Dinner Parties, Catering Services, groceries and Organic food delivery - Northumberland Coastal Retreats
We recommend two catering options whilst you are staying in one of our Coastal Retreats. Both offer a superb service at a reasonable cost, offering superb quality food using local fresh produce and a friendly professional service. Fresh Element and Wilkins Fine Dining are 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!
We can also recommend G & S Organics, an excellent organic meat and vegetable delivery service operating just a few minutes drive from most of our properties at Rock Midsteads not far from Tughall Steads.
www.foodlocalfood.com is an online grocery delivery service which offers locally produced groceries - a superb service and a great alternative to the usual Asda delivery service (which does operate in our area currently, with Sainsbury's also offering online grocery shopping to the Northumberland Coast in the next few months)
www.rothburywines.co.uk will deliver fine wines to your doorstep and can arrange fun wine tasting/champagne tasting/whisky tasting sessions for your friends and family. This is an ideal way to spend an afternoon or evening!
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.
Neil and Mary can also provide a selection of ready made meals especially for Coastal Retreats guests. This is a bespoke service and just requires you to to make a call or e-mail them with your requests. 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!'.....Alison Dulson, Granary, March 2008
''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.''
Amy Armstrong, Mariner's, Oct 2007
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
*Crispy john dory with an escabeche of vegetables and saffron reduction
DESSERTS!
*Glazed iced lemon parfait, lime crème fraiche sorbet
*Duo of white chocolate mouse and dark chocolate brownie with coffee granite
*Bread and butter pudding, vanilla ice cream and caramel glaze
*Tart of roasted Apple, with rosemary jelly and blueberry coulis
*Raspberry crème brulee with a chocolate tuile and compote of forest berries
Prices start from £35 + vat per head including staff
Enjoy an evening of fine dining during your holiday with Northumberland Coastal Retreats and Fresh Element. Sample the delights of the finest ingredients Northumberland has to offer, while enjoying the surroundings of your luxurious holiday accommodation.
We provide a full service, including your own chef and service staff, ensuring the evening is as stress free and enjoyable for you as possible.
Let us know when you’re coming to stay in Northumberland and what occasion you are celebrating. We have seasonal menus, but if you have specific requirements we will work with you to create a bespoke menu. We can organise dinner parties and barbeques for 4 or more guests.
Our award winning executive chef, Richard Sim brings his experience and expertise of regional producers, to ensure we create a menu to really showcase the culinary delights of Northumbria.
We’ve included some information to let you know how to book, along with an example menu, our pricing structure and some wine suggestions.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with a member of our team and we’ll be delighted to organise a night of relaxed fine dining for you and your guests.
| Sample Menu Starters Spiced Carrot & Coriander Soup (v) Spinach & Blue Cheese Tart with Hazelnut Dressing (v) Asian Poached King Prawns with Chilli Jam & Crème Fraiche Smoked Salmon on Caraway Seed Scone with Herb Crème Fraiche Lemon & Rosemary Chicken Caesar Salad Mains Pan-fried English Veal Chop with Sage & Lemon Butter served with Garlic-Roasted Heritage Potatoes Sautéed Fillet of Monkfish with Creamed Leeks & Fresh Langoustines in a rich Herb Cream Pan-fried Fillet of Galloway Beef with Dunsyre Blue Cheese & Crispy Pancetta Roast Aubergine with Rocket, Basil & Lemon Courgettes topped with Sautéed Forest Mushrooms (v) Pan-Fried Corn Fed Chicken with Rösti Potato, Crispy Chorizo & Butter Fried Grigio Mushrooms (all served with selection of Seasonal Vegetables) Desserts Sloe Gin & White Chocolate Cheesecake Apple Toffee Crumble Tart with Vanilla Cream New Season Rhubarb Crème Brule Sticky Toffee Pudding with Caramel Sauce Selection of Local Cheese & Biscuits |
Pricing
Between 4 and 7 guests £40/head (+VAT)
8+ guests £35/head (+VAT)
There may be a surcharge for certain items on the menu, these will be marked on menus
How It Works
Please get in touch with us either via e-mail or phone with the dates you wish to book and we will send you the relevant seasonal menu.
Please choose your menu, keeping your choices to 2 per course if possible. (if you would like to alter or swap anything on the menus then don’t hesitate to get in touch with us)
- Let us know your choices along with the times you’d like to dine.
- We’ll confirm your order back to you via e-mail, post, fax or whatever is most convenient for you.
- We arrive approximately one hour before you wish to dine to get set up.
- We bring all cutlery, crockery, napkins and serving utensils required.
- There will be glassware in your Coastal Retreats property but if you would like us to provide this for you (at no additional cost), then just let us know.
- Parties of less than 6 guests will be serviced with a chef. Parties of more than 6 will be serviced with a chef plus waiting staff.
Tel Andy Ross 0191 2267323 or e-mail at info@freshelement.co.uk and please mention you are staying with Coastal Retreats!
FOODLOCALFOOD - ON LINE GROCERY DELIVERY SERVICE OF LOCALLY PRODUCED FOODS
FOOD LOCAL FOOD
Internet grocery shopping with a difference!
If you are coming on holiday and staying in a Coastal Retreat property and would like to have the pain taken out of grocery shopping, you may be interested in FoodLocalFood. If you don’t normally support the large supermarkets and want to order fresh, quality food, knowing the food can be traced to the hand that picked, produced or farmed it, then we’re sure you will enjoy using our specialist food service.
Do you want exceptional quality, a wide choice at the best prices that can be found for those food choices?
We offer a no quibble money back guarantee; we offer to deliver direct to your door; we offer food produced, baked, butchered & cut to order and we offer a personal service. Order and pay through the site, or order on the site and pay on delivery if you know you are going to be at the property for the delivery..
You must have placed your order by
Contact us on T: 0845 094 8587 E: shopping@foodlocalfood.com or visit us at W: www.foodlocalfood.com
ORGANIC MEAT AND VEGETABLE DELIVERY SERVICE
www.gandsorganics.com
G & S Organics based at Rock Midstead Farm, Rock, Alnwick is run by Beth Sutherland and Lee Gray.
They can prepare and deliver a bespoke Organic Holiday Hamper to your holiday home just before or during your stay with Coastal Retreats. Generally the hamper would include organic bacon and/or sausages, organic free range eggs, organic milk, organic fruit and vegetables. All the meat and eggs are raised and processed at Rock Midstead by Beth and Lee, a lot of fruit and vegetables they grow themselves and others are sourced locally.
Please contact Beth Sutherland or Lee Gray on info@gandsorganics.com or ring on 07894 622256 to discuss your Organic Holiday Hamper needs and simply mention that you are staying in a Coastal Retreats property
