KENT beneficiary Mark Ealham is organising a dinner with a difference next month - to help celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Ealham, who starts a busy year with a launch lunch at Hollingbourne, near Maidstone, this Thursday, is holding a New Year’s Eve function at the Kudos Chinese Restaurant in Dover Street, Canterbury, on February 4, beginning at 7pm.

The evening will start with a champagne reception, followed by a four course set dinner. Entertainment includes music from a local jazz band.

Tickets for the event cost £55 each with tables of between four and 12 available. Bookings and further details can be obtained by contacting Carol Buck, c\o Mark Ealham’s Benefit Office, 6 Doubleday Drive, Bapchild, near Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 9PJ. Telephone/fax 01795 422165.