A TASTE of Christmas event raised more than £1,200 for charity.

Neville Thornhill of Sandbach Crosses Rotary Club and Richard Sandiford, department manager for customer services at the Waitrose supermarket in Sandbach presented a cheque for £1,242 to Dorothy Jackson, chairman of Cancer Research UK's Holmes Chapel branch.

The funds were raised by aTaste of Christmas event held at Bradwall Village Hall jointly staged by Sandbach Rotary Club and Waitrose in November.

Mr Sandiford said: 'We took pleasure in demonstrating Waitrose's seasonal food.'

Mr Thornhill added: 'The event was sold out well before the night.'