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LIVERPOOL can lay claim to enticing "the world's sexiest chef" Jean-Christophe Novelli away from France to live in Britain. Now the culinary heart-throb is set to say a big thank you to his favourite city.
He'll be cooking up a mouth-watering treat to help launch the first North West Home and Garden Show at the Echo Arena next month. But exactly what will be on the menu remains a mystery.
"I can't tell you," he says with typical French panache. "I can't tell you because I've not decided yet. Cooking is creativity, expression, it depends how I feel. I never decide until the last moment... if I did I'd be a robot. This way it's alive."Do you know what you're having for lunch next Sunday? No, neither do I, so why plan what to cook weeks ahead?"
FLAME-haired TV gardener Charlie Dimmock is among a red hot line up of famous faces igniting interest in the first North West Home and Gardens Show to be staged at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, on the weekend of May 17 and 18.
A great hit when she visited Southport Flower Show in 2004, Charlie is looking forward to doing the live show in Liverpool with plenty of opportunity to chat with visitors about their gardens.
Her life took an amazing turn when she shot to fame in the BBC hit Ground Force, working with Alan Titchmarsh, and landscape whizz Tommy Walsh.
She said: "It was completely unexpected. I'd always been a keen gardener, but I never imagined myself on TV."
Other TV series followed, plus a collection of gardening books.
Today, Charlie still lives in Hampshire where she works on her own garden in her spare time.
Workwise, she's as busy as ever touring garden shows, doing talks, supporting environmental campaigns, helping with a landscaping project in Portugal and presenting UKTV series River Walks.
Other celebrities attending the Homes and Garden Show include TV chef Jean Christophe Novelli, Big Brother and DIY series star, Craig Phillips and fashion presenter and stylist Hannah Sandling.
Advance tickets are £4, OAP tickets are £3 in advance.

SHE'S the flame haired TV gardener whose bra-less exploits among the flower beds set the nation's pulses racing. Now Charlie Dimmock is packing her trowel and fork ready to come to Liverpool to help launch the first North West Home and Garden Show.
The event will be staged at the ECHO Arena next month and Charlie admits she can't wait to come to the city.
"I watched the Capital of Culture launch on TV and it looked fabulous. I'm really pleased it's going well," she says.
Tight work deadlines mean she won't get to stay long, but she is pondering adding a day or two extra into her itinerary to see something of Liverpool. She'll doubtless get plenty of tips from the crowds expected at the arena who are invited to come along and challenge Charlie on their gardening dilemmas.
"I love live work," she admits.
We are delighted to announce celebrity line up for Homes & Gardens North West 2008.
Welcome to the inaugural North West Home & Garden Show 200 to be held in the fantastic new ECHO Arena, Liverpool on the 17th and 18th May 2008.
The North West Home & Garden Show 2008 will offer visitors something unique for the city- a stream of ideas and inspiration to improve their homes and gardens.
Hosting up to 100 exhibitors across a range of retail and service sectors in the homes and garden industry plus celebrity demonstrations from TV Chef Jean Christophe-Novelli and ITV'S 60 Minute Makeover handy man Craig Phillips, a 'How To' Theatre showcasing a wide range of seminars and many surprises along the way!
North West Home & Garden SHOW offers YOU the exhibitor to opportunity to place your products/brands in the forefront of your customer's minds when they are choosing goods and services for the home and garden.
Stands will be allocated on a first come first served basis so don't miss out- book now!
e-mail: enquiries@homesandgardensnorthwest.co.uk
Date Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th May 2008
Location Echo Arena & Convention Centre, Liverpool
Venue 3400 square metres of indoor exhibition space
Seminars & Demonstrations Running across both days
Parking On site parking for 1600 cars
To book your stand call the Sales team on 0151 472 2448


