Menus & Drinks Packages

Whether your wedding reception is a small intimate occasion or a large traditional gathering, we have experience in organising traditional ceremonies and receptions through to modern themed occasions.

If you have dreamt of a traditional wedding from the toastmaster to a formal wedding breakfast and evening buffet, our beautiful Sir Gilbert Scott Restaurant will provide the ideal setting.

If you are one of the growing couples who are deciding to marry abroad but still want to share your celebrations with your family and friends when you return, or if you are looking for an informal celebration, we have introduced a new specially designed choice of themed buffets for you. So, if you married abroad, we can host an evening celebration with a buffet menu themed to reflect your special day.

We promise to offer something unique and special with a beautiful elegant setting and that extra personal touch to create an intimate atmosphere in one of our smaller private rooms. We can offer an a la carte menu choice for these special occasions.

Wedding Menus
Our chefs have designed a host of menu ideas and choices to suit your wedding whether you are having a traditional wedding breakfast or an evening party on return from your wedding abroad. We offer the best quality food and service to a very high standard.
Here is just a small sample of what we can offer:

Traditional Wedding Breakfast
A sit down served meal from a great selection of menus to suit all occasions.
Seasonal Wedding Breakfasts
Our chefs have created dishes to suit the seasons - warming dishes in Winter and light dishes for Summer.
Evening Finger Buffet
A large menu choice to suit everyone, whether you want a substantial buffet or something different we can help.
Hot and Cold Sit Down Buffet
An eye-catching buffet will await your guests with dishes to suit all tastes.
A Little Bit of Luxury
You can add extra courses, canapés, and petit fours - if we haven't listed it then please ask.
Themed Menus
Whatever your flavour we can accommodate your culinary tastes.
Small and Intimate Menus
Designed for the smaller wedding our menus offer more of a restaurant feel with more opportunity to be creative.
Drinks Packages
There is a drinks package to suit your menu choice, exclusive wine list available on request.
Our drinks selection includes toast drinks as well as a large selection of wines to suit your menu choice. Warm mulled wine for those chillier days and champagne cocktails are just some of the choices we offer. We work closely with our wine supplier to ensure that we can offer you the best wine to enhance your meal.
Special dietary Requirements:
Please inform the wedding co-ordinator if you have any special dietary requirements at the time you make your booking and our chefs will endeavour to create something special for your guests.

Exclusive Use
Exclusive use of The Brownsover Hall naturally offers much more flexibility of arrangements and timings, allowing you to truly create your very own and intimate house party. From 1.00pm on the day of your wedding until 12.00 noon the following day, it allows you and your guests to enjoy the magical romantic charm of the hotel set in seven acres of woodland and beautiful gardens to totally unwind, well away from the stresses of everyday life. Included are our 47 refurbished bedrooms on a bed and breakfast basis and the guarantee that taking the Brownsover Hall for exclusive use would be the only event in the hotel.
Exclusive Use £9995.00 - 2008
Exclusive Use £10500.00 - 2009
Exclusive Use £10995.00 - 2010

Private Pre Wedding Celebrations
To begin your wedding celebrations the night before, simply ask for details of our private dining rooms. For numbers from 5 to 60 guests, our prices start at £50.00 room hire charge and our daily three course table d'hote menu from £22.95
Private Breakfasts at The Brownsover Hall
What better way to say your goodbyes to your family and friends who have shared your special day by booking a private room for a Champagne Breakfast ? Our prices start from £50.00 room hire charge, 1/4 bottle of Champagne to share from £11.50 a bottle.

Package One
£57.50 - 2008
£62.95 - 2009
£67.50 - 2010
Welcome Drink on arrival
Please select from one of the following:

• Pimm's, garnished with fruit
• Mulled Wine, Bucks Fizz

We are sorry that we cannot offer a choice dish for each course, but every assistance will be given to provide for religious or dietary requirements.

