David and Ione, owners of Salamander Cookshop, had a very special guest visitor in February – chef, restauranteur and presenter of the Great British Bake Off Dame Prue Leith.

She called into the shop with her husband John, prior to her one-person show at the Lighthouse in Poole.
She loved the shop and said: “What a lovely shop. Full of tempting, if not irresistible, stuff for a cook.
“All great quality too. And at reasonable prices.”
Prue has just started her 30-date tour culminating in a show at the London Palladium on April 6.
David added: “At 82 Prue certainly is a role model to us all.
“We really enjoyed her show and hearing everything about her early days running a catering business in London, her famous restaurant and cookery school and, of course, stories about working on Bake Off.”

David and Ione also met Dorset’s Maggie Richardson again at the event. Maggie was one of the contestants in the 2021 Bake Off and led one of the Salamander Events in 2022.
She will be joining them for another event later this year.
Salamander is also hosting two events in April, firstly there is a repeat of their popular Wimborne Food Walk on Tuesday, April 4.
This time as it is during the Easter holiday children are welcome too.
For details and to purchase tickets call into the shop or contact Salamander via the website salamandercookshop.com.
Then on Thursday, April 20, between 6pm and 9pm there is an evening with national KitchenAid demonstrator Anita which will include food and drink tasting too.