches to
Birmingham's longest Yule log. 1st chef Andrew Redmond - Senior
Head Chef, 2nd chef Matt Eades - Pastry Chef.
Photo 2: ICC hands over the Yuletide log to Midland Heart. L-R:
Midland Heart customers, Chris Munday, Director of Care and Support
at Midland Heart, Martin Davies, General Manager Catering ICC,
Andrew Redmond, Senior Head Chef, Matt Eades, Pastry Chef.