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Elderflower poached chicken

A personal chef is no longer a luxury - now it is a neccessity when planning your perfect event.

Bring the quality restaurant to your home. No baby sitter needed, no taxi, no deciding who is going to drive home. Relax as we set, cook, serve and clear exclusively in the privacy of your home.

 

Choose from our selection of dinner party menus

As everything we serve is homemade fresh to order we ask that guests choose only one option per course for the whole party plus a vegetarian or childrens option if neccessary. If you would like an alternate main course we can serve the same garnish but serve an alternate meat/ fish choice.

All served with homemade bread rolls and finished with handmade chocolates from Miette in Stow on the Wold.

Prices from £26.00 inc VAT per person (Surcharge on parties of just 6 - 7 people to be cooked and served in the house 10%. * Does not apply to delivery meals).

We also have a lesser priced bistro menu

Children may have a plain version of the same main course as adults or we also have a children's menu (click here)

For photos and descriptions of dishes click on the underlined menu items.


Starters

Watercress soup with hot-smoked Donnington trout - can be served chilled or warm

Grilled Evesham asparagus with parma ham crisp, Blacksticks blue cheese and walnut

Trio of fish - Crab salad with pink grapefruit, Ballottine of salmon wrapped in Donnington smoked trout and grilled tiger prawns with fennel and apple salad 

Courgette and wild nettle fritters with balsamic roast baby tomatoes and nettle pesto

Twice baked Oxford Blue souffle with celery and walnut salad

Salad of puy lentils, beetroot and Home Farm bacon with grain mustard dressing (vegetarian version also available) (this was a wedding buffet style version)

Risotto with grilled tiger prawns, peas, basil and mint

 

Main Courses

 Free range Madgetts Farm chicken poached in wild elderflower with runner beans, broad beans, mangetout, Jersey Royal potatoes and a grape sauce

Ballottine of Madgetts Farm duck with fresh cherries, noisette potatoes, kale and cherry brandy sauce

Grilled fillet of beef with chilli and garlic baked chickpeas, french beans wrapped in pancetta and rosti potato

Roast saddle of lamb with nicoise vegetables, grilled new potatoes and a light balsamic jus

Tenderloin of Home Farm pork wrapped in parma ham with spinach salad, garlic parmentier potatoes and warm orange vinaigrette

 Grilled fillet of halibut with caper, anchovy and lemon dressing, crushed new potatoes and runner beans

Fillet of whisky cured salmon with braised gem and pea and broad bean fricasse  

Open ravioli of cod, asparagus and artichokes gratinated with parmesan and pine nuts

  

Vegetarian

Open ravioli of asparagus and wild mushrooms gratinated with parmesan

Aubergine involtini with herb roasted new potatoes and a red pepper coulis

Butternut squash gnocci with cauliflower and almond puree and roast broccol, sage beurre noisette


 Side orders

£1.95 per portion

All the above dishes come with appropriate garnishes however you may like to choose these in addition

Dauphinoise potato

 Thyme scented new potatoes

Roasted butternut squash with toasted pine nuts

 

Desserts 

 

Strawberry and vanilla meringue roulade with homemade strawberry ice cream

Glazed lemon tart with raspberries and raspberry sorbet

Amaretto and espresso Tirimisu

White chocolate and blueberry cheesecake

Tarte Tatin with Madagascan vanilla ice cream

Chocolate and three nut torte with raspberry coulis and summer berries

Pineapple meringue pie with homemade mojito sorbet

Assiette of five desserts taken from our canapé menu (£2.50 inc. VAT supplement)

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click here to download more info and choices for our assiette of desserts

Organic St. Eadbugh's from Gorsehill Abbey Farm
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Click on the photo above for more information on the cheeses

 Cheese Course

£6.50 per person inc. VAT

For catered dinner parties we only serve cheese purchased from us

There are links to the cheeses below – click on the names. These are our favourite local cheeses. Other cheeses can be obtained with sufficient notice and subject to availability.

Assiette of cheeses with celery, grapes, dried fruit, oatcakes and Miller Damsel biscuits

St. Kennelm

A hard organic Broadway cheese with strong depth of flavour

St. Eadburgh’s

A soft organic Broaadway cheese similar to a brie, with a slight musky taste

St. Oswold

A semi soft rind washed cheese with a rich strong taste

Blacksticks Blue

A crumbly soft blue cheese with a golden curd

£26.00 inc VAT delivered chilled to your home for you to heat and finish with simple instructions

(A delivery charge of £10.00 will be added)

£37.50 inc VAT per person cooked in your home by our chef and served by waiting staff (includes all setting, serving and clearing).

We also have a cheaper bistro menu

Telephone

01684 854406 

07807 453308

Email

James@

bensonofbroadway

.co.uk

 

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Tel: 01684 854406

07807 453308

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