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Buffet menus
Celebration fork buffet
We invite you to select your own personal menu by choosing one item from each of the six sections below.
Your choice will be accompanied by a selection of salads to provide a buffet similar to the following example:
- Assorted cocktail sandwiches
- Barbecue chicken
- Cocktail salmon
- Mixed pepper quiche
- Vegetable samosas
- Spicy wedge fries
- A selection of salads
Celebration fork buffet choices
- Assorted cocktail sandwiches
- A selection of open rolls
- Barbecue chicken
- Roast chicken
- Tandoori chicken
- Sweet and sour kofta balls
- Barbecue ribs
- Cranberry sausages
- Cocktail port pie
- Mixed pepper quiche
- Ham and cheese lattices
- Vegetable samosas
- Deep fried mushrooms
- Vegetable pakoras
- Spicy wedge fries
- Curly lattice fries
- French fries
If you wish to select more than six buffet items, further items may be selected at an additional cost.
Combination buffet
Your individually selected celebration fork buffet served together with:
- Chicken tikka masala
- Lancashire hot pot
- Pilau rice and poppadoms
- Crusty french bread
- A selection of salads
The combination buffet offers the opportunity for you to provide both for guests who prefer a traditional fork buffet and for those who prefer a hot supper buffet. Provision is based upon our experience that 60% of guests will normally opt for the traditional buffet.
Hot buffet
- Chicken tikka masala
- Lancashire hot pot
- Vegetable curry
- Pilau rice
- Poppadoms
- Crusty french bread
- A selection of salads
Please note: Alternative hot choices are available upon request
Chaffing dish buffet 1
- Beef and guinness gravy served in a yorkshire pudding
- Salmon salsa verde with cucumber and dill sauce
- Ratatouille gratin (V)
- Potato wedges
- Sauteed mushroom
- Peas and baby carrots in herb butter
- Seafood platter
- Assorted salads
- Continental breads and butter
- Chocolate fudge cake with cream or fruit and cheese
Chaffing dish buffet 2
- Chicken and broccoli gratin
- Pork and leek sausages with caramelised onion
- Cherry tomatoes and woodland mushroom stroganoff (V)
- Crushed potatoes with wholegrain mustard
- Cauliflower and broccoli spears
- An assortment of sliced meats
- Various salads
- Cheeseboard and fresh fruits or fresh cream meringues
Chaffing dish buffet 3
- Chicken korma with pilau rice and poppadoms
- Braised lamb and sage dumplings
- Vegetable tagliatelle (V) with crisp roast potatoes and vegetables
- Turkey and ham cornets
- Various salads
- Chocolate profiteroles and cream or fresh fruit and cheeseboard
Carved buffet 1
- Sliced sirloin of beef
- Decorated fillet of salmon with seafood
- Marinated chicken fillet in orange glaze
- Braised rice with lemon grass and coriander
- New potatoes and chives
- Garden vegetables
- Assorted salads
- A selection of continental bread rolls
- Cheeseboard and fresh fruit
Carved buffet 2
- Sliced breast of norfok turkey with chipolata and stuffing
- Honey roast ham with cranberry sauce
- Smoked salmon and prawn platter with lemon and lime dressed salad
- Crisp roast potatoes
- Bouquetiere of vegetables
- Assorted salads
- A selection of bread rolls
- Cheeseboard and fresh fruit
Desserts
A choice of three desserts may be selected. The optional service of desserts with evening buffets is subject to a minimum provision for 50, or 50% when catering is for more than 100 guests
Dessert choices
- Blackforest gateau
- Fruit trifle
- Mandarin gateau
- Cherry cheesecake
- Chocolate fudge cake
- Strawberry cheesecake
- Blackcurrant cheesecake
- Cheeseboard
Buffet centerpiece
- Whole decorated salmon and seafood platter
- One centerpiece is appropriate for fifty guests
Fish platter
One fish platter is appropriate for forty guests
Canape menu selector
Selection 1
- Mini crostini
- Semi prawn toast
- Mini quiche
- Mini tapas selection
Selection 2
- Mini crostini
- Semi prawn toast
- Mini quiche
- Mini tapas selection
- Chicken with lemon and black pepper
- Mini open baguettes savoury
Selection 3
- Savoury crolines
- Mixed seafood canapes assorted
- Cheese bacon potato shells
- Lime coriander salmon goujons
Any of the above items can be added to your canape menu at an additional cost.
