Taste South East Cornwall Events 2012
NEWS FLASH!!!
We are thrilled to announce that the very first Looe Festival of Food and Drink is to be held on the weekend of June 23rd and June 24th 2012, 10am-5pm daily.
Located in a custom designed marquee on the Millpool car park on the banks of the East and West Looe River this weekend will feature leading Cornish Food and Drink producers & suppliers plus Chefs cookery demonstrations, seafood prepping demonstrations and a whole bunch more!
In the first instance please contact Danny Gill 01503 269209 for show enquiries and Joss Platt on 01503 262334 for press enquiries
Tuesday February 14th, Valentine's Day at Blue Plate in Downderry, 4 courses £35, call 01503 250308 to book! http://www.blueplatecornwall.com/ for further information.
Saturday March 17th, St. Patricks Day, at Blue Plate in Downderry, 3 courses £19, call 01503 250308 to book! http://www.blueplatecornwall.com/ for further information
Saturday April 21st, Cornish Maid Fudge at Porthlevan Food Festival. www.cornishmaidfudgepolperro.co.uk
Tuesday May 15th, 2nd annual Asparagus dinner at Blue Plate in Downderry, 4 courses £29, call 01503 250308 to book! http://www.blueplatecornwall.com/ for further information.
Special Edition Diamond Jubilee Cake Fudge available now... www.cornishmaidfudgepolperro.co.uk
Thursday June 7th -- Saturday June 9th, Cornish Maid Fudge at Royal Cornwall Show.
Monday July 16th, Cornish Maid Fudge at Stithians Show.
2011 Previous events
Saturday December 17th, Downderry Farmers Market-Christmas Fayre, Downderry WMC 10am-noon
Monday November 7th, 'A Night of Love'.
Very sadly one of TASTE's founding members Nick Love passed away in May at his home. Nick did an incredible amount of great work for tourism in SE Cornwall both in his beloved business 'Trawlers on the Quay' with partner Mark Napper and for numerous tourism associations most notably with SECTA for many years.
In his honour and memory we held a 'Night of Love' at Trawlers on the Quay on Monday November 7th with the profits of over £900 going to set up the 'Nick Love Foundation'. Each year we will give an award in his name to the most promising youngster from our one of our membership businesses. Watch this space for further details on the award.
Monday November 7th onwards - Professional MasterChef - BBC2 - 8.30pm - Follow Benjamin Palmer, Executive Chef, Barclay House as he battles it out against other top chefs!!! Call 01503 262929 for details.
From Tuesday 8th November..TASTE members are getting involved in this year’s award winning Munchtime Express. For those not in the know, local restaurants join the lunchtime train from Looe to Liskeard, return, to feed the passengers with tasty nibbles to showcase their restaurants every Tuesday in November. Trawler’s take the lead on the 8th, The Plough at Duloe follow on the 15th, Barclay House take their turn on the 22nd and finally, Looe’s fab Thai, Ocean and Earth, bring up the rear on the 29th. So for just the price of a return ticket, £3.70, or GroupSave (4 people travel for the price of 2 adults), you can enjoy local scenery on one of the most beautiful branch lines in the UK with some fabulous – and free – dishes. To make sure you get a place on the next Munchtime Express, book your seat by calling 01752 233 094 or email railpart@plymouth.ac.uk. The train leaves Looe at 12.46 and returns at 13.50.
Saturday December 31st, 3rd annual Blue Plate New Years Eve Party! Drinks and canapes on arrival, 7 course tasting menu, party favors, champagne and fireworks at midnight, £85 per person, call 01503 250308, limited availability, be quick only one table left as of December 7th! NOW SOLD OUT, waiting list in operation.
Archive
July 10th, 11th - Taste South East Cornwall at Looe Festival by the Sea:
Daily food tastings on East & West Looe Quays
The Taste South East Cornwall crew were central to the Festival with their ever-popular Grazing on the Quay tastings.Visitor and locals alike savoured the flavour of king prawn shooters, tickled their taste buds with oat-coated mackerel burgers or flattered the palate with festival fishcakes! The event was also designed to 'meet the producers'; including Cornish Orchards apple juices and ciders.
If Looe's catch of the day is not your tidbit, then perhaps you could smack your lips and be tempted with Cornish Strawberries dipped in chocolate.
Just some of the local businesses taking part...
