Menu

• Local Suffolk asparagus wrapped in Parma ham (in season)
• Pastry spoons filled with chicken and chorizo
• Smoked salmon and black pepper en croute
• Chilli prawn skewers
• Cream of mushroom tart with Suffolk Blue cheese (V)
• Garlic prawn mini tarts
• Filo Tarts with minted chicken
• Crostini of smoked salmon, lemon and cucumber roulade
• Pastry spoons with goat’s cheese and chopped olives (V)
• Ginger Hoi Sin chicken
• Basket of minted mushroom and crème fraiche
• Rosemary & Parmesan tarts with red pepper (V)
• Feta cheese and bacon tartlets

• Leek & Suffolk Gold cheese mini tarts
• Mini bangers and mash with a gratin topping
• Curried chicken and cracked black pepper
• Crispy belly pork
• Devils on horseback
• Mushroom & Stilton tarts
• Thai fish cakes
• Lemon & turmeric chicken kebab
• Asparagus wrapped in Parma ham
• Bite sized sausages in a honey & mustard glaze
• Chorizo bites cooked in Rioja
• Mini Yorkshire puddings with sirloin of beef and a touch of horseradish
• Skewers of king prawns in a sweet chilli sauce

‘Canape’ type items but hot and definitely more substantial!

Mixed food – ideal for less formal occasions where guests might not be sitting at tables etc, but hanging around, chatting to friends and family. It would all be served to your guests by our roving waiting staff with boards and paddles etc.

We suggest a selection of 7 different items per person (average) for an afternoon meal. or 5 items for a more relaxed evening snack.  This includes the kitchen/cooking equipment required, chef and serving staff.  Additional mini desserts can also be included.

• Pigs in blankets
• Mini cones of fish and chips
• Mini pots of chilli and rice Or veggie/vegan curry!
• Mini cheese burgers Or veggie/vegan burgers
• Mini pots of sausage and mash (sausage bites) and a touch of red onion gravy
• Mini hot dogs with ‘proper’ Suffolk sausages Can be vegan sausages
• Mini chicken and chorizo burgers (with or without cheese)
• Min pots of mac’n cheese
• Mini subs with slow cooked beef brisket
• Mini sliders with pulled pork
• Cheesy garlic breads
• Mini pots of curry and pilau rice Can be veg/meat/fish
• Mini pots of pasta in rich tomato sauce

Or if it’s Christmas time, add in a couple of sweet Christmas treat extras?

• Mini mince pies
• Christmas cake bites
• Mini pots of Christmas pudding and custard

All served with miniature forks, knives and napkins.

For something a little relaxed and more informal why not start your meal off with a wonderful selection of anti pasti items such as those below.  We serve it to the table on wooden boards and platters making for a really relaxed and social occasion and an ideal ‘ice breaker’ if guests are sitting with sitting with strangers!

There is something there for everyone and we serve the boards with the meat items at one end and the vegetable items at the other with the fishy bits and bobs in the middle!

A perfect start for those looking to have a bbq type meal to follow!

Our boards would have items such as:

• A selection of green and black olives
• Roasted sweet peppers
• Mozzarella balls
• Stuffed mini peppers
• A mix of hard cheeses
• Chorizo
• Sun dried tomatoes in olive oil
• 5 different sliced cured continental meats

Served with a selection of 3 different warm breads from:

• Tomato flatbread
• Focaccia
• Cheese-topped flatbreads
• Olive bread
• Rosemary and olive bread
• Olive oil and balsamic

Served as sharing platters to the tables.

To make the event special and to let your guests enjoy the ‘theatre’ of it all, we like to place the giant pans in a position for all to see then cook in front of your guests whilst encouraging them to have their photos taken and engage with us in conversation.

The dishes are always cooked using freshly prepared ingredients and as they only take around 90 minutes or so from start to finish, they are great for flexible timings! If things are running a little late – not a problem and similarly If you arrive a little early and want to pull the timings forward a little.

Our Paella pans will serve a around 120, 80, 55, 30 and 15 people respectively but by using two or more pans at a time, we can cook for more or less any number. Also, you could have 2 different types of paellas cooking at the same time!