Starters

• Trio of Melon On a Strawberry Liquor with Deep Fried Parma Ham & Leaves of Mint
• Smoked Duck & Wild Mushroom Terrine With Red Chard and Mango Salad
• Caramelised French Onion Soup Served with Gruyere French Toast
• Peppered Smoked Mackerel Filets With Tomato & Basil Coulis & Warm Rustic Bread
• Hot Deep Fried Breaded Brie Wedges Served with a Spiced Mango Compote & Salad Leaves

Main Courses

• Roast Turkey With Bacon Roll, Chipolata Sausage, Seasoning and Cranberry Sauce
• Rolled Salmon Paupiette With Pesto & Courgette in a Light Sorrel Sauce
• Roast Topside of Beef Served with Yorkshire Pudding & Roast Gravy
• Supreme of Chicken filled with Stilton Cheese Wrapped in Bacon with Peaches and Flaked Almonds, With Redcurrant Wine Sauce
• Leek and Gruyere Cheese Crown Served with a White Wine and Tarragon Sauce
  * All main courses served with a Panache of Seasonal Vegetables and Potatoes

Desserts

• Profiteroles filled with Vanilla Cream Served with Hot Chocolate Sauce
• Sliced Vanilla Cheesecake with a Strawberry and Kirsch Syrup
• Lemon Tart Served with Clotted Cream
• Freshly Ground Coffee or Freshly Brewed Tea with Chocolate Mints

Selecting the appropriate wine to accompany your wedding breakfast will enhance the enjoyment if your food. Please choose for your guests two glasses of wine from our list:

• 1 glass of Sparkling wine for the toast
• Red ~ Merlot, Rioja, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon
• White ~ Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc

Package Two
£67.50 - 2008
£69.95 - 2009
£72.50 - 2010

Canapés
A Selection of Canapés will be provided for your guests.
Welcome Drink on arrival
Please select from one of the following:

• Pimm's, garnished with fruit,
• Mulled Wine
• Buck's Fizz
• Kir Royale

We are sorry that we cannot offer a choice dish for each course, but every assistance will be given to provide for religious or dietary requirements.
Please make your menu selection from the choices below:

Starters

• Duck Liver Hamper. Filo Pastry filled with Duck Livers, Bacon & Woodland Mushrooms on a Port Wine Jelly
• Tian of Crab, Avocado & Pink Grapefruit Set of a Vine Tomato Coulis
• Panache of Melons With plump Prawns resting over Tomato Bread With a light Lemon Dressing
• Pea & Ham Soup With Smoked Bacon Dumplings
• Wild Mushroom and Stilton Tartlet on a Pear and Walnut Salad finished with a Port Reduction

Main Courses

• Chicken Fillet Flavoured with Tarragon, Garnished with Chestnut Mushrooms, Resting over Leaf Spinach with a Lemon & Sage Cream Sauce
• Roast Fillet of Salmon Served with Warm Saffron Potato Salad and Pesto Dressing, And Complimented with a Parsley & Thyme Sauce
• Herbed Loin of Pork with Bramley Apple Compote, Accompanied with Turned Baby Vegetables & a Roast Basil Jus
• Roast Sirloin of Beef served with Yorkshire Pudding And an Oyster Mushroom & Peppercorn Sauce
• Char-Grilled Mediterranean Vegetables Complimented with Mozzarella & Coriander
  * All Main Courses served with a Panache of Seasonal Vegetables and Potatoes

Desserts

• A Selection of Ice Cream set in Brandy Snap Basket And Drizzled with a Butterscotch Sauce
• Individual Bilberry Cheesecake with a Honey and Crushed Raspberry Crème Fraiche
• Triple Chocolate Truffle with Vanilla Chantilly Cream
• Freshly Ground Coffee or Freshly Brewed Tea Served with Chocolate Mints

Selecting the appropriate wine to accompany your wedding breakfast will enhance the enjoyment if your food. Please choose for your guests 3 glasses of wine from our list:

• 1 glass of Sparkling wine for the toast
• Red ~ Merlot, Rioja, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon
• White ~ Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc

Package Three
£77.50 -2008
£79.95 - 2009
£81.50 -2010

Canapés
A Selection of Canapés and Fresh Fruits will be provided for your guests.
Welcome Drink on arrival
Please select from one of the following:

• Pimm's
• Mulled Wine
• Buck's Fizz
• Champagne
• Kir Royale

We are sorry that we cannot offer a choice dish for each course,but every assistance will be given to provide for religious or dietary requirements.

