Additional Services

Dinner Parties, Catering Services, Groceries and Organic food deliveries - Northumberland Coastal Retreats

We recommend several catering options whilst you are staying in one of our Coastal Retreats. They offer a superb service at a reasonable cost, offering superb quality food using local fresh produce and a friendly professional service. Wilkins Fine Dining and Fiona Burns @ Homemaid and Emily Botham Catering offer gourmet dinner party services complete with chef and will come to your cottage to provide you with fantastic fayre without you having to lift a finger! Delicious catering and All things Delicious are two locally based companies who offer a bespoke catering service including afternoon teas, Spanish tapas evenings, canape catering, BBQ catering and finger food buffets. Emily Botham also offers a range of gorgeous frozen meals that can be delivered to your door

www.foodheaven.com is an online grocery delivery service which offers locally produced groceries - a superb service and a great alternative to the large impersonal supermarkets. We are delighted with the service and quality of foods offered by foodlocalfood and many of our guests speak highly of this service. Call Allison or Paul on 01670 505238 and mention Coastal Retreats

''Food local food - excellent service and the food was fab. Very good quality and we would use again''

"Promt, efficient service with everything waiting for us on our arrival at Glebe Cottage. Food superb, presentation really nice and we felt it was important to support the local community rather than supporting a large supermarket. We would recommend this service and will use food local food again next time we stay with Coastal Retreats''

The only large supermarkets to deliver to our area at the moment is Asda and Tesco. See www.asda.com and www.tesco.com

Sainsburys has recently opened in Alnwick and we believe they will be able to offer an on line delivery service shortly

Wilkins Fine Dining offers you the opportunity to sample world-class food prepared by home grown Northumbrian chefs Neil and Mary Wilkins.

Neil and Mary established their business, based in Rothbury, following careers in some of the world's best kitchens including London's Ritz and Savoy Grill. Now you can take advantage of the experience and skill of this engaging husband and wife team in the comfort of your Northumberland Coastal retreats holiday home.

Seasonal menus using local produce are a speciality, and their low-key, hassle-free service allows you to relax after a gruelling day on the beach! If your visit coincides with a special occasion then they'll endeavour to make it memorable. or if you have a particular style of food in mind, a bespoke menu is only a conversation away.

Follow the link to the website www.wilkinsfinedining.com

For further information about Wilkins Fine Dining please call for a chat or to make a booking Tel : 01669 620518/ 07976 467243

'Neil proved to be a great chef and a friendly yet discreet host. His dinner menu wowed everyone at our family celebration and it meant that we didn't have to spend half the day preparing food in the kitchen and half the evening doing the washing up! -all in all, a great idea!'.....Johnson family, stayed at the Granary

''The meal service from Wilkins Fine Dining worked superbly well. ready meals
were delivered to us on the Friday when we arrived and Neil produced an
amazing meal for us on the Wednesday night when he came to cook - food
better than many restaurants that we have sampled over the years with the
bonus of a really warm & friendly personal service which was second to none.''

STARTERS

* Confit tomato dome, with avocado and mildly spiced Tiger prawns, served

With aubergine chutney

*Tart Tatin of Roasted red onion with salad and goats cheese relish

*Seafood tortellini's on a bed of wilted spinach, and creamy horseradish sauce

*Beef Carpaccio with mustard seed dressing, and roasted walnut salad

*Sesame and herb crusted tuna on spiced vegetables vermicelli carrot and coriander sauce

Mains

*Chicken "saltimbocca" on parsley mash and baby leek sauce

*Glazed loin of pork, fondant potato, with apple and apricot salsa

*Mint pesto spring lamb, on a bed of Mediterranean ratatouille and crisp parmesan tuile

*Pan fried fillet of sea bass on crunchy pak choi with a balsamic dressing