• Breast of free range Suffolk chicken, authentic Spanish paella rice, chorizo and saffron with tomatoes, sweet peppers, celery, red and white onion, garlic and Mediterranean herbs and spices.
• Vegetarian – fresh seasonal vegetables with mixed pulses and fresh broad beans, fresh herbs, saffron, Mediterranean spices (not hot), mushrooms (optional) with additional flavor from our very own stock recipe!
• Tiger prawns, (shelled or whole – or both), mussels, Atlantic prawns, white fish, calamari, and clams.*

Served with wedges of crusty breads and a selection of side salads.

Prices are per person including a selection of 4 sides / salads and crusty breads, chef and uniformed waiting staff.

Or – for a rather simpler but very tasty and less formal meal we can serve it with crusty bread and a simple side salad.

Succulent Suffolk, free range chicken breasts and thighs, or Suffolk outdoor reared hog, marinaded in genuine Gyros spices for at least 24 hours before cooking in the traditional style to produce tender, succulent meat served in large flatbreads with chopped salad, tzatziki, etc and served either as it is or with additional sides / salads.

Served as a large, generous wrap with garlic breads or with a selection of 5 sides / salads.

Note: The Gyros spice mix contains mustard seeds and is made in an environment that MAY contain gluten, eggs, milk, soya, celery and nuts.

Simply choose the items you would like

• Skewers of breast of chicken in a Classic Tikka sauce
• Lemon and thyme chicken
• Breast of Suffolk free range chicken in hoi sin sauce
• Flank steak in chimichurri
• Jumbo farm produced pork sausages:
• Pulled pork Louisiana style
• (V) Corn-on-the-cob with butter and cracked black pepper or Cajun spiced butter
• Pork loin steaks in sticky cider and Bramley apple sauce
• Handmade 1/4lb pure beef burgers /cheese burgers:
• Fresh salmon fillet marinated in lime and coriander
• Texas style brisket of beef
• Breast of chicken with a sweet chilli dip
• Sticky oven roast bbq ribs
• (V) Bbq courgette with runner beans, ricotta cheese and a hint of chilli
• (V) Portabella mushroom filled with spinach and mozzarella
• Whole rack (or portions) of marinated bbq ribs as a sharing platter
• (V) Roasted vegetables with either feta or halloumi cheese
• (V) Sweet peppers stuffed with Feta, cherry tomatoes and olives
• Homemade chicken and chorizo burgers
• 5oz rump steak in a marinade of your choice
• Fillet of sea bass
• Home made minted lamb koftas
• King prawn skewers in sweet chili sauce

Served with a selection of 4 sides / salads and bread rolls.

The above can be served in traditional buffet style or as sharing platters to the table.

A reduced evening bbq menu is also available so let us know what you would like and we’ll be pleased to quote! (Reduced selection, bread rolls but no salads and using disposable plates etc)

ALL our meat is sourced from Suffolk Farms.

For something very informal but ‘special’ we can serve a bbq using different 3 different serving stations, each serving a selection of items such as set out below:

Burger station: (2 options)

• 1/4lb pure beef butcher’s burgers
• 1/4lb chicken and chorizo burgers
• 1/4lb buffalo burgers (Meat from the Essex Buffalo Farm)
• 1/4lb goat burger
• 1/4lb bacon and cheese burgers (any of the above)
• Salad garnish
• Onions
• Tomato
• Baker’s baps
• Brioche buns

Sausage station: (2 options)

• Suffolk pork sausages
• Pork and apple sausages
• Chipotle pork sausages
• Honey and mustard coated pork sausages
• Hot dog buns
• Brioche hot dog rolls
• Salad garnish
• Onion

Chicken station: (2 options)

• Gyros
• Jerk chicken
• Lemon and thyme chicken
• BBq chicken
• Chinese chicken
• Chicken satay
• Chicken Tikka
• Wraps
• Pittas

Veggie / Vegan Station (2 options)

• Roasted halloumi
• Goats cheese and roasted vegetables
• Stuffed portabella mushrooms
• Falafel
• Bhajis
• Spicey potato (not TOO spicey!)

Salad and Sauce Station

A selection of 5 sides / salads of your choice plus:

• Gherkins
• Salad
• Sauces
• Salsa
• Mustard
• Mayo Garlic Mayo
• Hot Sauce

A selection of 3 items per station and 3 stations plus Veggie / Vegan station. Additional items and stations can be added at a premium

A rotisserie of up to 40 fresh whole Suffolk chickens, slowly cooked on the spit whilst being bastedwith our own ‘Southern Style’ sauce to produce a sweet and very slightly spicy (not hot) and tender meat – moist and succulent – with the meat almost falling off the bone!

