Fully Served Wedding

These menus below are samples that can be interchanged with any of our dishes in the FOOD section.

We cater for dietary requirements.

FULLY SERVED Three Course Menus with Hot Main Dishes

Menus starting from £27.50

MENU 1

Local Manuka wood smoke roasted salmon with cucumber mango salsa & dill creme fraiche

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Chicken breast filled with either bacon, mushroom & thyme filling or

lemon, tarragon, cranberries and apricots, both served in a wine cream sauce

Hot buttered new potatoes, Vegetable of the season

Mixed roasted vegetables: sweet potato, parsnip, carrot, red onion,

courgette, fennel bulb, mixed coloured peppers.

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Meringue baskets with rhubarb fool & starwberries

Chocolate brownie cheesecake

MENU 2
Avocado & crab salad with lemon grass & chilli dressing
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Woolston Court roast leg of lamb, carved and served with apple, cranberry and spices
Potato Dauphinois, (needing second oven £130 including gas)
Glazed carrots, Green beans or Broccoli
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Summer pudding and clotted cream
Panacotta with Grappa marinated fruit of the season

MENU 3

Local smoked duck & avocado with redcurrant & orange dressing

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Salmon en croute with prawns & spinach & a dill cream wine sauce

Sea bass fillet served with sauce of garlic, ginger, vermouth, lemon, fresh herbs and cream

Buttered new potatoes, Carrots or Roasted butternut squash

Local vegetables of the season: mangetout or beans

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Trio of sweets from the choices menu

MENU 4

Seared tuna with Japanese salad and sake soya dressing.

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Sirloin of beef with a horseradish crust served with a red wine sauce or a fresh pesto sauce

Roast potatoes

Carrots and parsnips in browned lemon butter

Green vegetable of the season

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Light lemon cheesecake with butterscotch sauce

Caramel and Cointreau choux buns

All menus include - French bread and butter, Coffee & Tea

SHARING MENUS WITH HOT OR COLD MAIN DISHES

Menus - 2 course from £26.00 per head. - 3 course from £29.50 for 3 courses plus vat

Starters

Sharing platters of Tapas;

Fresh or local smoked seafood, Local Smoked meats with fruit, pickles & chutneys, Our Pates or Mousses

Main dishes,

Roast joints of meat to be carved at the table with jugs of sauce

Mains in dishes for each table

Spicy sweet lamb with tomato onion garlic pineapple juice spices & walnuts

Austrian style Beef Goulash served with creme fraiche

Braised Beef with bacon onion Marsala herbs lemon & cream

Chicken with mushroom garlic bacon thyme red pepper & cream

Chicken Basque with peppers garlic olives tomato & paprika

Oriental dusk with orange ginger garlic lemon grass spring onions

Pork Piedmontaise - tomato mushroom rosemary lemon apricots & Marsala

Mixed seafood in a sauce of saffron wine, cream and lemon

Mediterranian seafood casserole with garlic toasts

Vegetarian crumble of tomato celery nuts fresh herbs and cheese or Spinach sweet potato and ricotta lasagne

Pies: Steak & Ale, Game, fish or vegetarian with our own short crust pastry

All served with hot dishes of seasonal vegetables or Salads and Hot buttered new potatoes.

Sharing Sweets to share from our Sweets in the MENU section

Bowls of Meringues, fresh summer fruits with clotted cream

Profiteroles with caramel or chocolate

Fresh fruit meringue torte

Mousses or cheesecakes

Various Tarts

I cannot praise you highly enough, Claire. From the very outset, when we were planning a wedding reception for 150, you filled us with such confidence and helped us make the right decisions about the food, the timings and all the clever extras that go towards making a fabulous day. We were so very impressed with your experience in catering for so many and thrilled that you managed to produce such a detailed and delicious menu that was served apparently effortlessly. We thought it was very good value and know that many of our guests will be in touch to arrange similar functions with you! A million thanks for making it a memorable day for us all.

