WITH MICHAEL NORTH

DINING AT GARSINGTON OPERA 2019 SEASON MENU FEASTS, WITH MICHAEL NORTH MENUS TO SUIT EVERY TASTE

It is a great honour to be catering at Garsington Opera for the tenth consecutive year. For our 30th Anniversary Season we We offer a choice of delicious dining To mark this wonderful milestone, we hope to make the 2019 Season our best yet. We welcome back Michelin-starred Chef options to enjoy on arrival and during Step-by-step are delighted to continue our partnership with Michelin-starred chef, Michael North. Michael North whose work with the the interval: The following pages detail the Feasts team over the last three years Pre-performance: various dining options that are Michael North is the owner of The Nut Tree Inn in Murcott, Oxfordshire, and he has has proved to be a winning combination, • A range of afternoon teas served available to book for your visit to been awarded a Michelin star for the last ten years. Michael has spent his whole offering you exceptional standards of overlooking the Cricket Ground Garsington Opera. career in and around Oxford, undertaking enviable positions with Raymond Blanc at dining, to match the artistic quality on Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, with at Mirabelle, and with Michael our stage. As with every aspect of the • Canapés and smoked salmon plates at Please follow these simple steps: Caines at Gidleigh Park. Garsington experience, we have invested the Champagne Bar or delivered to your time and thought into the construction of picnic tent Pre-performance Read through We are pleased to announce a new partnership with TOAD (The Oxford ArtisanDistillery) the menu, including some of Michael’s • Champagne Bar in the Walled Garden 1 our pre-performance dining section for 2019. TOAD Oxford Dry Gin & tonic can be pre-ordered and will be available at the signature dishes from the Nut Tree and choose what you would like Champagne Bar. restaurant. Similar attention has been During the interval: Interval Examine our interval given to the choice of wines to bring you The Feasts Team • A delicious three-course dinner served to 2 dining section and choose what an interesting selection. We trust you will your table in the restaurant marquee you would like enjoy a memorable experience. “Everything was delicious, prepared and served with the skill and attention that • A gorgeous gourmet, traditional, or Wine list Study our wine list and knocks the many other meals we’ve had at country house opera restaurants into a vegetarian picnic served in a tent 3 Nicola Creed choose what you would like cocked hat!” Paul Levy, Arts Journal and food critic overlooking the Cricket Ground, or to Garsington Opera Online booking form Visit your pre-booked table or tent in the Deer www.feastsatgarsington.co.uk Park 4 or complete the enclosed booking • A stunning three-course dinner served form “I am thrilled to be working with Feasts again in creating and developing to a private party in the Cricket Pavilion or

the menus for the 2019 Garsington Opera season. It is a joy to work with Island Pavilion Additional booking forms can be a team that embraces the special environment of such a prestigious event, downloaded from Please note: If you wish to dine in the Cricket from the menu creation through to ensuring the premium delivery of a www.feastsatgarsington.co.uk carefully considered and designed food and beverage offer. The team or Island Pavilions, Chariman’s Tent or a Deer Park tent please book this separately with prides itself on first class delivery, and looks forward to giving you another We regret that no food bookings can Garsington Opera via their website: wonderful opera season.” be made over the telephone. www.garsingtonopera.org or on Michael North 01865 361636 PRE-PERFORMANCE DINING PRE-PERFORMANCE DINING

We are delighted to offer you a “The cream tea and dinner at Feasts was Our canapé platters are perfect to range of afternoon teas to enjoy as excellent as ever. The food delicious and share with your guests before the before the performance, served the service impeccable.” opera, and can be served at the overlooking the famous Wormsley Champagne Bar or delivered to your Cricket Ground. Celebration tea picnic tent. Make your afternoon tea a celebration Pre-performance canapés Afternoon tea by adding a bottle of Deutz Brut Classic Cheese straw with black olive tapenade (v) Includes all of the following: NV Champagne for £67.00 per bottle, Classic finger or choose another Champagne from our Beetroot & goat’s cheese macaron (v) Our own cured salmon with cream cheese wine list Mackerel ceviche on black rye bread Dorset Blue Vinny & fig salami with celeriac Cream tea & horseradish on a remoulade A pair of warm with Rosebud Borough loaf £8.00 per person Preserve strawberry jam & Blackmore Cucumber & mint relish on white Vale Traditional plate of smoked salmon sourdough Classic English breakfast or speciality tea Smoked salmon, buttered brown bread & fresh lemon Sweet treats Raspberry tartlet £6.95 per person £8.00 per person Freshly baked scones Pre-order your Deutz Champagne and Mini chocolate & salted caramel Available to purchase on the day: TOAD Oxford Dry Gin & tonic And to drink A pot of classic English breakfast tea or Cakes Freshly baked, from our selection Please speak to our team prior to the event if speciality tea £4.00 each you need any allergen information on 01869 226671. Our classic finger sandwiches Please note: We are unable to guarantee that £16.00 per person £4.95 per round all of our dishes are allergen free. Serving one guest One of each canapé per person. INTERVAL DINING INTERVAL DINING

A delicious three-course dinner served in the beautifully dressed Long Room Restaurant overlooking the Wormsley Cricket Ground. Almond & honey panna cotta with passion Starters Main Courses fruit & mango Charred asparagus with rapeseed Free-range roasted chicken, asparagus, Treacle tart with crème fraiche & ginger hollandaise & smoked almonds (v) wild garlic & chestnut mushrooms crumb English new potato and pea pressé, salsa Fillet of beef, creamed spinach, pressed Strawberries & raspberries with a verde & radish salad (v) boulangère potatoes, red wine jus chocolate glazed elderflower sorbet (£9 supplement) Gin-cured salmon with black treacle Pear tarte tatin, gorgonzola cream & & buttermilk crumb Pan-fried hake with mussel velouté, new honey walnuts seaon potatoes & wilted spinach British cheese board; Yorkshire Blue, Iberico ham, celeriac remoulade (£4 supplement) & parmesan Waterloo, Kirkham’s Cheddar Pork belly, celeriac purée, sautéed Smoked eel, beetroot salad, apple purée potatoes, apple, pork jus Followed by coffee & chocolates

Sea-bream, herb mayonnaise, saffron £68.50 per person summer vegetables Winterdale Shaw Cheddar, celeriac & leek tart with summer vegetables (v) Please select your wines from the list at the back of the booklet.