Please make your menu selection from the choices below:

Starters

• Smoked Halibut & Smoked Salmon with Rolled Asparagus Tips finished with a warm Hollandaise Sauce
• Marinated Chicken , Cherry Tomatoes and Cashew Nut Salad topped with quick fried pancetta lardons and served with sliced granary cobb
• Compression of Duck Studded with Grapes, Warm Potato Salad & Served with a Saffron Sauce Dressing
• Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash soup with Roasted Pumpkin seeds
• Grilled Fennell with Seared Scallops and Plump Prawns Encased in Scottish Smoked Salmon served with a Lemon and Thyme Vinaigrette

Main Courses

• Noisette of Lamb Roasted Pink with a Potato Gratin, Roasted Root Vegetables, Complemented with a Rosemary Scented Reduction
• Beef Wellington Carved Whole Fillet with Duxelle, Wrapped in Puff Pastry and Served With a Cabernet Jus
• Fillet of Seabass Resting Over Buttered Cabbage, Chive Crushed Potatoes With a Salmon Gravadlax Sauce
• Carved Pork Loin With a core of Bramley Apple, Apricot and Bacon Farce served with Rosemary Butter Cream Sauce and Baby Sun Dried Tomato Dumplings
• Boneless Breast of Corn-fed Chicken Accompanied with Dauphinoise Potatoes, Wilted Greens, Roast Shallots & Shiraz Reduction
  * All Main Courses served with a Panache of Seasonal Vegetables and Potatoes

Desserts

• Individual Normandy Apple Tartlet with a warm Cognac Anglaise
• White Chocolate and Rapberry Crème Brulee With Lemon Shortbread
• Rich Chocolate Truffle with Bailey's infused Cream and toasted Hazelnut pieces
• Freshly ground Coffee or Freshly Brewed Tea Served with Petit Fours

Selecting the appropriate wine to accompany your wedding breakfast will enhance the enjoyment if your food. Please choose for your guests 3 glasses of wine from our list.

• 1 glass of Champagne for the toast
• Red ~ Merlot, Rioja, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon
• White ~ Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc

Children's Menu (Aged 3- 17 Years)
Please select from the menu below or children may have 1/2 portion of the Wedding Breakfast Menu with a
glass of Fruit Juice on arrival and 2 soft drinks with the meal.
£17.50 - 2008
£18.00 - 2009
£18.50 - 2010
Or

• Melon Cocktail
• Tomato Soup
• Chicken Nuggets, Chips and Beans
• Sausage, Chips and Beans
• Fish Fingers, Chips and Beans
• Trio of Ice cream
  With a glass of Fruit Juice on arrival and 2 soft drinks with the meal.

Evening Buffet
We will not compromise our high standards by partial catering. All Evening Guests must be catered for
Should you not require an evening buffet for your guests an additional room hire charge of £1500.00 will apply for the evening function. Maximum Number 130 guests.

Please choose a minimum of 7 items from our hot and cold buffet items below to create your evening buffet:

• Chicken Drumsticks £2.25
• Crab Cakes £2.95
• Chicken Satay £2.95
• Sausage Rolls £2.50
• Spinach Pakoras £2.95
• Mini Savoury Eggs £2.25
• Prawn Toast £3.95
• Mini Vegetable Samosas £2.95
• Mini Chicken Kiev's £3.95
• Sandwich Fingers £4.25
• Prawns in Tempura Batter £3.50
• Plaice Goujons £2.95
• Buttered New Potatoes £2.95
• Seasoned Wedges with chive sauce £1.95
• Buttered Jacket Potatoes £3.95
• Home made Coleslaw £2.95
• Mediterranean Rice Salad £2.95
• Tuna and Sweet corn Pasta £2.50
• French Stick £1.95
• Cold Meat Platter inc Boiled Ham, Turkey and Roast Beef £5.95

Hot Buffet Choices

• Meat and Vegetarian Lasagne £3.50
• Chicken & Leek in Stilton sauce £3.50
• Chilli and Rice £3.50
• Hot Roast Joint of Ham £5.95
• Gammon garnished with fresh pineapple £5.95
• Turkey Crown £5.95
• Roast Topside of beef £5.95
  * All prices are per head

Evening Receptions Only
A room hire charge in addition to buffet costs will apply to all Evening Functions when the main Wedding Breakfast is not taken at the hotel.

Corkage
The hotel does not accept wines or champagne on a corkage basis.