CH @ Priston Mill

Cheese Platter

I thought it appropriate to focus on cheese this week as some of our cheese suppliers are supporting the ‘Cheese Festival’ being held in Milsom Place, Bath today. One of the popular choices for evening food at weddings here at Priston Mill is our organic cheese platter. All the varieties are sourced locally and usually include Bath Soft Cheese, Bath Blue Cheese, Wyfe of Bath and Green’s Farmhouse Cheddar. Alongside the cheese board we serve a selection of breads & biscuits, butter, celery, grapes, apples, cherry tomatoes & figs, relishes & chutneys plus a selection of olives, sun blush tomatoes, oils & vinegars with ciabatta and roasted root vegetable crisps.  For non cheese-lovers the platter can be supplemented with pâté and ham. This choice of evening menu is not only attractively presented but is also truly tasty...

Bar

On show rounds I’ve found that, for some people, the contents of the bar can be the main area of interest!

They are reassured to learn that the bar is not only fully licensed and well stocked but that the draught beer and cider is from local reputable brewers – all at reasonable prices, similar to nearby Country Pubs.

Favours

An invitation to a friend’s wedding in South Africa just had to be accepted, for work research purposes of course!

I have to admit we don’t have such an amazing, unique back-drop here at Priston Mill for photographs (Table Mountain!) and that sushi isn’t on our menu, but apart from that I felt quite at home –professional, friendly service, wonderful cuisine, beautiful flowers, delicious wedding cake........

Our friends’ idea, of a compilation CD of their favourite love songs as a favour, was a great one – especially for us. We had no other discs for our hire car and, with their CD on repeat, by the end of the trip we had learnt their tunes off by heart.

It was brilliant to be part of Charlie & Carel’s celebrations with their family and friends. We wish them well for their future together - even though they didn’t choose Priston Mill :-)  as their wedding venue - and thank them for a fantastic and memorable day.

Looking Ahead

With the summer wedding season now behind us, it is time for the catering team to start discussing ideas for new dishes to feature in the next brochure. The chefs enjoy creating fresh, contemporary menus and although the current dishes are still available, they like to offer alternative choices each year. I can personally vouch for the Trio of Lemons, which was added to the Avalon Menu last year which really does taste as mouth-watering as it looks. As you can imagine, I am already looking forward to trying out their ideas…..