Eleanor was a fabulous cook, with a reputation for her delicious cakes and desserts. Long before her Cordon Bleu training, I remember taking in a Chocolate Pavlova decorated with Milk Tray chocolates for my Primary School Harvest Festival.  The school was so impressed with her creation that they decided on a special auction for it and for weeks afterwards she was inundated with requests from friends who had been out-bid at the auction.