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Our menu

What's on the table.

Everything here is on our menu right now. Nothing is fixed: we build each menu around you, your guests and whatever is at its best that week.

Lunch & Dinner · Feast Style

Lunch & dinner, feast style.

Choose one starter for the table, your mains with sides, and a dessert to finish. Vegetarian and vegan guests may have an extra starter of their own.

Three sharing bowls of salad laid along a wooden table with serving tongs

To begin

  • Homemade Scotch egg, English mustard, slaw and green salad
  • Smoked haddock fishcake, mango salsa
  • Selection of cured meats, artisan breads
  • Smoked salmon, basil vinaigrette
  • Quinoa, black beans, red pepper, onion and corianderVegan
  • King prawn cocktail, gem, Marie Rose
  • Roasted asparagus and sweet potato salad
  • Caprese salad, heirloom tomatoes, basil vinaigretteV
  • Classic Caesar, homemade Caesar dressing and croutons
  • Jacket sweet potato, spiced mushrooms, fried shallots and spinach, herbed yoghurtV or vegan

Mains, with sides

  • 24-hour marinated chicken, herbs and spices, beetroot salad and basmati rice
  • Peruvian lamb stew marinated with coriander, roast potatoes and beansVegan option available
  • Sautéed beef, tomatoes, onions, soy and oyster sauce, friesVegan option available
  • Seven-hour roast pork belly, rosemary and thyme roast potatoes, slaw
  • Peruvian duck stew, mashed potatoes, onion salsa
  • Pan-fried sea bass, yellow lentil stew with Peruvian herbs, spinach
  • Estofado de carne — short rib beef stew, mashed potato
  • Honey and garlic glazed salmon, semi-spicy pak choi, jasmine rice, sugar snaps and spring onions
  • Baked white fish, samphire, new potatoes and mixed grilled vegetables
  • Cauliflower steak, butterbean purée, pickled beetroot, chimichurriVegan

To finish

  • Peruvian purple corn jelly and Peruvian rice pudding
  • Lemon cheesecake
  • Grilled rum pineapple and ice cream
  • Eton mess
  • Affogato
  • Classic homemade tiramisu
  • Crème caramel, Peruvian style
  • Homemade apple pie
  • Apple tarte tatin and ice cream

V vegetarian · Vegan or vegan option available. Allergens handled with care; just let us know.

Canapés

Something in the hand, before you sit.

Passed among your guests with a drink in hand. We ask for a minimum of three canapés per person, and most people choose four or five.

Guests in evening dress taking canapés from a wooden board at a drinks reception

Meat

  • Rolled potato stuffed with meat and egg, creamy cheese sauce
  • Roast lamb and chimichurri on crostini
  • Mini Caesar, gem and crispy onion
  • Coronation chicken in a filo cup, pomegranate
  • Chicken shawarma skewer, mint mayonnaise

Fish

  • Creamy smoked salmon rolled in cucumber
  • Smoked chilli prawn and sweet potato
  • Tuna tartare on crispy rice paper
  • Beetroot-cured gravlax on melba toast

Vegetarian

  • Corn fritters, sweet chilli dip
  • Thai vegetable summer rolls, soy dip
  • Filo cup, roasted pepper, olives and goat's cheese
  • Courgette fritter, garlic mayonnaise

Breakfast

A slow start to the morning.

For house parties and wedding weekends, breakfast laid out for everyone the morning after. Both are served with orange and apple juice, tea and coffee.

A full English breakfast: bacon, sausages, fried egg, black pudding, roast tomatoes, mushrooms and a pot of baked beans
A breakfast buffet platter of croissants dusted with icing sugar, with brownies and fruit behind

Continental

  • Mixed yoghurt
  • Granola and mixed cereals
  • Fruit platter
  • Mixed pastries
  • Sliced avocado, topped with seasoning
  • Sourdough bread
  • Butter, jam, honey and marmalade
  • Orange and apple juice
  • Tea and coffee

Full English

  • Sausages and bacon
  • Scrambled and fried eggs
  • Baked beans
  • Fried mushrooms
  • Roast tomatoes
  • Black pudding
  • Toast, butter, jam and marmalade
  • Orange and apple juice
  • Tea and coffee

Extras

A little more, if you'd like it.

The additions people ask for most, especially over a wedding weekend or a few days in a house together.

A grazing table of charcuterie, cheeses, fruit and breads laid out in a sunlit room with candles and flowers

Grazing table

A wide range of cheeses and cured meats with a generous selection of fruit, laid out for guests to help themselves.

Minimum 15 guests.

Two scored joints of beef searing on a charcoal barbecue grill

Barbecue

From local sausages to prime cuts — chicken, pork, beef or lamb, all marinated 24 hours before with condiments that lift the flavour.

The set comes with two meats, mixed grilled vegetables, three salads and three sauces.

An Old Fashioned in a cut-crystal tumbler with a flamed orange twist

Cocktails, the night before

A four-hour cocktail service: our staff and our equipment, including an hour to set up and half an hour to turn the bar into a self-service bar.

Drinks and garnishes are provided by you, and we're happy to send a shopping list. Afterwards we leave our cocktail equipment with you, so you and your guests can carry on.

Sample cocktail lists

Prefer something else? We’ll gladly make it.

The American

Cosmopolitan · Old Fashioned · Moscow Mule

The British

Bramble · Espresso Martini · Tom Collins

The Caribbean

Mojito · Dark and Stormy · Daiquiri

Enquiries

Every menu is quoted for your event.

Send us the date, the numbers and anything your guests can't eat, and we'll come back with ideas and a guide price.