Always pushing ourselves to do better
We are as passionate about letting our team grow and learn as much as we are about the food we serve on a daily basis, with this ethos we set our chefs tasks to help them learn more about food and encourage them to "play" with food, this keeps our team keen and passionate about providing the best possible meal to our residents. this brings the dishes served in our private dinning room to a new level of excellence and a real sense of occasion to any event our residents may wish to have.
Everything on the plate is from the simple ingredients found in ham egg and chips, a Ham terrine with pickled gherkins, diced potatoes cooked in smoked ham stock and egg white mayonnaise.
Everything on the plate is from the simple ingredients found in ham egg and chips, a Ham terrine with pickled gherkins, diced potatoes cooked in smoked ham stock and egg white mayonnaise.2
Everything on the plate is from the simple ingredients found in ham egg and chips, Callum wanted to try and make a deep-fried egg yolk
Everything on the plate is from the simple ingredients found in ham egg and chips
This was Fillips recreation of salmon en croute, again a stunning recreation of the simple basic ingredients
One of our team Mr Callum Chapman hard at work trying to improve on presentation
Filip with his stunning version of salmon en croute, Filip compressed the puff pastry, served the hot smoked salmon with braised potatoes, a cream and chive sauce, wilted spinach and edible flowers.
Callum and his reworked Beef Wellington inspired dish, the wooden platter its presented on came from one of our felled trees on the grounds.
Another reworked Beef Wellington inspired dish with caramelised home grown shallots, pan fried marrowbone, mushroom and pate pastry cup, pancake discs and a port and red wine stock reduction.
Everything on the plate is from the simple ingredients found in ham, egg, chips and peas. A ham and red pepper sausage, deep fried egg yolk, saffron poached potatoes, shelled peas and a parsley oil, very nice Callum!
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