The chickens are cooked in front of your guests for around 90 minutes making it a perfect buffet when served with home made sage and onion stuffing, roasted Suffolk pork sausages, 5 side salads – one of which can be potatoes of any description- and a range of sauces, condiments, and dips.

The chickens can also be marinated with honey and mustard, Tikka, Mediterranean herbs, hoi sin, etc or any other marinade of your choice – or just left to baste naturally! And because of the layout of the rotisserie – you can have two different marinades cooking together!

• This also goes very well as a combination with our chicken and chorizo big-pan-paella!
• Generous portions of fabulous food with your choice of 5 sides / salads
• Or, for a rather simpler evening buffet with crusty / garlic bread.

A hog will feed up to 100 – 120 but for smaller parties we can offer what we term ‘Half a Hog’ – a leg and loin, which is much less wasteful and much better value for money!

Served with homemade sausage sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce, pickle, sauces, condiments and a large floured ‘buster’ bap from our local, traditional baker, complete with a selection of salads from below:

Salads. – A selection of 4 from:

• Mixed green salad with sweet peppers
• Caesar salad
• Tomato and red onion with a balsamic glaze
• Buttered corn on the cob
• Vegetable rice salad with a hint of goat’s cheese
• Sweet and spicy tomato pasta
• Greek salad with feta cheese and black olives
• Beetroot salad
• Home made, minted potato salad
• Home made coleslaw
• Vegetable rice salad
• Tomato, cucumber & coriander salad
• New potatoes in a herb butter
• 5 bean salad
• Roast Potatoes

We also offer a separate option for vegetarians/vegans and always have gluten free baps available.

Veggie options:

• Roasted root vegetables with seared halloumi (or vegan cheese)
• Mediterranean vegetables with roasted halloumi (or vegan cheese)
• Portabella mushrooms with roasted red peppers, tomato and feta cheese (or vegan cheese)
• Vegetable kebabs with a parmesan crust
• Classic bean burgers with sweet chilli sauce

Buffet service or sharing platters.

Minimum number of guests 85 For less than 85 people we would offer ‘half a hog’ loin and leg.

For an evening event of a hog roast we would suggest large floured baps, sauces, mustards, disposable plates etc – but no sides as such.

To Start

A nominated choice of 2 from:

• King Prawns with Garlic and Chilli
• Individual tomato and goat’s cheese tart with beetroot shard.
• Chicken liver pate served with melba toast Classic prawn cocktail with a Marie Rose sauce.
• Smoked chicken and braised leek tartlet

To Follow

A traditional carvery of 3 meats selected from:

• Whole roast of herb encrusted English sirloin
• Roast crown of Norfolk turkey breast
• Whole home cooked gammon
• Whole leg of lamb*
• Whole rump of venison*
• Whole rib eye of beef*
• Whole leg of British pork
• Whole home-baked bone-in ham

Served with new potatoes, baby garlic roast potatoes, traditional crispy roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, roast parsnips and seasonal vegetables.

Accompanied by horseradish, bread and cranberry sauces, mustards and oodles of gravy

We serve this in traditional buffet style with our chefs in the centre of the buffet carving the meat to your plates with the potatoes, Yorkies and side dishes set out to both sides in ‘mirror image’. We then have our Maitre ‘D call your guests to be served two tables at a time, one to the right and one to the left making for a fast, efficient service with no unseemly queues.

This is the perfect choice for those guests with a good hearty appetite! Also good for ‘picky’ people as they can have exactly what they wish!

Served with a dessert of your choice. (Within reason!)

For the price of £47.00 per person. Items marked * may have a supplement according to market prices

We offer a very wide range of dishes that can easily be incorporated in a bespoke menu for your wedding or event.

The dishes below are a sample of what we offer!

