Food and Drink

Your Wedding Breakfast

Your wedding breakfast can be arranged at a time to suit. It may be that you would prefer a formal wedding breakfast in the early afternoon with a late buffet and bar, or a light buffet lunch with the formal meal later. We are totally flexible with such arrangements and can arrange the meal times and menu to suit your needs. 

You may choose a formal sit-down meal or a more relaxed hot carvery buffet, but due to the layout of the dining rooms it is only possible to serve the former to a maximum of 50. The buffet style service is ideal for a large number of guests up to around 100, although we can serve up to 130 if required. See below for example menus.

Menu choice can be discussed with William Greenwood where he will do everything he can to offer you what you would like to eat. An exact cost per head will then be quoted.

Please note that outside caterers are not possible.

The exclusive wedding package includes a hot buffet-style breakfast, for all guests on both the Saturday and Sunday morning. Normally this is served between 7.30am and 9.30am but these times are flexible and may be changed according to your needs.

The Bar

The Hall is fully licensed and has a wide selection of very competitively priced fine wines, local beers, including hand-pulled ales, and spirits. We offer a staffed bar which is open through the afternoon until the late evening. Please note that all alcohol must be purchased from us direct.

We regret that no bring-your-own or corkage is permitted.

Drinks Reception

Champagne Toast

Champagne and Canapés on the lawn or in the Hall - to include two glasses of champagne and assorted canapés.

2008: £12.50 per person    2009: £12.95 per person

Pimms

Pimms and nibbles on the lawn or in the Hall - to include two glasses of Pimms and assorted nibbles, olives, etc

2008: £9.50 per person     2009: £9.80 per person

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Table Service

A suggested menu for a sit-down meal for up to 50 guests. Wherever possible ingredients are locally sourced and dishes home-made.

  • Local Smoked Trout with fresh crusty bread and a dressed green leaf salad
  • Grilled Goats Cheese salad with a pesto dressing
  • Fresh melon and seasonal berries

A choice of up to three from the following:

  • Jacobean Chicken, thin strips of chicken, slow cooked in a cream and white wine sauce, flavoured with smoked bacon, thyme and juniper
  • Poached Salmon with Hollandaise sauce
  • Steak and Ale Pie, prime beef with local mushrooms braised with local ale and topped with flaky pastry.
  • Pork Loin Chops in a Calvados and Cream sauce, with a sharp Bramley apple accompaniment
  • Cashew Nut Roast en Croute and cranberry jelly

OR

  • Carvery roasts of your choice – up to two of lamb, pork, ham, beef, and gammon
  • A vegetarian option such as Cashew Nut Roast (as above)

All served with sugar snap peas, fresh carrots, new and roast potatoes, and gravy

  • Lemon Syllabub with shortbread biscuit
  • Fresh Fruit Salad
  • Sticky Toffee Pudding

Served with fresh, lightly whipped double cream

  • Local cheese selection served with savoury Ashbourne biscuits
  • Fresh coffee & chocolate mints

Prices

2008: £21 per person (£10.50 for 3-12yr olds)    

2009: £21.75 per person (£10.75 for 3-12yr olds)

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Carved Buffet

A suggested carved buffet menu for up to 100 guests:

  • Carvery Roast of local Smoked Gammon
  • Carvery Roast Topside of local Beef
  • Coronation Chicken
  • Potato Dauphinoise
  • Cashew Nut Roast en Croute
  • Assorted Quiche to include: Salmon, Dill & Asparagus * Roast Onion & Stilton * Tomato & Goat’s Cheese
  • Local Rare Breeds Pork Pie
  • Spicy Potato Wedges
  • Mixed salads to include: Green leaf with rocket * Tomato and Red Pepper in vinaigrette * Watercress and Orange * Wild Rice and Roast Vegetable * New Potato, mayonnaise and fresh chives * Pasta with olives, cheese and sun dried tomatoes * Fresh Prawns in a Marie-rose dressing * Italian beans and crunchy vegetable * Waldorf

A choice of up to five desserts from the following:

  • Homemade Sherry Trifle
  • Homemade Tiramisu
  • Homemade Lemon and White Wine Syllabub
  • Homemade Sticky Toffee Pudding with hot Fudge Sauce
  • Homemade Fresh Bramley Apple Crumble
  • Chocolate Cream Profiteroles
  • Fresh Fruit Salad
  • Blackcurrant Cheesecake

All served with fresh, lightly whipped double cream or pouring cream

  • Local Cheese selection served with savoury biscuits
  • Fresh Coffee, tea and chocolates

Price

2008: £25 per person (£12.50 for 3-12yr olds)

2009: £25.75 per person (£12.75 for 3-12yr olds)

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Sandwich Buffet

An evening menu for up to 130 guests.  Please note that this can only be taken in addition to an earlier wedding breakfast.

  • Freshly made sandwiches with assorted fillings (Smoked salmon and cream cheese, beef and horseradish, lemon pepper chicken, BLT, brie and apple, etc) on freshly baked bread, bagels, baguettes, ciabattas and rolls.
  • Mixed green leaf salad with cherry tomatoes and French dressing
  • Hot Roast Potato skins with salsa and soured cream & chive dips
  • Chocolate and Strawberry Gateaux
  • Local Cheese selection served with savoury Ashbourne biscuits
  • Fruit Bowl

Price

2008: £13.50 per person (£6.75 for 3-12yr olds)

2009: £14 per person (£7 for 3-12 yr olds)

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