Getting ready for Kilimanjaro!!

The countdown to the Kilimanjaro climb has well and truly started!

A huge thank you to everyone who has put money into my spare change bucket and who have bought a charity chilli. The cats, dogs and hens at Worcestershire Animal Rescue Shelter are very grateful.  A little birdie told me that the money raised will be going towards creating an outdoor play are for the pussy cats in residence - very happy about that!!

Here I am doing my 14 hour static bike challenge outside Bromyard Halo supported by a real cyclist: Barry Smith (Championship Snooker Coach).  Many thanks to those who 'spotted' me for 10 minutes and paid a pond to do so and for all the donations from others.  We covered 293km and raised £212.00.  Impressive!!!

So in the mean time, come and see me at the events I am doing this month. I will be back again at the Dorothy Clive Gardens Chilli Festival on 21st September with stories to tell!!

Watch out for fresh smoked chillies this autumn...Pam (Head Chilli Keeper)

Bid and Brew Good Friday Beer in Malvern on 20th June!

Rosie at WARS supports
Dr Pam's Kili-Chilli Climb...Will you? 

A webmistress post here from @LadyEDJ to drum up support for Dr Pam in the first major fund-raising event for her #kili-chilli climb raising funds for Worcestershire Animal Rescue Shelter. When? Friday 20th June, 7-9 pm What? It's a charity auction - with Philip Serrell Auctioneers in charge - and a hot list of items to bid for. Where? The Cube, Malvern. Sponsored by The Friday Beer Company, always providing barrel fulls of laughter and support. And for you?  Feeling good about supporting a great cause and...

... free nibbles, a bar, with an entertaining surprise to kick off the proceedings at 7.30 which will have you all stamping your feet and shaking your change! Come along and get yourself fed and watered (or 'beered') from 7 and help Pam reach the target that will get her to the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro and ensure the survival of more of Worcestershire's homeless cats and dogs.


See you there, and let's make it more than a Good Friday in Malvern, let's make it FANTASTIC! Can't come but like to donate? Here's the link: www.justgiving.com

Chant for the chillies!

We enlisted the poetic talents of Tea Poet, Elizabeth Darcy Jones, to come up with a chant for chilli-lovers young and old, and of course the chillies themselves. She imagined them dancing to the tune of 'The Ascot Gavotte' from My Fair Lady - you might recognise the rhythm...

The Chilli Zoo Chant

Look! The chillies can't wait to appear
Chilli Keeper Dr Pam is here
If your tongue is willing, taste-buds find it thrilling
At the pop-up Chilli Zoo

Meet the Cheyenne, Fish and Holy Mole
Purple Princess who says, 'use me whole'
'Though it may sound silly, you will find a chilli
That's exactly right for you

Chillies blushing! Faces flushing!\
Spirits rising! Chillies are so appetising!
Etna makes a splash! Caldero cuts a dash!
Calico's for lads who want to show they're really flash!

Numex Big Jim is the friend of cooks
Gardeners fancy Pumpkin for her looks
Carrots, fruits and berries, some that look like cherries
At the pop-up Chilli Zoo

There are herbs who keep the chillies cool
Bio-dynamics are the rule
Warm and friendly, pretty, rare or trendy
Dr Pam's got scorpions too!
At the pop-up Chilli Zoo.

And here's a challenge which we will extend until Easter 2014. If you can chant a verse off by heart to Dr Pam she'll be delighted to pop a chilli chocolate in your mouth for free!

Getting exciting here...

...the Red Scotch Bonnets are through!  This is a bit like lambing time - should we give it a special name as well?

Dates and events now on the visit page

March is when Chilli Zoo comes out to play again...see our list of events and dates for March and April on the Visit page.  Do come and say hello!