Lady Stewart, March 2013

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Buffet Receptions & Parties

Here are 2/3 sample reception buffet menus to give you a price guide.

Below them are four Smaller Buffets for private parties

All menus including bread and butter, coffee and tea.

BUFFETS RECEPTION TWO COURSE

Menus from £23.75 plus vat per head

Our menus are not set - these two course menus can be altered by interchanging from the reception choices, and they can also be preceded with a starter-

see the reception choices

MENU 1 COLD

Baked dressed salmon

Horse radish crusted cold roast sirloin of beef with fresh pesto sauce

Chicken breast marinated in lime, sautéed and served with lime and tarragon sauce

Leek and corn roulade with red pepper sauce

Buttered hot new potatoes

Selection of five salads- from our list in the Choices Menu

Summer pudding

Rich chocolate and pecan tart with a drizzle of maple syrup

Praline vacherin: almond meringue with Amaretto, apricots & praline

MENU 2 COLD

Chicken boned & rolled filled with bacon, chicken breast, gammon, herbs, apricots, cranberries and lemon

or Chicken Tahitian or Chicken Tasman (see choices menu)

Home baked gammon

Cold sliced topside of roast beef

Roasted vegetable & feta cheese tart

Selection of four salads (see choices menu)

Hot buttered Potatoes

Apple glazed flan

Chocolate roulade filled with white chocolate & cream

Lemon meringue cream basket & kiwi fruit, passion fruit & orange

MENU 3 HOT BUFFET

Cornish caught haddock served with vermouth garlic fresh herbs wine & cream

Chicken breast with mushroom, bacon, thyme, red pepper in a wine & cream sauce

Slow cooked shoulder of Woolston lamb with subtle spices & apple

Vegetarian lasagne of sweet potato, spinach, courgette, mixed peppers & ricotta cheese

New potatoes with

With mixed roasted vegetables

Seasonal mixed leaf salad

Winter vegetable salad with fresh oregano and Balsamic dressing

Caribbean tart of lime curd, banana, fresh pineapple and Malibu

Vanilla cheese cake served with a butterscotch sauce

PRIVATE PARTY BUFFET MENUS

All Prices vary depending on numbers of dishes/ numbers of guests/ distance travelled.

MENU 1 - COLD BUDGET BUFFET From £18 ph + Vat

Chicken Tahitian or Coronation Chicken

Our Handmade Pork Pie

Mixed Leaf Salad

Crunchy Coleslaw

Fennel and Radish Salad with lemon, olive oil & parsley

Tomato, red onion &basil with balsamic dressing

Potato Salad with fresh herbs

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Chocolate Roulade filled with white chocolate mousse & cream

Lemon Meringue Cream Basket & Kiwi Fruit, passion fruit & orange

MENU 2 - COLD BUFFET From £20 ph + Vat

Chicken Boned & Rolled filled with bacon, chicken breast, gammon, herbs, apricots, cranberries and lemon or Chicken Tahitian or Chicken Tasman (see list in food section)

Oriental Beef Salad or Seafood Terrine

Roasted Vegetable & Feta Cheese Tart

Selection of Four Salads (see list in food section)

Hot buttered Potatoes

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Chocolate Hazelnut Meringue with raspberry coulis

Light Lemony Cheesecake with butterscotch sauce

MENU 3 - COLD BUFFET From £24ph + vat

Baked Dressed Salmon

Chicken Breast served in lime & tarragon sauce

Horse radish crusted Cold Roast Sirloin of Beef & fresh pesto sauce

Leek and Corn Roulade with red pepper sauce

Hot New Potatoes

Selection of Five Salads- (see list in food section)

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Summer Pudding

Rich Chocolate and Pecan Tart with a drizzle of maple syrup

Praline Vacherin: almond meringue with Amaretto, apricots & praline

MENU 4 - HOT BUFFETFrom £20 ph + VAT

Chicken breast with mushroom garlic bacon thyme red pepper & cream

Spicy Lamb with Pineapple Juice and Walnuts

Spinach Sweet Potato & Ricotta Lasagne

Hot buttered New Potatoes

Mixed winter vegetable Salad

Salad of leaves with French dressing

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Chocolate Tart with fresh raspberries

Lemon Baked Cheese Cake

These menus are all only suggestions, you can interchange

with any of the dishes in our food section to suit your ideas,

taste and budget.

