In the past, when I have offered up the companion spot on one of my reviews via this blog, I have been accused of making my choice based on entirely arbitrary criteria. Namely who sent me the most shamelessly flattering email, and who sounded like the kind of person I might like.
Well now you have an opportunity to win that companion spot, regardless of whether I might think you the kind of person I would wish to hang out with or not. All you need is dosh. As part of the Christmas campaign for our charity, the fund to help the development of the village of Katine in Uganda, a whole bunch of things are currently being auctioned on eBay including, yes, my company.
Go here and see if you think you can beat the current largest bid which, at time of writing stands at £450. (A small aside: you won't read about this on the big foodie website egullet.org; the petty bureaucrats there deleted my post because it contravened their user agreement. It's further proof, if proof were needed, of just how dreary the once great site is becoming.)
There are a bunch of other foodie lots, including lunch for 8 on the chef's table at Marcus Wareing's restaurant, and the opportunity to have the lovely Allegra McEvedy come round to your house, laugh that filthy laugh of hers, and cook dinner for you and your mates. You can also bid on the chance to have dinner with Sir Bob Geldof.
Not that any of you will be interested in those. You'll be putting aside every last penny in the hope that it will give you that fabulous chance to eat out with me, safe in the knowledge that, however appalling my company, it's for a bloody good cause.
Go bid now.
