06/03/2026
A proud moment for Parkside Bakery last week.
Dave and Laura celebrated 150 years of Stafford Rugby Club at an anniversary dinner catered by Michelin-star chef Tom Shepherd, of Upstairs by Tom Shepherd โญ
Excitingly, this was a first for Parkside Bakery. We got to work with Michelin royalty, supplying the evening with our white, wholemeal and malted brown snack rolls, which were served alongside โUpstairsโ cultured butter.
It was a proud moment seeing a Stafford bakery on the menu for such a special celebration for Stafford RUFC.
As a big fan of Great British Menu, and a general follower of celebrity chefs and foodie things, Iโve been incredibly jealous of the whole thing. I demanded Dave send me photos so I could live vicariously through them. So now Iโm inviting you to do the same.
Chef Tom served a menu that included his Great British Menu 2023 banquet-winning main course, โDesperate Danโs Cow Pie,โ and his perfect-scoring dessert, โNo Ordinary Schoolboy.โ
It was incredible to see such a creative menu brought together for the evening.
Unfortunately the only descriptions I managed to get out of Dave were that the food was โalright,โ โnice,โ and โsoft.โ
So letโs all read the beautiful signed menu and use our imaginations, shall we? ๐
Was anyone else here celebrating at the event?
If you were, please give me some better intel on the food!
And if you werenโt thereโฆ which dish on the menu would you have been most excited to try? My eyes are all over that dessert course ๐