Chef’s perfect 10 on Great British Menu

THE Anglesey Says No To Pylons campaign group will be meeting at Tre Ysgawen Country Hotel on Wednesday, May 31 at 7pm.

If you would prefer the electricity generated by Wylfa Newydd to go underground, or undersea instead of blighting Anglesey’s landscape, damaging our economy, property values and health for the foreseeable future, then come along to support. The group will be bringing you up to date with what has been happening over the last few weeks. MÔN Community Link is your link to community activities on Anglesey. Do you need information or contact details for support or activities in your area or maybe you run something yourself?

The Link has details of community activities, social groups, support groups, lunch clubs, befriending, community transport and much more! Contact 01248 725745 or linc@medrwnmon.org for more information. CRUSE Bereavement Care has a Footprints Walk of Remembrance at Llandudno’s North Shore on Sunday, June 3, to raise funds to enable it to continue its support.

If you would like to help raise funds, registration and sponsorship forms are available from The Cruse Main Office, 01248 751488, 07709367665, write to Betty Williams at Town Hall, Colwyn Bay, LL29 7PE, or email crusenorthwales@ btinternet.com. ANGLESEY chef Ellis Barrie wowed judges on The Great British Menu last week as he cooked a “perfect” dish.

Ellis, from the Marram Grass restaurant, near Newborough, scored 10 out of 10 with his fish course on the BBC2 show and made it through to the final of the competition.

His “You cannot be sea-rious” dish featured seabass confit in pork fat with barbecue cauliflower puree and Menai mussels.

Judge Daniel Clifford, who has two Michelin stars, said the selftaught chef has “real talent” and that he’d never tasted a dish like it.

Ellis, 27, said his inspiration for the meal was “celebrating family holidays”, with memories of going fishing with his father and having barbecues on the beaches of Anglesey.

Tasting the dish, Clifford said he was “really confused” but, when reading out the scores, he said: “You should be very proud.”

Dad-to-be Ellis, who runs the restaurant with brother Liam, was competing against two other chefs from the North-west of England for the chance to go up against cooks from across the UK.

He won Friday’s make-or-break episode of the popular series against his friend Paul Askew to represent the North-West in this year’s final.