Pearly Grey was once again the location for the second epic ‘Eatathon’ in aid of the Ingane Yami Children’s Village charity.
On the menu today was Spaghetti Bolognese, a very popular dish originating from Italy, a country renowned for its great cuisine (and fine wines).

The challenge for today’s contestants was to eat a plate full of spaghetti hands free, yes this was going to be messy!!
Each entrant had to either place their hands behind their backs or under the table, and there were plenty of observers to make sure the rules were obeyed.

At the table today were;
Tracey Cutting – representing Pearly Grey
Sarah & Steve Wilson – Pearly Grey guests
David Alvarez Casanova – representing Pearly Grey & a late substitute for our General Manager Ryszard who was AWOL!
Andrew Jenkins – Pearly Grey guest
Neil Horner – Pearly Grey guest
Barry & Carl Jackson – Pearly Grey guests
Ken Smith – Pearly Grey guest

As the dinner bell chimed 9 faces dived headfirst into their lunch, only coming up to take a gulp of air, and amazingly within 47 seconds we had a winner, Andrew Jenkins from Truro in England had licked his plate clean and was patiently waiting for dessert.
Andrew even managed to emerge with the cleanest face, how he managed that we don’t know, although when you look at Tracey you may think she had Andrew’s share too!!

Thanks to all those who took part, and a special thanks to Tracey for organising the event.
We managed to raise €79.95

See video footage below.

Yesterday, Thursday 5th November 2009, Jasmin had her beautiful hair cut short to raise money for the Ingane Yami Children’s Village charity.

Not everyone was happy that Jasmin was having her hair cut short, including myself (Dennis) & Jasmin’s mum Kim, and to make it even more interesting it was Kim who was cutting Jasmin’s hair, we did try and talk her out of it but to her credit Jasmin was determined to go through with it.

Having seen the end result we all agree that Jasmin looks lovely, and her new hairstyle really suits her.

Congratulations on raising €126.00
Well done Jasmin!!

The date is Thursday 29th October 2009, the time is 16h00, the location is Pearly Grey Ocean Club & the reason is to watch our restaurant manager Adrian Vahle get his chest waxed in the name of charity.

As it approached 4pm on this sunny afternoon, the crowds gathered in anticipation of what was to come, all had come to support Adrian in this great cause to raise money for the Ingane Yami Children’s Village in the Durban area of South Africa.

Kim & her daughter Jasmin gladly offered their skills to perform the chest waxing, and once it got underway they invited PG staff and owners to ‘tear a strip off Adrian’, it was no surprise that we had many volunteers stepping up to have a go, it was equally no surprise that nearly everyone of these was female!! To say that they enjoyed Adrian’s pain would be wrong, but suggest it, well who knows?

This was a fun event and everyone enjoyed it, Adrian was a fantastic sport to put himself through this.

Well done Adrian, we are all very proud of you!!
Adrian raised €270.00..!!

This afternoon at Pearly Grey Ocean Club, 7 individuals of different ages and backgrounds came together united in 1 common cause, they love to eat, and fast!!
But this wasn’t just about the food, each participant had donated their entrance fee to the ‘Ingane Yami Children’s Village’ a charity which has been adopted by Pearly Grey and aims to raise the money to build a children’s village in the Durban area of South Africa.

So the mission for these eaters of pies, burgers, chips & the like was to see who could clear their plate first.
The menu consisted of a hot dog (no sauce), crackers, marshmallows, crisps and a peeled orange, well we didn’t want to make it easy for them!!

The contest started about 1.15pm and within 6 minutes we had a winner, David Wallace, 16 years old. Well Done David..!!!!!
€50.00 was raised from this event.

Here are a selection of photos taken during the first Pearly Grey Eatathon.

This was a popular event so I am sure we will be doing something similar next week.

To see live video of the whole event please watch the link below;

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Here is a selection of Pearly Grey Owner testimonials, taken during October 2009.
Dougie has recently acquired a new camcorder so expect more of these!!

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We have added some new Pearly Grey owner videos, recently taken in our new refurbished bar & restaurant.
We hope you enjoy watching them!!!
Please go to http://www.pearlygrey.info/category/police-federation to view them

Pearly Grey Admin Team.