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Hello everyone

It's time for food orders please. Need to submit these on Thursday, so I will be unashamedly stalking people to notify me of their order!

If you are attending BOTH Thursday evening and Friday all day - you have three orders to submit (dinner, lunch, dinner).
If you are attending Friday only, you have two orders to submit (lunch, dinner).

I will send an email to everyone, as well as WhatsApp or SMS for those whose numbers I have. You can reply through any channel - but please reply ASAP!

A reminder, cost is £100 for each sitting, which covers food, corkage and tip. I expect the final costs will end up very slightly lower than this, so I may return ~£10 on the day.

Finally, anyone failing to respond before Thursday 5pm London time with an order, will get Salmon, Chicken Supreme and Cheese as a default. In my mind it would be tragic to eat that up to three times on the trot...please get your order in!

MENU

Starters
Severn and Wye Smoked Salmon, Lemon and dill crème fraîche, fried capers, Melba toast
Herby Butter Bean Bruschetta, Avocado, vine tomato, red pepper lime chutney
Davy’s Scotch Egg, Soft-boiled egg, Davy’s sausage, crisp breadcrumbs, chorizo chutney, céleriac rémoulade

Mains
Prime 8oz Bedfordshire Sirloin Steak, Chips, peppercorn sauce [advise how you would like it cooked]
Herb Crusted, Pan Roasted Cod, Black olive tapenade, creamed spinach, mashed potatoes
Wild Mushroom Orzo Pasta, Arrabbiata sauce, vegan feta, rocket
Pan Roasted Chicken Supreme, Spiced puy lentils, rocket, grilled lemon

Club Sirloin on the bone 600g (+£32 supplement) [advise how you would like it cooked]
Fillet Steak £240g (+£17 supplement) [advise how you would like it cooked]
Chateaubriand 500g (+£58 supplement) [advise how you would like it cooked]
Cote du Boeuf on the bone 680g (Prime ribeye) (+£50 supplement) [advise how you would like it cooked]
Tomahawk (Prime ribeye) on the bone 900g-1Kg (+£54 supplement) [advise how you would like it cooked]

Sides
Chunky Chips or Fries
Mash
Garlic Roasted Carrots
Chimichurri Broccoli
Mixed Salad
Creamed Spinach

Desserts
Chocolate Brownie, hot chocolate sauce, vanilla ice cream
Lemon Tart, raspberry coulis, clotted cream
Pear and Stem Ginger Crumble, coconut ice cream
British Cheese Plate, Stilton v, Somerset Brie v, matured Cheddar, grapes, membrillo, biscuits


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Replies received (21/26)

Mike M
Wolfgang S
Neil C
George G
Michael C
Ben R
Axel P
Phil W
Ian J
Justin K
Adam O
Alex B
Charles R
Martin C
Julian W
Christopher G
Cliff M
Harry H
Will W
Nigel M
Tony C

Anyone interested in splitting a special steak (I don’t mind what kind) cooked medium rare, please let me know.

Thursday:
Smoked salmon starter
Ideally a shared special steak with fries and garlic roasted carrots. (If no-one is interested in sharing then I’ll have a Tomahawk to myself.)

Friday lunch:
Scotch egg
Fries and garlic roasted carrots
Cheese

Friday dinner:
No starter
Shared steak with fries (or a club sirloin in the bone if no-one wants to share)
Lemon tart with coconut ice-cream (ie. Not with clotted cream)

Thur eve: Salmon; *Steak (Medium-rare) and chips; Brownie
Fri lunch: Scotch egg; Mushroom pasta; Cheese plate
Fri eve: Salmon; Chicken supreme; Lemon tart

* would happily share a special steak with Alex on the Thurs evening per above (otherwise standard sirloin please).

