A delicious English tasting menu for one night only at Colette’s at The Grove, Hertfordshire

May 18, 2012 - PRLog -- (May 2012):   As a weekend visitor to The Grove in Hertfordshire, when it was the seat of the Earls of Clarendon, Queen Victoria would definitely have been amused by Chef Russell Bateman’s one-off tasting menu for her great-great-granddaughter’s Diamond Jubilee.

For one night only, Colette’s restaurant, holder of 3 AA Rosettes and highly praised in the 2012 Good Food Guide, is inviting guests to enjoy a delicious dinner to celebrate sixty years of Her Majesty’s reign  - and all things gloriously British.   Colette’s is normally closed on Mondays, but will open especially on the evening of Monday 4th June for dinner.

Chef Bateman’s skill is to combine classic and more adventurous flavour combinations, giving his dishes a very personal signature and this special menu demonstrates his talent in abundance.  It features his interpretations of classic British dishes, for example, for the fish course, Russell has re-interpreted Coronation Chicken, and created Coronation Turbot, using wild net-caught turbot, with curry seasoning, coriander cress, sliced wet almonds, Granny Smith apple batons, spring onion curls and apple mayonnaise.

The menu uses local ingredients and fruit and vegetables from the hotel’s kitchen garden in the estate’s original Walled Garden.  Appropriately, the wine list will also feature vintages sourced solely from the Commonwealth

Colette’s is set in the elegant former entrance hall of the Grade II Listed Mansion at the heart of The Grove.  It opens onto a large terrace with views over the estate to the lake and the Grand Union Canal – a suitably serene and elegantly relaxed setting in which to raise a glass to Her Majesty and to savour a meal to remember.


The Queen’s Jubilee Dinner menu at Colette’s

Nibbles & English sparkling wine
Pea & Ham
Cornish Crab Cocktail
English Asparagus, Egg, Soldiers
Coronation Turbot
Roast British Beef Fillet, Yorkshire Puddings
A selection of English Cheese
Granny Smith Apple Crumble
Trifle

Queen Victoria celebrated her own Diamond Jubilee in 1897, when The Grove was one of the great political houses and a hub of power.  Colette’s guests will follow in her footsteps and enjoy a meal to remember on 4th June – priced from £85 per person.  

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For reservations please call 01923 296015 or book online at www.thegrove.co.uk/food
The Grove, Chandler’s Cross, Hertfordshire WD3 4TG

Press information:  
Jennifer Ellis/Lucinda Buxton, Mango PR | jennifer.ellis@thegrove.co.uk | 0207 421 2500

NOTE TO EDITORS

The Grove- London’s Country Estate – (Condé Nast Traveller UK Leisure Hotel and AA Hotel of the Year winner) is just 18 miles from Central London, with stunning contemporary interiors and relaxed friendly service.   Sequoia, the spa, was voted Best Spa in the World at The Telegraph Ultra Awards in 2009.  With three restaurants and 300 private acres – including a private OFSTED registered kids club, woodland, formal gardens, a canal, 3 swimming pools, tennis courts, a beach and the kitchen garden in the Walled Garden, the options for quality time are endless.  www.thegrove.co.uk