Sharrow Chef of the year is a chance to see the best chefs from London Road, Ecclesall Road, Abbeydale Road and the surrounding area battle it out to see who comes out on top. Come along and try the food of some of Sheffield’s finest restaurants, learn some of the techniques they use and be inspired to cook more at home. The event is also aiming to celebrate the cultural diversity of Sharrow and a chance for all the community to come and enjoy a range of food related activities and demonstrations. These will include Sharrow community market, parents and children’s sports day and a range of other activities.

The competition is going to comprise of each restaurant taking place demonstrating one of their signature dishes that will be then tasted by a panel of judges. The judges are going to be made up of a selection of local residents who are going to score each restaurant out of 10. This will happen in the demonstration that we have hired of the food festival company, with each restaurant being given 30 minutes to cook their dish. Each dish will be marked on flavour, presentation, how healthy it is and how many of the ingredients are locally sourced.

Taking place in Mount Pleasant Park on Sunday June 6th between 10 and 4 as part of the Sheffield Food Festival and organised by Shipshape health and well being shop (part of Sharrow Community Forum).

For more information please contact Chris:
Tel – 01142500222
Email – chris.hanson@shipshape.org.uk
Writing – Chris Hanson, Shipshape, 222 London Road, Sharrow, Sheffield, S2 4LW

Residents on and around Ecclesall Road are lining up to oppose an application for an alcohol licence for a proposed store at 355-357 Ecclesall Road on the site of old Endsleigh insurance shop. Community groups and individual house holders are urging councillor not to allow one stop store to sell drink around the clock for the sake of peace and quite. The area is too near the residents. Any Increase in shops selling alcohol will surely increase the problem of late night street drinking and in turn will lead to more drunk and disorderly behaviour in the street and will affect all residents. There are sufficient alcohol outlets already we don’t need anymore. It’s also unsuitable because there is a school and a old people’s residential home nearby as well. Residents on and around Ecclesall Road are being asked to write a strong objection letter to the council. The address is below: all the objection letters must be in writing and be received by the council by no later than this date. 4th June 2010. I think you may be able to email them as well. Thank you for your support. We all have less than 4 days to respond!!!

Sheffield City Council
Chief licensing officer
Licensing General Section
Town Hall
Sheffield
S1 2HH.
Telephone: 0114 273 4264 or 0114 273 4880
Fax: 0114 273 5410
Email: general.licensing@sheffield.gov.uk

A Sheffield man is swapping rock climbing for running in April, as he takes on a half-marathon to raise money for a cancer care charity.

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The next Sharrow Vale Market Day will be held on Sunday 18th April. Details including how to book a stall are available from the Sharrow Vale Market Day page.

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A MICHELIN-rated restaurant in Sheffield has applied to extend its opening hours but councillors are likely to throw out the request after residents objected.

Richard Mills, owner of the Walnut Club on Ecclesall Road, wants to extend the hours from 11.30pm to 1.30am on Fridays and Saturdays and has proposed a six-month trial period.

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Sharrow Vale's very own Community Market is to be held on Sunday 22nd November between 12-4pm

Sharrow Vale Road will be closed from Hunter's Bar to Cowlishaw Road, with stalls lining the road, local specialist shops open and activities such as face painting to keep the kids amused.

Come along and get Christmas presents early or just sample a selection of local produce, crafts, gifts, food and much much more!

Organised by The Sharrow Vale Community Association

The following is an email I recieved from the Sheffield City Council requesting interaction with the Community. It seems best I just place it here...

Dear Colleague,

I have great pleasure in writing to inform you about our new Community Involvement Strategy that we are launching for consultation.

We want to make sure everyone in Sheffield has a voice and greater control over the decisions that affect them. The Community Involvement Strategy supports our aim of making sure we listen to local people.

There are numerous examples of good work and excellent practice that have already taken place with the Council, partners and local people sharing ideas to make improvements.

Now we want to build on this and do more. We want to be more open and transparent in the way decisions are made and we want to empower local people to be part of the process.

We are currently holding a comprehensive round of consultations to get a wide range of views and comments. We really want to hear your views about whether the actions set out in the Strategy are the right ones to take.

As an organisation representing the sector, we hope that you will help to cascade information about the Strategy to your members and encourage them to tell us their views.

The Strategy will be reviewed in light of the feedback received and will become a working document. It will underpin our involvement with local people and will be the way we work in future.

To download a copy of the Strategy, submit your comments or for more information please see www.sheffield.gov.uk/communityinvolvement

Alternatively, please contact Beth Barker on 0114 2053546 or email communityinvolvement@sheffield.gov.uk

Discover Ecclesall showcases the exciting shops, specialist businesses and popular hotspots to be found in the area around Ecclesall Road in Sheffield. Whether you are looking for a night out, the best places to eat, a spending spree or something different, we have it ALL!

If your looking for a place to live the SwellDwellers Student Accommodation in Sharrow Vale could be a good place to start.

The new Sharrow Vale Permit Parking Scheme information can be found on the Sheffield City Council website.

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Check out the new Sheffield Forum chat site. "A fun and friendly forum for people of Sheffield. Chat about Sheffield news, sports or whatever you like!"

Did you know that the Lescar is named after two water wheels (Upper & Lower Lescar) on the river Porter. The Hotel was formaly called the Porter Tavern & Sharrow Vale road was called Lescar Wheel road. There is a grinding wheel on the Lescar Pub sign.