PhilW wrote: ↑14:06 Mon 22 Sep 2025 Thur eve: Salmon; *Steak (Medium-rare) and chips; Brownie
Fri lunch: Scotch egg; Mushroom pasta; Cheese plate
Fri eve: Salmon; Chicken supreme; Lemon tart

* would happily share a special steak with Alex on the Thurs evening per above (otherwise standard sirloin please).

Thanks Phil. Seating plan for Thursday adjusted to put you and Alex together.
Phil+Alex - which special steak would you like?

Alex and I will share a tomahawk on Thursday. No more changes Michael, promise!

Justin K wrote: ↑21:02 Mon 22 Sep 2025 Alex and I will share a tomahawk on Thursday. No more changes Michael, promise!

You'll have to arm-wrestle Phil, who's already jumped in with an offer to share with Alex on Thursday!

Or do you want to share with Alex on Friday?

Thursday - Phil - do you fancy the cote de boeuf?

Friday - Justin and I will share a tomahawk steak

Thurs:

Scotch egg
Chateaubriand (shared with Harry) - fries and broccoli
Cheese

Fri Lunch:

Bruschetta
Chicken supreme + creamed spinach
Tart

Fri Dinner:

Salmon
Steak M-R - fries and broccoli
No dessert

Thanks Mike!

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑09:29 Tue 23 Sep 2025 Thursday - Phil - do you fancy the cote de boeuf?

Friday - Justin and I will share a tomahawk steak

Works for me.

Hi Mike

Thursday
- smoked salmon
- Steak - club sirloin on teh bone (Medium-rare) and chips & Broccoli

Fri Lunch
Bruschetta
Chicken supreme + creamed spinach
Tart

Fri Dinner:
scotch egg
pasta

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑13:07 Mon 22 Sep 2025 Anyone interested in splitting a special steak (I don’t mind what kind) cooked medium rare, please let me know.

Thursday:
Smoked salmon starter
Ideally a shared special steak with fries and garlic roasted carrots. (If no-one is interested in sharing then I’ll have a Tomahawk to myself.)

Friday lunch:
Scotch egg
Fries and garlic roasted carrots
Cheese

Friday dinner:
No starter
Shared steak with fries (or a club sirloin in the bone if no-one wants to share)
Lemon tart with coconut ice-cream (ie. Not with clotted cream)

Please can I change my Friday lunch order to become:
Main of Scotch Egg + Welsh Rarebit
Nothing else for lunch

Note to all: Welsh Rarebit is also now available. Let me know if you want this in any of your courses across the various sittings.

PhilW wrote: ↑14:06 Mon 22 Sep 2025 Thur eve: Salmon; *Steak (Medium-rare) and chips; Brownie
Fri lunch: Scotch egg; Mushroom pasta; Cheese plate
Fri eve: Salmon; Chicken supreme; Lemon tart Welsh Rarebit

* would happily share a special steak with Alex on the Thurs evening per above (otherwise standard sirloin please).

Revision of order per above please, to change my friday evening to Welsh Rarebit savoury instead of Lemon tart; cheers.

Put me down for exactly the same as PhilW - if I'm not too late!

uncle tom wrote: ↑13:32 Thu 25 Sep 2025 Put me down for exactly the same as PhilW - if I'm not too late!

Thx - done.

Hurrah!

Many thanks everyone. Food order has been submitted. Images of the order for each sitting are below - if you spot an error let me know.

The use of spreadsheets for food orders is a thing of beauty.

I love the spreadsheet food order. It makes it quick and simple to review.

I have spotted some corrections please:
Thursday lunch - please could I have my steak medium-rare
Friday lunch - no cheese required

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑08:45 Sun 28 Sep 2025 I love the spreadsheet food order. It makes it quick and simple to review.

I have spotted some corrections please:
Thursday lunch - please could I have my steak medium-rare
Friday lunch - no cheese required

Thanks Alex. Must have made the image before I spotted the missing medium rare, as I did include MR for the Thursday steak in the version that I sent to B&F.
Friday no cheese - noted.