- The Old Sail Loft Restaurant - Festival Fishcakes, Cornish seafood with wasabi salad, chocolate & strawberry pavlova
- Barclay House Hotel - King Prawn Shooters, BBQ mackerel with homemade salsa
- Trawlers on the Quay by Barclay House
- Chef Julian Clements - fish goujons & paella
- Blue Plate - Crispy fish taco's, Summer seafood cocktails
- Fishing Boat Lisanne - Crabs & Lobsters, Seafood tartlets
- Squid Ink - Sweet & Savoury Jellies, Scallop & prawn topped with caviar & Spicy Cornish Orchards Cider
- Pengellys Fishmongers - Fish BBQ
- Cornish Orchards - Cider and Apple Juice
- Chocolate Dream Company - Cornish Strawberries kebabs & chocolate fountain
Mothers Day March 14th - Brunch at Blue Plate, Downderry, a new tradition begins, 11am-3pm. Book now on 01503 250308 or email blueplate@btconnect.com www.twitter.com/blueplate4food or find us on facebook www.facebook.com/blueplate-downderry
Well Cottage Weekends
St Piran's Day Celebration 5/6/7 March 2010
Mother's Day Treat 12/13/14 March 2010
Luxury self-catering with a difference - private chef service - 'simple suppers' delivered to your cottage
For more information see http://www.wellcottagecornwall.co.uk/ 01579 320147
3 November 2009 - 20 February 2010 Haven House Autumn & Winter short break offers
Treat yourselves to a Autumn or Winter short break on either a bed & breakfast or self catering basis. Haven House is a detached house that sleeps up to 6 with spectacular views over the historic fishing port of Looe just 2 mins from the fish market, seafront and restaurants. Bed & Breakfast £32.00 pp per night including full Cornish breakfast using the finest of local produce. The 2 double and 1 twin rooms have either garden, or panoramic river and harbour views,
Self catering 2 nights - £140.00 3 nights - £210.00 4 nights - £280.00 5-7 nights - £365.00
Sleeps up to 6 people plus travel cot & includes all linen, electricity & gas central heating. Call for availability Tel. 01503 264160 or check out our website http://www.visitlooe.co.uk/ 4 star Visit Britain
Our Archive of 2009 Events :
Autumn Festival. Saturday 7th November - Saturday 21st November 2009
Saturdays - 21, 28 November
Pamper Days at Barclay House - Go on - spoil yourself - Breakfast and papers in the Restaurant overlooking the East Looe River - Wash and Finish with Rachael Adams @ Barclay House - manicure - use of gym and sauna - superb light lunch with glass of Camel Valley brut to finish! Just £45 per guest - but hurry! Just 8 ladies per day!
Special Offer’ at Polraen Country House during the Taste South East Cornwall Festival
Polraen Country House Hotel in the Looe Valley has designed a weekend break to enable guests to combine the relaxation of staying at a charming 18th century country house, with the opportunity to sample not only their own fare, but also the delights of local restaurants, food producers and suppliers during the Taste South East Cornwall Food Festival.
Polraen’s Festival Weekend Shortbreak at £150 for 2 includes: 2 nights ensuite accommodation for 2 (Fri/Sat; Sat/Sun; Sun/Mon) Full Breakfasts each day Polraen’s Traditional Sunday roast luncheon. Tel: 01503 263956 http://www.polraen.co.uk/
7th - 21st November 2009
Go nuts in November’ at Squid Ink. They’re seasonal, delicious, and nutritious so why not come along to Squid Ink and enjoy some dishes which celebrate the nut in November! All customers eating at the restaurant between 7th and 21st November will be eligible to enter our Nutty Christmas Hamper free prize draw by ordering a starter, main course OR dessert off our menu or daily specials board displaying the (n) key. Nut allergy sufferers are also catered for with dishes substituting seeds for nuts.
We will also be running a ‘Know your Nuts’ competition which diners can enter by completing the quiz either over pre dinner drinks, dinner or coffee in the bar after dinner and the winner will receive a voucher for a free bottle of House wine of their choice on their next visit. Booking essential. T: 01503 262674. For full menu, prize draw and competition details go to our website http://www.squid-ink.biz/
7 course festival taster menu available at Barclay House, Looe for just £35 per guest or £48 per guest to include three glasses of carefully matched wines. Call us to book on 01503 262929 or visit us on http://www.barclayhouse.co.uk/ - you'll be glad you did!!
