Role: Facilities Manager in Catering services

Deck the Halls or Bah Humbug? Bah Humbug - if you had cooked as many Christmas dinners as I have you would bah humbug as well. Only joking... My wife is a  trained chef as well so it's a team effort and we cook the dinner together.

Fave Christmas song/carol and why? There are two “Happy Xmas (War is Over) John Lennon the other is “White Christmas” Bing Crosby

Christmas dinner disaster? Never had one... I am a believer in Keep Calm and don't panic. Cook your turkey low and slow is my best bit of advice. I like sprouts very naturally cooked with butter to finish off  - boiled with salt. It has to be goose fat for the potatoes with rosemary and garlic. Boil them until they are nearly soft  then put them in a colander and shake. Then roast best crispy edges ever. Brandy to flame the pud. Any will do. I wouldn't put good stuff under a match!

Best bit about Christmas? Family. Everything about the family. All coming together makes it  special.  

Fave present ever and why? My Ipad I would be lost without it, it would be like chopping my arm off.

Who would you like to kiss under the mistletoe? (Not your partner - that's a given!)  Angelina Jolie

Send us a wish for Christmas. Health and Happiness for all