Please contact us to discuss your options.

Hire of china & cutlery for private parties is £2.50 plus vat. Linen separate
.

...I knew from our first meeting that we spoke the same food language. I am very grateful to you for all your advice as to menus beforehand...your careful marketing...and your staff for skill and attention to detail in the preparation and presentation...

Mrs Willis, Pentille, St Mellion, June 2009

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Fine Dining

Price depends on guest numbers and choice of dishes, below is a selection of priced menus.

MENU 1 From £35ph + VAT

Local Manuka wood smoke roasted salmon served with a dill creme fraiche, Cucumber & mango salsa

Chicken supreme filled with chicken, bacon, apricots, lemon, herbs, in a wine cream sauce

Hot buttered new potatoes,

Mixed roasted vegetables: sweet potato, parsnip, carrot, red onion,

courgette, fennel bulb, mixed coloured peppers.

Vegetable of the season

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Praline Vacherin: almonds, apricots and Amaretto liqueur

MENU 2 From £38ph + VAT

Fresh crab cakes served with chilli coconut & avocado salsa

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Woolston Court roast leg of lamb, carved and served with apple, cranberry and spices

Potato dauphinois,

Glazed carrots

Green beans or broccoli

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Lemon almond tart with fresh raspberries

MENU 3 From £38 + VAT

Local smoked duck breast & avocado with redcurrant & orange dressing

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Locally caught sea bass fillet served with sauce of garlic, ginger, vermouth,

Lemon, fresh herbs and cream

Buttered new potatoes

Carrots or roasted butternut squash

Local vegetables of the season: mangetout or beans

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Fresh fruit tarts Coeur a la creme

MENU 4 From £40 + VAT

Seared tuna with Japanese salad and sake soya dressing.

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Sirloin of beef with a horseradish crust served with a red wine sauce or a fresh pesto sauce

Roast potatoes

Carrots and parsnips in browned lemon butter

Green vegetable of the season

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Raspberry & passion fruit cheesecake

All menus include bread and butter, coffee and tea

Cheese board: a selection of West Country cheese served with biscuits and fruit

From £2.60 per person

All menus include bread and butter, coffee and tea

Cooks are all included, waiting staff are charged for seperately.

Thank you so much for the two special parties, which everyone enjoyed enormously and I could relax and look after my guests...the food for both occasions was absolutely delicious and I am particularly impressed that you could conjure up such a wonderful dinner party using my old Aga!

Mrs CM Seager-Berry, September 2011

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Eat While You Socialise

SUBSTANTIAL BUFFET: from £21.60 per person

Selection of sandwiches

Smoke Roasted Salmon Tartlets with Hollandaise sauce

Thai Beef Satay

Ham croquettes

Bacon and Parmesan stuffed mushrooms

Chicken chilli patties with sweet chilli dipping sauce

Smoked mackerel and cream cheese choux buns

Asparagus wrapped in Palma ham

Prawn cheese & dill baskets

Lemon Tarts/ Rhubarb Meringue Tarts/Chocolate Tarts

LIGHT BUFFET: from £18.00 per person

Chicken and watercress rolls with mango chutney

Mini crab cakes with coriander and lime dipping paste

Cheesy scones with caramelised onion & cocktail sausages

Mini beef & horseradish Rolls

Lamb & fresh ginger patties

Home made pork & vegetable spring rolls

Roasted peppers & feta cheese filo tartlets

Spicy beef balls with fresh pineapple

Cherry tomatoes with basil and mozzarella

BUDGET BUFFET: from £ 14.40 per person

Selection of sandwiches

Pizza with mushrooms or pepperoni

Mini Quiches

Thai Fish cakes with dipping sauce

Choux buns with ham, cream cheese and coriander

Bacon and Parmesan stuffed mushrooms

Chicken & Asparagus in puff pastry with sesame seeds

...Claire's Kitchen would definitely be my first choice for any future catering requirements...