Along with all Taste Restaurants Trawlers will feature a special menu throughout the Festival but on every festival day (except Saturday and special nites) we will feature a Tenner fest - a two course meal from our specials board for £10. Call us to book Tel: 01503 263593 http://www.trawlersrestaurant.co.uk/
Festival special at Ginger Lily's - Haunch of venison braised in red wine and port. Advanced booking please. Call 01503 265437 http://www.gingerlilyrestaurant.co.uk/
Trawlers weekly Saturday deli, breads and cakes market
Starts on Saturday 7th November 12 noon to 2pm until Christmas. Coffee and teas available - Mark and the crew have been preparing a wide range of preserves and will be baking every morning new and innovated breads, recipes on our web site followed each Sunday by Brunch and Afternoon teas with Mark’s home made scones, jams and clotted cream
Every Sunday from 8 November
Polraen Country House Sunday Lunch in the Looe Valley with a country garden view - Now offering extended seating in its new conservatory with views over the large country garden, Polraen Country House in the Looe Valley will kick off its winter season in time for the Taste South East Food Festival, offering the weekly tradition of a home cooked Sunday roast lunch starting November 8th. Home cooking, hand prepared locally grown vegetables, Cornish reared meat and a warm friendly atmosphere are the hallmarks of a Polraen Sunday lunch. Apples from the garden & blackberries picked from the hedgerows are key ingredients in Polraen’s yummy home made puddings. And not wanting to overlook their reputation for pavlovas and bread & butter pudding. Offering a choice of 3 meats and a vegetarian option, the 2 course traditional Sunday roast will be priced at £13.95 per person. Advance booking is highly recommended. Call 01503 263956. Service from 12.30, last orders 2.30pm. http://www.polraen.co.uk/
November 16th
Relax and enjoy the special ambience of Trelaske Hotel. Candlelight, real fires, soft music, excellent service and fantastic local food.5 Course menu featuring food grown in our own polytunnels from the freshest vegetables through to homemade tasty chutneys. Rare breed animals from local farms take precedence thus highlighting sustainable farming methods and how Cornish farmers are at the forefront of food production.
Reservations must be made as tables are strictly limited. Call Hazel now on: 01503 262159 http://www.trelaske.co.uk/
Every Wednesday from 11 November
Free freshly pressed apple juice and Wassail cider tasting at Cornish Orchards. Cornish Orchards produces quality hand crafted apple juices and ciders using the harvests of small and old orchards throughout the West Country. We started this activity in 1999, as a diversification of Westnorth Manor Farm (part of the Duloe Manor Estate owned and stewarded by the Duchy of Cornwall). Open from 10am - 5pm. T: 01503 269007 http://www.cornishorchards.co.uk/
Saturday 14th November - Tuesday 17th November
Enjoy a luxury foodie weekend at Well Cottage, Herodsfoot. This extra special package includes dinner at one of our favourite local restaurants, PLUS a personal chef to cook and serve a very special meal featuring local produce just for you, PLUS a selection of local goodies from the best local producers for you to enjoy in your cottage. See our website for further details. T. 01579 320147 stay@wellcottagecornwall.co.uk http://www.wellcottagecornwall.co.uk/
Wednesday November 18th 2009
'Pudding and Pie' night at Blue Plate, Downderry
Casual fun evening sampling 6 sweet and savoury puddings and pies featuring seasonal ingredients
£19.95 per person, 7pm start, to book call 01503 250308 http://www.blueplatecornwall.com/
Thursday 19 November 2009 9am - 4pm
The Foodie Mystery Tour is back! We meet at Barclay House for coffee at 9am, you then board the mini bus to be transported around some of the very best food producers in SE Cornwall. See first hand the passion and commitment that goes into making some of the very best food and produce in the country right here in our own back yard. We only have 14 spaces on the bus so booking is essential. Price £25 per person. Led by Nick Barclay and Andy Parritt.
To book please contact T: 01503 262680 andy@purelycornish.co.uk http://www.purelycornish.co.uk/
Thursday 19 November
Trawlers Taste Cornish Tapas nite back by popular demand with mystery celebrity chef. Call us to book Tel: 01503 263593 http://www.trawlersrestaurant.co.uk/
Sunday 22 November
To end the Festival Trawlers will be having a Cornish Curry nite with live muzac from local artist Jason Smallwood and his spicy backing. Call us to book Tel: 01503 263593 http://www.trawlersrestaurant.co.uk/
Sunday 22 November
Castang Wines and Rowes Honda Christmas Wine tasting – China Fleet Club
Thursday 26th November, 3 course Thanksgiving dinner at Blue Plate, £22.95 per person, 7pm start, to book call 01503 250308 but do hurry, only a few spaces left! http://www.blueplatecornwall.com/
12 to 13 December 2009
Mount Edgcumbe Christmas Fayre - Taste South East Cornwall will be well represented
The Chocolate Dream Company
Trawlers
Blue Plate
Purely Cornish
31 December 2009
Trawlers welcomes in the New Year with the ‘Beach Boys on the Quay’
On the followed by a spectacular firework display on Banjo Pier at midnight
NYE @ Blue Plate in Downderry (sold out) waiting list now in operation, a new tradition begins! 01503 250308
Start 2010 with a Bang! New Years Eve at Barclay House - 7 superb courses served in our AA 2 Rosette Restaurant with Fireworks on the lawn at Midnight and Champagne on the Terrace!! Call to book now! 01503 262929 - you'll be glad you did!
