The Ratt Shakk & HomeBrew Cafe

12/08/2024

Ooof this month is busy!
So far I have catered a wedding for 90 and Wilde Realms LARP.
This weekend I am catering Tales LARP and then the following one I am playing a Scotsman at LT with the rest of Clan McGregor! Just have to bake several loaves of Breakfast Bread to sell at LT.

14/07/2024

The Ratz at The Ratt Shakk at Hougham’s brilliant Party in the Park last night 😎🙏❤️

13/07/2024

We've had a small Glow up for Hougham Music fest!

25/05/2024

A different quote this year but a useful one I forgot, and need to apply to myself.

"That was always the dream, wasn't it? 'I wish I'd known then what I know now'? But when you got older you found out that you NOW wasn't YOU then. You then was a twerp. You then was what you had to be to start out on the rocky road of becoming you now, and one of the rocky patches on that road was being a twerp."

22/05/2024

Menu for the upcoming Wilde Realms event!

04/04/2024

The Outfit on Netflix is Amazing!
It needs to be a stage play!

21/02/2024

Shortlisted for a LARP Award! And we haven't been back for a year yet!

Much loves to everyone who nominated us!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/gRzVEmJRWXpHiUfY/

07/02/2024

Having some fun with a Charcuterie plate at Paddock Wood last night.

25/12/2023

I can do delicate as well as big things

05/12/2023

Just had a visit from the Food Standards Agency and got 5 out of 5!
We are officially rocking it!

16/11/2023

And now I have permanent access to my own professional kitchen you may see some more interesting things on the menu......

15/09/2023

Hello folks!
Just a quick one. I am currently in a field being a Viking so Messages may not be answered straight away. BUT never fear they will get answered this weekend!

Cut off for pre ordering dinners and breakfasts is Monday night. Please Message The Ratt Shakk so it is all in one place and don't forget any dietary requirements.

Much loves from Rangvald (aka me)

09/09/2023

Doing a charity bash today for The Widdow's Sons MCC at Paddock Wood Masonic Hall

14/08/2023

First 2 events done and dusted for the year, with 3 more on the horizon.

And the silly stickers may have gotten out of hand. For some reason i thought it would be a good idea to put cute and nerdy stickers on all the cups and bowls. Several hundred later.......

25/05/2023

Yep that's right we are back in business!
Back to Skullduggery for 2 events
Off to a Viking Longhall for an Empire Player event

But we are open to feed folk once more!

08/09/2021

Hello All!

It is with a sad heart that I am announcing that The Ratt Shakk will be shutting its doors. For now.

But this is for an exciting business opportunity that we are currently in the process of doing(super secret squirrel stuff right now). Once that business is strong enough that we can start cooking for you all once again we will be starting the burners for you lovely folk.

We want to thank every one that has trusted us to feed them and for nominating us for the LARP Awards for the last few years.

We love you all and will see you in the future!
Tom, Bea, and the rest of the crew.

15/08/2020

Brisket, Turkey drummer and Chicken thighs over Blackthorn. Lets see what happens

08/08/2020

Well that's a bu**er. Paid extra to ensure a delivery of wood for today and it has yet to leave the collection hub of Parcel Force. So no smoking food until next week now. Sad times.

05/08/2020

After a bit of consideration I have ordered my first lot of wood chunks for the first experimental smoke. Blackthorn should be here on Fri.
Wish me luck.

26/07/2020

It begins!
First burn has been started.

22/07/2020

Plans are afoot! Even though this year is not great next year we are planning something new, and it starts like this....

17/02/2020

UK Larp Awards

WE MADE THE SHORTLIST AGAIN!!

We have been shortlisted for 3 years now and seeing as we have been operating for 3 years that is amazing to us!

Thankyou all for nominating us.

The moment some of you have been waiting for.
Below are the shortlists for the 2020 UK Larp Awards.
Congratulations to everyone, shortlisted, long listed or otherwise involved and thanks again to the hundreds of you who nominated this year.
If you would like to alert us of an issue with any of the names on these shortlists, then please let us know by messaging this page or emailing at [email protected].

***NEW*** Larp Media of the Year
The LARP Noobs Podcast
The Orcs Planet
Larpbook
Slender videos
Access Larp

***NEW*** Prop of the year
The Bridge of the Obsidian Cygnus - Star Wars Larp
Severed head/edible brain - We Are Legends - Legendary Larp
The Spear of L.U.G.H - Fairyland
The Jump engine - Odysseus LARP
Trebuchets at siege of Ravensberg – Curious Pastimes


Award for Accessibility in Larp
Empire
Lorien Trust
Making It
Legacy
Orion Sphere

International Larp of the year
Goat Larp
Odysseus
The Night in Question
Drachenfest
Epic Empires

Larp venue of the year
Huntley Wood
Eversley
The Grange
Paccar
Treowen House

Small Larp of the year
Faded Glory
Gaderung (formerly Clans of Albion)
MVEX
Erda
Star Wars (Obsidian Cygnus)