Mrs Randall, Diptford, 140 Guests, July 2009

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For Every Occasion

Canapes are £1.80 per canape per person including VAT based on x 100 guests.

Please note that reduced numbers many cost more.

Fresh crab & creme fraiche on cayenne toasts
Chinese crab and mushroom filo parcels with chilli dip
Griddled scallops in chorizo or black pudding
Mini Crab cakes with avocado, chilli and coconut salsa
Smoked roasted salmon tartlets with hollandaise sauce
Lime marinated tiger prawns with fresh mango and cucumber
Avocado blinis with whitebait & creme fraiche
Quails eggs wrapped in smoked salmon
Mini tartlets of Scallop & ginger wine sauce
Hot Prawn and Cheese Dill Baskets
Seafood Parcels in filo pastry
Spicy Thai fish cakes with dipping sauce
Little spoonful's of sausage & mash with onion chutney
Stuffed mushrooms with bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese
Smoked duck and caramelised onion on toasts
Smoked duck around mango
Chicken chilli balls with coriander & red pepper with a chilli dip
Chicken, apricot and Brazil nut balls with coriander & apricots
Mini Cheese Choux Buns filled with bacon and avocado
Quail eggs in Parma ham
Mush room tartlets with Hollander
Spicy Beef Meat Balls with mint & fresh pineapple
Mini Thai scones with rare filleted beef and a chilli salsa
Mini Yorkshire puddings with beef & horseradish sauce
Mini scones with caramelised onion & cocktail sausages
Fresh figs with goat cheese
Quails Egg Tartlets with hollandaise sauce
Roasted peppers & goat cheese filo baskets
Spinach and Cheese Triangles in filo pastry
Cherry tomatoes with fresh basil and mozzarella cheese
Roulade of saffron with double cream Brie
Filo baskets with apple, Stilton and thyme
Filo baskets with leek, spinach and feta cheese
Beetroot on cumin short crust with cream cheese

The meal was really first class. The production and service of it were accomplished with great efficiency and apparent ease. The crab and the venison were memorable and the canapés were unequaled in my experience.

Joy Jones

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Your Evening Food

These prices below include: China, cutlery, napkins, staffing and VAT and are based on x100 guests.

Selection of West Country Cheeses, biscuits and grapes £3.15 per person

Wedding Cake of Cheeses £4.00 per person

Buffet of local cheeses & our three handmade pates £6.00 per person

served with French bread, biscuits, celery, cherry tomatoes & grapes

Finger Buffet :- all hand produced in our kitchen £12.50 per person

Mini beef & vegetable or cheese & vegetable pasties,

Pork, bacon & apricot parcels,

Cheesy scones with onion cream cheese & sausage,

Thai fish cakes with dipping sauce

Chicken satay

Selection of sandwiches

Hog Roast of Pork, Beef or Lamb £8.00 per person

with stuffing, apple, horseradish or mint sauce & large baps from The Upper Crust Bakery, Salcombe,

Including 2 staff to carve and serve (minimum number 80)

Choice of 3 salads from our list of salads £2.75 per person

Bacon Baps 2 rashers of smoked back bacon in torpedo rolls from a local bakery £3.75 per person

Pasties £3.75 per person

Cream Tea: scones, homemade jam & clotted cream, including plate cup & sauce £4.50 per person

High Tea: Sandwiches, cakes, biscuits and scones including plate, cup & saucer £16.50 per person

Thank you so much for all your hardwork on our wedding day. The food was delicious and the cake was beautifully done - just as we wanted!

Jane & Matthew, July 2012

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