Volunteers' perfect recipe for success at Christmas market

COOKING UP A TASTY SCANDINAVIAN EVENT

- By DEBORAH HALL

From left, Hull Danish Church volunteers Charlotte Theill, Dorthe Hostick and Hanne Hamilton

VOLUNTEERS at Hull's Danish Church are rolling back the years to recreate favourite recipes from their homeland after starting the preparations for their Scandinavian Christmas market.

As well as filling their freezers with festive food, members of East Yorkshire's Nordic community - some of whom have been helping at the market for more than 30 years - are stocking up with stylish Scandi design and decorations.

They and other volunteers are working flat out to make sure the shelves are full for the market on Saturday, November 29, which attracts people from across the north and is the biggest source of funds for the church.

Charlotte Theill is manager of the Danish Church and its cultural and community arm Nordic House.

She said: “We now only have a handful of church services here every year but we play an increasingly important part in the local community, supporting charities and providing a venue for the arts and social occasions. The Christmas market is at the heart of that.”