Starters

• Home made soup of your choice
• Roasted vine tomatoes and fresh basil soup
• Carrot and coriander soup
• Leek and potato soup
• Chicken liver parfait
• Mozzarello, tomato and basil tower
• Stilton, pear and watercress salad
• Individual tomato and goats cheese tart
• Classic prawn cocktail Marie Rose
• Smoked chicken and leek tart
• Chicken satay salad
• Deep fried brie in breadcrumbs

All £7.50 pp

A fish course can be added for the price of £ 7.20pp

Mains

• Roast sirloin of British beef, Yorkshire puddings with all the trimmings
• Roast Suffolk free range chicken Yorkshire puddings with all the trimmings
• Pan seared salmon with a dill and white wine sauce, potatoes and veg
• Whole sea bass with fennel and herbs potatoes and veg

Our Dessert Menu is below

Vegetarian / Vegan Dishes

• Baked beetroot falafel in warm pitta breads with guacamole, salad and salsa
• Filo pastry parcels with Moroccan cous cous, roasted peppers and feta cheese
• Individual Vegetable Wellington
• Pasta bake
• Individual vine tomato, red onion and goats cheese tartlet
• Potato-goats-cheese-and-spring-onion-pies
• Roasted vegetable and halloumi
• Thai-corn-cakes-with-pickled-cucumbers
• Deep fried halloumi, beetroot
• Carpaccio with tomato and caper salsa
• Caramelised red onion and goats cheese tarte with roasted vine tomato and black olive tapenade
• Spinach and ricotta ravioli
• Baked aubergine stuffed with roast pumpkin, feta & walnut with minted courgettes

Other more traditional dishes such as homemade vegetable curries, 5 bean chilli, vegetable and ale stew, veggie sausage and mash, etc are also available.

We also do lots of fish and shellfish dishes and if this is a preferred option please just give us a call?

As always, if you have any items in mind that we don’t have listed – please just let us know and if we can – we will!

Dessert Menu

• Fresh Local Strawberries and Cream
• Dark Chocolate Torte
• Traditional Apple Crumble
• New York Cheesecake
• Profiter Rolls
• Sticky toffee pudding with warm toffee sauce
• Fresh Fruit Salad
• Classic Eton Mess
• Chocolate Brownies with chocolate sauce
• Lemon Meringue Pie
• Bramley Apple Pie

This can also be served as a Dessert Table with perhaps 5 different choices!

Cheese Board

A selection of 4 British and continental cheeses such as mature cheddar, Stilton, French

Brie, goats cheese, red Leicester, etc served with biscuits, grapes, celery and pickles.

A trio of desserts served on a platter

• Raspberry cheesecake
• Chocolate and praline torte
• Lemon meringue pie
• Mini Eton mess
• Bramley apple pie
• Chocolate and walnut brownie
• Summer fruit crumble (or any other fruit of your choice)
• Ginger and lemon cheesecake
• Tart au pomme
• Cherry bakewell tart

As what constitutes an Afternoon Tea varies so much from one person to the next, we would prefer to speak to you and find out what you would like, rather than discourage you by listing lots of items you may find irrelevant.

But as with all our menus, we are very flexible and can taylor our menu to suit your personal requests.

Mixed food – ideal for less formal occasions and Evening Food at a wedding, where guests might not be sitting at tables etc, but just hanging, chatting to friends and family. It would all be served to your guests by our roving waiting staff with boards and paddles etc.

We suggest a selection of 4 different items:

• Mini cones of fish and chips
• Mini pots of chilli and rice
• Mini cheese burgers
• Mini pots of sausage and mash (sausage bites) and a touch of red onion gravy
• Mini hot dogs with ‘proper’ Suffolk sausages
• Mini pots of cowboy dip with nachos etc This is a dish served hot.
• Mini chicken and chorizo burgers (with or without cheese)
• Min pots of mac’n cheese
• Mini subs with slow cooked beef brisket
• Mini sliders with pulled pork
• Mini pots of curry and pilau rice
• Mini pots of pasta in rich tomato sauce

All served with miniature forks, knives and napkins.

Additional Evening Food Ideas

• Bacon/sausage baps with egg baps for vegetarians with 2 Baps per person (on average)
• Big pan chicken and chorizo paella (For more than 50 people 2 different paellas can be served)
• Cheese boards with celery, crackers, grapes etc
• Mexican chilli con carne either served with rice or in wraps
• Chicken fajitas
• Sweet and sour stir fry with chicken, pork or beef – or vegetarian!
• We could offer any two of the chilli / fajitas / stir fry served on a 50/50 basis.
• Pulled pork subs
• Brisket of beef with chunky French sticks
• Hog roast with homemade sausage sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce etc (Minimum of 80 people). But we can always cook ‘half a hog’ (loin and leg) then serve it together with one of the items above on a 50/50 60/40 basis etc.