August 14th-16th 2009 TSEC was well represented at Plymouth Flavour Fest with chefs Nick Barclay and Matt Corner giving chef demo's amongst an impressive list of chefs including the Tanner Brothers, Michael Caines and Peter Gorton. Jon and Vicky from Boccadon Farm Real Veal were on hand selling their veal and sausage makers Ansome Bangers were there too. An excellent weekend, massive crowds and congratulations in order to all the organisers, sponsors, suppliers, producers and chefs for putting on such a great show.
Sunday 9 August 2009
Trawlers launch of Beach Boys on the Quay - a month long art exhibition by two inspired young local artists who are influenced by the Cornish landscape and the sea with Pims and Cornish canapés.
Sunday 12 July 2009
Trawlers Tasty Sunday Mackerel sky lunch -
Trawlers Demonstration at the Port Eliot Festival, St Germans - their home port. Mark, executive celebrity chef from Trawlers will be featuring his own unique breads, oat coated mackerel caught in Looe Bay with our own gooseberry and mint chutney, and especially for the Earl a Roddas clotted cream cheese cake with Cornish summer berries
June 22nd
TSEC was out again this month at the Polperro festival, Nick and Jackie from food4myholiday and Richard from Couch's were among the businesses providing food tasters on the village green this past Monday. Good fun in a really chilled atmosphere.
June 4th, 5th and 6th
Great to see TSEC so well represented at the Royal Cornwall show these past 3 days, June 4th, 5th and 6th. Danny and Maz from The Chocolate Dream Company were in The Wedding Marquee showcasing their fine chocolates and chocolate fountain to prospective bride and grooms while Martin and Gayle Sargent from Ansome Bangers were in The Cornwall Food and Farming Marquee along with Andy Atkinson from Cornish Orchards, meanwhile Chef Richard McGeown from Couch's Great House Restaurant in Polperro was doing chef demonstrations in the National Trust Marquee, well done to all!
April 2009
Sam conquers nerves to impress judges in three way cook-off, students from three South East Cornwall schools took part in a cook-off for the title of Taste South East Cornwall Young Chef of the Year 2009 sponsored by Caradon District Council.
Sam Parry, aged 15 of Liskeard School narrowly defeated Gabriella Lake, aged 16 of Looe School and Tom Sainsbury, aged 14 of Saltash School. The competition was held at Trelaske Hotel (by kind permission of residents proprietors Hazel Billington and Ross Lewin) and was judged by Nick Barclay, Richard McGeown from Couch's in Polperro, Chef Ross Lewin of Trelaske Hotel and Carol Trewin of the Western Morning News.
Nick Barclay said “at the end of the day they were all winners, I was amazed at how calm and confident they all were.” Richard McGeown added “I was impressed by the light modern style of their menus, this is the approach being taken by restaurants and TV chefs” Sam’s winning two course menu was Risotto with baked smoked haddock and Lemon posset with rhubarb compote
P.S. Sam got top billing on page 3 above the guy who won this years Masterchef, Mat Follas. Way to go Sam!!
21st July 2011 - 2pm - ITVS' The Ten Mile Menu - Filmed at Barclay House, featuring Celebrity Chefs Jan Tanaka, Phil Vickery alongside Strictly Come Dancing Star Camilla Dallerup and How Clean is your House presenter Kim Woodburn battling it out to be the winning team using produce sourced within Ten Miles of Looe. Barclay House are hosting hosting lunch with aprivate viewing over coffee ---- Join Barclay House for the rest of the month and until 4th August where the menu will feature produce sourced entirely from within a Ten Mile radius. Barclay House, St. Martins Rd, East Looe, PL13 1LP http://www.barclayhouse.co.uk/. Book now on 01503 262929 or email info@barclayhouse.co.uk