Photos from our Summer Soiree

Part 2: Food

Photos below (by Lloyd Dobbie) and the full menu can be seen by clicking here on this post: http://bovingdons.blogspot.com/2010/10/end-of-summer-soiree.html

Tapas station of whole hand carved Serrano ham, Manchego cheese, bruschetta and olives.

Quails egg Royale; brioche croutes, smoked salmon, poached quails eggs and hollandaise

 

Confit of duck with foie gras, Savoy cabbage and pickled peach relish

 Wild mushroom and truffle risotto balls

Black pudding gallette with spiced fig puree and serrano ham

Photos from the Summer Soiree

Part 1: People

Fabulous proffesionals from all over Surrey and London, fabulous flowers by Hybrid, fabulous food by Bovingdons, fabulous lighting by Duncan from Effectevent, all captured on film by fabulous Lloyd Dobbie.

Gathering around a bountiful table with a glass of fizz and great company.

Siobhan Craven-Robbins and Lester Gethings

Julie Gray with Michael White

Antonio Sanzari and Helen Carter

Our kitchen team hard at work

Benita

Solenne

End of Summer Soiree

Last week we threw an End of Summer Soiree at Nonsuch Mansion. A few friends, clients, hard working event planners in need of respite after a busy summer and a chance to take a breath before Christmas kicks in. So what to feed such fabulous people (aside from plenty of fizz)?

We started with conversation point centrepiece: a tapas station of whole hand carved Serrano ham, Manchego cheese, bruschetta and olives.

Followed by canapes:

* Confit of duck with foie gras, Savoy cabbage and pickled peach relish
* Black pudding gallette with spiced fig puree and serrano ham
* Mini beef and Autumn vegetable pies
* Quails egg Royale; brioche croutes, smoked salmon, poached quails eggs and hollandaise
* Crab and chickpea cakes with corned crab, spiced tomato chutney
* Spoons of orange cured sword fish with pickled cucumber
* Wild mushroom and truffle risotto balls
* Shots of warm white bean cappuccino topped with a tomato wafer
* Demi tasse of sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and clotted cream

Photos to follow shortly...