Fancy dinner with stars from ‘The Only Way is Essex’?

It is an auction prize that fans of the ITV2 series ‘The Only Way is Essex’ could only dream about – until now!

Guests who attend a star-studded fundraising event being held to raise money for student and community sports facilities at West Hatch High School, Chigwell, will be able to bid for a dinner date with TOWIE stars - the former West Hatch High School pupil Joey Essex as well as Lydia Bright and her mother.

The trio have offered dinner to the highest bidder – with the meal cooked by Lydia’s mother in her Chigwell home.

A host of celebrities are supporting the night with X-Factor singer John Wilding – a former pupil of West Hatch High School – set to perform on the night, and auction his trademark bowler hat.

Other auction prizes include a week at a Florida villa near Disney World, two nights all expenses paid at a Grange Hotel of the successful bidder’s choice and tea the House of Commons with Epping Forest MP Eleanor Laing.

A signed Tottenham Hotspur football, signed Leyton Orient shirt and family membership of Top Golf will be among the raffle prizes.

Money raised from the black tie event being held at the St Paul’s Grange Hotel, in the City of London, on Saturday, January 21 (7pm-1am) will go towards the cost of new student and community sports facilities at West Hatch.

Head teacher Frances Howarth said: "Our current provision for sport and physical fitness has not been upgraded since the school was opened in 1957.

“We are in desperate need of a sports centre and dance studio. Both PE and Dance are very strong at the school and would make great use of such a facility."

Mrs Howarth added: "West Hatch currently has over 1,000 community users of the school site and its facilities on a weekly basis. This project would allow us to extend this still further by encouraging local sports teams and dance groups as well as the public to use it, enhancing local provision."

Special guest at the evening will be former West Ham United and Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley.

The evening will be compered by radio DJ David Jensen and feature classical saxophonist Tyler Rix.

Also supporting the event is Olympic gold medallist and former West Hatch High School pupil Sally Gunnell.
Various ticket packages are available:

Gold - a table for ten guests plus a celebrity (£1,500)
Silver -a table for ten guests (£1,000)
Bronze – individual tickets £90 (£160 for a couple).

All packages include a cocktail reception, three course meal with wine, entertainment, cabaret, dancing and disco.

There will also be a raffle, silent auction and live auction.

For tickets and more information, contact Caroline Haines, Marketing and Development Director, Finance Office, West Hatch High School, High Road, Chigwell; email chaines@westhatch.essex.sch.uk

Guests must be over 18, or accompanied by someone over 18 if they are over 16.

You can keep up-to-date with news about the 2012 Sports Ball on Facebook and Twitter –

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Hatch-Alumni-Association/296362953714479

Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/WestHatch_AA

To see the video 'advert' for the event on You Tube go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO9xKdu3bts&feature=player_embedded