Medium Larp of the year
Orion sphere
Fairyland
All for One
Jade Throne
Flying Lead:Smoke and Brass

Large Larp of the year
Empire
Curious Pastimes
Lorien Trust
Green Cloaks
Legacy Lrp

Family Event of the Year
Empire
Lorien Trust
Legacy
Orion Sphere
Fields of Illusion

Player Run or Sanctioned Event of the year
Nemesis 2 - Empire
Return to Moi - Fir Cruthen – Curious Pastimes
Mistbound – Harts – Lorien Trust
Alea Iacta Est - King's Keep – Green Cloaks
Tales in the Sand - Death Unto Darkness

Club System of the Year
Fools & Heroes
Hokfell (University of Leeds)
Labyrinthe
Union Lrp (Nottingham)
Forest Argent

Grassroots System of the Year
Empire
Fools & Heroes
Steamweave
Gaderung (formerly Clans of Albion)
Erda

New Larp of the year
The Jade Throne
SteamWeave
We Are Legends
Tank Larp
Obsidian Cygnus

Larp producer of the year- foam/latex
Light Armouries
Gnosis Studios
Goblin Workshop
Saxon Violence
Twisted Goblin Armouries

Larp producer of the year – leather
Locke & Lode
McSkelley Leathers
Goblin Workshop
Darkblade
The Thornless Rose

Larp producer of the year – costume
White Star Clothing
Romany Robes
Golden Mochi Costumes & Commissions - Scarlett Hayler-King
Denise Gill
Wonderlust Couture

Larp Caterer of the year
Caggles Catering Corps
The Ratt Shakk
The Wooden Spoon
Jacqui Hancox/Cookie - Faded Glory
Good, Honest Food Company

Creature Costume or Puppet of the year
Tatsuko - The Luck Dragon
Snowtain - baby psionic battle goat - Faded Glory
Wyvern/Wyrm - Curious Pastimes
Drowners - Northern Kingdoms
H8-3R Power Droid

Online Larp retailer of the year
Larp Inn
Twisted Goblin Armouries
Gem's Trading Co
Chow's Emporium
Darkblade

In field Larp retailer of the year
Chow's Emporium
Having a Larp
Gem's Trading Co
Twisted Goblin Armouries
Light Armouries

Bard of the year
Sparro Trifoot – Empire - Sam Wheatley
D J Wild - Fairyland - John Newton
Golden Apple
Rusty Compass - Will Rivington
Dai Murasaki - Lorien Trust – Dread Roberts

NPC of the year
Lucille Guthrie – Saph - Lorien Trust
Rob Hopper - D'Artagnan - All For One
Chris Goddard, Petrov Zamoldchikova-Rhyzhikov - Orion Sphere, Terran Ascendancy
Ian Humphries – Dieter – Curious Pastimes, Academy of war
Stu Lean - Emperor Hami - Lorien Trust, Jackals

Event Crew Member of the year
Thomas Coleman
Kat Quatermass
Kitty Dobson
Emma Round
Charlotte Rose

24/12/2019

What Should LARP Cost?

Something for all players and potential LARP organisers to read. For me the part about the catering is something some folks don't realise.

https://medium.com/.wildwinter/what-should-larp-cost-710323d20b5c

This is the second of a series of articles about the economics of larp and the failure of market forces when applied to the hobby. You can…

22/12/2019

Ellie and John's Wedding

07/11/2019

With the end of the year in sight and only 1 more event to cater I want to say Thankyou once more.

I am waiting on some photos from a couple of events, from folk who know what they are doing and not just pointing a phone camera at something, and I will be doing a Photo History of this past year.

Love you all and spread the word for next year, we are open for bookings!

02/10/2019

Getting to be all cheffy again this weekend at Strange LARP.

Behold the beginnings of Gravadlax!

Curing my own salmon with Dill, Juniper, Lemon and Salt. This will take 3 to 4 days to be ready!

30/09/2019

Only a couple of days until Strange LARP and I am snowed with paperwork! But as they say:-

Prior Planning & Preparation Prevents P**s Poor Performance

08/09/2019

Fabulous day yesterday with Daniel Tucci of The Wooden Spoon. He drove from Reading to Skullduggery LARP in Kent to deliver his amazing bread trenchers for my Beef stew. Loved the combo and the collaboration with Daniel.

We were honored to be asked to do a collaboration with Tom from The Ratt Shakk at Skulldggery LARP today! Thanks for the invite, we had a blast cooking with you. Tom’s beef stew fit perfectly with our famous Trenchers! Bread bowls for the win!!! Thomas James Coxon

15/08/2019

Midnight, 2 days before Ellie and John's Handfasting feast and the Minted Pearl Barley for the Arancini is done, and the last of the Beetroot and Red onion Tatin is out of the oven.

10/08/2019

Photos from The Ratt Shakk's post