St George's Hall now has the Royal Cypher of King Charles on its Willis Organ

LIVERPOOL'S World Famous St George's Hall has placed the Royal Cypher of King Charles III on the famous Willis Organ in the Great Hall. The cypher is the Sovereign's official monogram, consisting of the initials of the Mnarch's name, Charles, and title, Rex - Latin for King, alongside a representation of the crown. The trustees of St George's Hall commissioned the artwork to commemorate the accession to the throne of King Charles III.

Ricardo Gooden from RSTA Gooden, who produced the cypher, said:- "It is with great pride I have been afforded the opportunity to produce and install the Royal Cypher of King Charles to be placed on the Willis organ in St George's Hall. I have been working as an artisan plaster on the hall since 2006 and the installation of the cypher is one of the pinnacles of my work."

Claire Dove, Chair of the Trustees of St George's Hall, said:- "We are delighted as a trust to be able to have the opportunity to commemorate King Charles III's Coronation, particularly as His Majesty has a long-standing role in supporting and championing St George's Hall, recognised as one of the finest buildings in Europe. It has enabled the trustees to preserve, protect and enhance the history of the iconic hall."

The Grade I listed structure is 1 of His Majesty's favourite buildings, and he officially reopened it in 2007 following restoration work. Alan Smith, Head of Heritage Preservation and Development at Liverpool City Council, said:- "The hall has a long-standing link with Coronations. The foundation stone of the hall had been laid on 28 June 1838 to commemorate Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, and now the cypher being in place on the organ for King Charles's Coronation maintains its Royal link. The cypher will be on display for the 1st time at a special organ recital of:- 'Eurovision Classics,' on Wednesday, 10 May 2023."

Celebrity Chef couple to cook up a storm at this year's show!

MASTER Chef stars John Torode MBE and Lisa Faulkner will head to Southport Flower Show this summer. Southport Flower show told us that:- "Visitors are in for a real treat and can see them both cooking live in our Cookery Theatre on:- Saturday, 19 August 2023 at 12pm and 3pm. If that's not enough and you want to see them up close and personal, they will be doing a live Q&A in the Garden Theatre, from:- 2pm."

They added that:- "A hugely popular and influential figure on the UK culinary circuit, John Torode MBE is best known as the straight-talking co-host and judge of Master Chef and Celebrity Master Chef. A regular guest chef on This Morning, John also appears with his wife Lisa Faulkner co-hosting John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen on ITV."
 
John has been on culinary road trips, taking him back to his roots, for popular TV programmes:- John Torode's Australia, Malaysia, Korea, Asia and Middle East for UKTV / Good Food Channels and Argentina for BBC1. His latest show:- 'John Torode's Ireland.' This show is out on Discovery Network and out on RTE Mid May.
 
Credited as a key in introducing Australasian food to the UK in the mid 1990s, John's indisputable passion for the industry is infectious; he was awarded an MBE in 2022 for services to Food, Broadcast and Charity. His cookery books and writings have received huge critical acclaim, including the bestselling:- 'My Kind Of Food,' and 'Sydney To Seoul.'
 
Lisa 1st established herself as a leading actress starring in numerous high profile TV dramas including:- 'Holby City,' 'Spooks' and 'Dangerfield.' In 2010 Lisa won BBC 1′s Celebrity Master Chef and has since gone on a remarkable food journey.
 
In the spring of 2019, Lisa's new cookery show launched on ITV, John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen; now in its 6th successful series, Lisa alongside her husband John Torode, continue to inspire audiences with great family recipes on weekend mornings. Lisa is also a regular contributor to ITV's Lorraine having made a number of cookery strands for the show in 2020; including:- Autumn, Winter Warmers and Christmas.
 
A talented and natural writer, in 2012 Lisa's 1st cookery book was published:- 'Recipes From My Mother For My Daughter' and became an instant bestseller, reaching number 1 in The Times non fiction list. Lisa's 2nd cookbook:- 'The Way I Cook' was published in September 2013. Her 3rd book:- 'Tea and Cake' was published in February 2015, and this was followed by:- 'From Mother to Mother,' which was published in Spring 2017. In the early summer of 2019, Lisa Faulkner's 5th and 1st non cookery title was published by Ebury. 'Meant To Be' tells Lisa's personal story and discoveries to motherhood via IVF and ultimately adoption.
 
Of late, Lisa has been putting her love for recipe writing and presenting to good use, creating hugely engaging Instagram content, often alongside her husband; racking up millions of views along the way.
 
John and Lisa said:- "We are really looking forward to seeing everyone at Southport Flower Show and cooking live for you so come along and join us and see you all on the 19 August."
 
Alan Adams, General Manager said:- "We are really pleased to announce that John and Lisa will be joining us this year. We've had:- Ainsley Harriott, Simon Rimmer, Hairy Biker Si King and Dave Myers, Jean Christophe Novelli and many more demonstrate in our Cookery Theatre and John and Lisa will be another great addition."

We are informed that they will join by:- Frances Tophill (Gardeners' World and Love Your Garden), Lee Burkhill (The Garden Ninja), Jason Williams (The Cloud Gardener), Keith Brymer Jones (The Great Pottery Throw Down), Daisy Desire (The Drag Queen Gardener), James Wong (Botanist, Broadcaster and Best-Selling Author), Justin Fletcher (CBeebies Children's Entertainer), Phil Vickery (ITV This Morning), Katie Rushworth (Love Your Garden) and Lee Connelly (Skinny Jean Gardener) confirmed to date with many more to be announced over the coming weeks.

Plans for this year's show are well underway and the combination of garden and floral displays, cookery demonstrations, shopping village, arena entertainment, live music and much more makes Southport Flower Show a great day outdoors for the whole family this summer.

More information about the Southport Flower Show, that will be held from:- Thursday, 17 August to Sunday, 20 August 2023, please visit:- SouthportFlowerShow.Co.UK.