It is according to James Ashton, our new Security Contracts Manager!
James has now been with us for 4 months and we are pleased to have him, or we were until his comment at the start of this Monday’s Whole Staff Meeting where Karen always provides us with a homemade cake/tart.
James joined WINNS Services in March as Security Contracts Manager. He comes from a military background having served 23 years in the Irish Guards. Having left the Army in 2013, he continued to enhance his Security knowledge as a Close Protection Officer for G4S Risk Management (Iraq) and eventually progressed to Deputy Operations Manager within that organisation. James has strong family values and is a fan of Liverpool Football Club, but like his reservations about 10 o’clock being too early for cake, we won’t hold that against him.
Before he expressed his concerns before Monday’s Whole Staff Meeting, Rachael Agaombar, Operations Manager, had this to say about James;
“James is a happy and fun person to work with but is also professional in the way that he works, he is willing to learn and wants to continuously improve. This benefits Winns as the business is always pushing forward’
And James said that:
“Since I have been employed with WINNS Services I have enjoyed the new challenges which the job has brought and am looking forward to enhancing my knowledge of the Company and its clients”.
We soon got over being flabbergasted by James’ indication that like alcohol, there is a specific time frame within which cake can be eaten when we realised his abstinence meant there would be more for everyone else.
Karen has provided the recipe for everyone to have a try. She assured us that, although it looks complicated, it is one of the easiest foolproof recipes she has and she doesn't even like Bakewell Tarts, but she does this one, so give it a go and let us know and definitely send us a photo of your results.
INGREDIENTS
TART CASE
200g Plain Flour
100g Butter
40g Icing Sugar
1 Medium Egg Beaten
FILLING
130g Softened Butter
150g Caster Sugar
150g Ground Almonds
40g Plain Flour
2 Medium Eggs, beaten
Strawberry Jam
TOPPING
250g Icing Sugar
Red Food Colouring
EQUIPMENT
Rolling Pin
23cm Loose-bottomed Tart Tin
Greaseproof Paper
Baking Beans (I use dried chickpeas)
Electric Beater
Small Icing Bag
Cocktail Stick
MAKE TART CASE
MAKE THE FILLING
TOPPING
READY, STEADY, BAKE 😂