We are very experienced and provide high quality food which is always beautifully presented with extremely efficient service and attention to detail. Please look at our Testimonials page to read all the comments made by happy customers.
Our raw ingredients are locally sourced wherever possible, from reliable West Country producers and suppliers.
The lamb and beef is often from our own farm, along with seasonal vegetables and herbs. Fresh seafood comes from the coastal waters of Devon and Cornwall and occasionally straight from Salcombe. Cheeses, smoked meat and fish products are selected from West Country producers. Claire's brothers farm in East Devon supplies us with young farmed venison and bison.
We do not buy in prepared dishes. All our dishes are handmade from raw ingredients in our professional kitchen.
Definitely. We are very aware of the massive organisation that goes into planning an event and pride ourselves on getting the details right for you. With a site meeting, we are able to go through many ideas that would work well in the available space, to arrange timings, and recommend various companies that we regularly use to assist you in completing the picture. Our links page will list some of these companies. You can contact them yourself, or you can leave it all to us to arrange directly.
Our efficient and friendly staff serve the food. They are experienced in providing a high quality service. They have been trained as a team to be attentive, but unobtrusive, and look smart in one of our uniforms to suit your event.
Our staff will usually clear until the coffee cups are all stacked away, and finish at an agreed time near the end of the event. Any further clearing the next day can be arranged but will be charged for in addition.
We find that people usually like to provide their own wines but we can provide a wine list if required. We have very experienced wine waiters to assist with serving your drinks. Additional costs would include ice and pre-chilling of drinks. We do not charge corkage.
We work with a reputable local company called South West Event Hire, who can provide a wide choice of differing styles of crockery, cutlery, glassware, linen and table hire. After a consultation with you, we shall order the equipment for you and all you need to do is pay them directly prior to the event.
After reading through our brochure and menus, we would normally suggest a meeting with you to discuss fine details and to go through possible dishes. We then send you an estimate based on a suggested number of guests. If you are happy with the price we then ask for a deposit in order to secure the booking. Then we liase with you to fine-tune the details in preparation for your event.
We endeavour to make our estimates as clear as possible and adapt to all budgets. There are usually three aspects to the costs:
- The menu;
- The hire of crockery, cutlery, glass ware and linen;
- The waiting staff.
We will charge a management fee if we are left to organise the whole occasion. Extra costs include napkins, supplementary ovens and refrigeration for certain outside venues.
We do include the provision of a certain amount of equipment with in our menu cost - i.e. water boilers, some ovens, gas burners and charcoal spit roast machines.
We cater anywhere in the South West. The distance depends on the number of guests, timings to a certain extent and available budget.