Water will be provided for your table free “Feasts were better than ever; delicious food, of charge. good wines and impeccable service.” We have some delicious wines and ports available by the glass or bottle to complete your meal. GOURMET PICNIC TRADITIONAL PICNIC

Treat yourself to a Gourmet Picnic served from a wicker hamper overlooking Our picnic hampers include a generous selection of food, fairtrade coffee & the Cricket Ground or Deer Park. This will be awaiting you at your table during mineral water, presented in smart disposable picnic ware. the interval, presented on country crockery. Just ask your waiting staff if you would like more of anything. Don’t forget to order wine to go with your picnic. Traditional Summer Picnic Traditional Vegetarian Picnic The wine list can be found at the back of this booklet. To Start To Start Gourmet Picnic Dessert Potted Paris Brown mushroom & Potted Paris Brown mushroom & A generous four course picnic with mineral Mango & passion fruit mousse tarragon pâté (v) tarragon pâté (v) water, coffee & truffles. Main Course Main Course Local cheese board First Course Smoked chicken & salsa verde with a rocket, Asparagus, onion & Yorkshire blue cheese Coffee & truffles Wild rabbit roll with redcurrant jam raddichio & green bean salad quiche (v) Potted crab with brown shrimp butter £59.50 per person (for a minimum of two Avocado salad with heirloom tomatoes, Avocado salad with heirloom tomatoes, people having the same main course option) pulses, toasted sunflower seeds (v) pulses, toasted sunflower seeds & feta (v) Main Course New season potatoes with almond & parsley Rocket, radicchio & green bean salad with We offer a choice between; dressing (v) toasted pine nuts & lemon oil (v) Rare roasted beef fillet with beer pickled Breads & sea salt crackers (v) New season potatoes with almond & parsley onions and horseradish mustard dressing (v) Or Dessert Breads & sea salt crackers (v) Severn & Wye hot smoked salmon, chilli & Banoffee pot with honeycomb lime prawns with charred corn salsa Coffee & truffles Dessert Served with Banoffee pot with honeycomb Avocado salad with heirloom tomatoes, Picnic hamper delivered to your pulses, toasted sunflower seeds (v) table - £39.50 per person Coffee & truffles Rocket, radicchio & green bean salad with toasted pine nuts & lemon oil (v) New season potatoes with almond & parsley Our picnics are served in tents overlooking the Cricket Ground. However, if you wish your picnic to dressing (v) be delivered to a tent in the Deer Park please book these tents separately with Garsington Opera via their website www.garsingtonopera.org or on 01865 361636 and make Feasts aware on your Breads & sea salt crackers (v) booking form. WINE LIST WINE LIST

Champagne White Rose 31 Chianti Colli Senesi, Casale £30.00 Red Half Bottles 1 Deutz Brut Classic, NV £67.00 7 Bella Alba Bianco, Trebbiano & £24.00 17 Chablis, Montée de Tonnerre, 1er £62.00 22 Berry Bros. & Rudd, The Wine £29.50 Falchini, Italy, Tuscany, 2015 41 Berry Bros. & Rudd Good Ordinary £21.50 Pinot Grigio, Citra Vini, Italy, Veneto, Cru, Domaine Gérard Duplessis, Merchant’s Provence Rosé, France, 32 Pulenta La Flor Malbec, £32.50 Claret, France, Bordeaux, 2016 2 Deutz Rose, NV £68.00 2017 France, Burgundy, 2015 Provence, 2017 Argentina, Mendoza, 2017 3 Deutz Blanc De Blancs, 2008 £82.00 8 Berry Bros. & Rudd Reserve White £27.50 23 Sancerre Rosé, Brigitte et Daniel £39.00 42 Brouilly, Alain Michaud, France, £24.00 by Collovray & Terrier, France, VdP, 18 Auxey-Duresses Blanc, £72.00 Chotard, France, Loire, 2017 33 Côtes du Rhône Reserve £32.50 4 Deutz William Deutz, 2000 £172.00 Bordeaux, 2017 2017 Benjamin Leroux, France, Rouge, La Famille Perrin, Burgundy, 2016 5 Deutz Brut Classic, NV (HALF) £35.00 France, Rhône, 2016 43 Ch. Cissac, Haut-Médoc, £28.00 9 Picpoul de Pinet, Domaine Félines £33.50 24 Domaine de Terrebrune, Rosé, £60.00 19 Meursault, Les Chevalières, £84.00 France, Bordeaux, 2014 Jourdan, France, Languedoc, 2017 Bandol, France, Provence, 2017 34 DouRosa Tinto, Quinta de la £35.00 Domaine Coche-Bizouard, Gin & Tonic Rosa, Portugal, Douro, 2016 France, Burgundy, 2015 6 TOAD Oxford Dry Gin & tonic £12.50 10 Pale Clouds Sauvignon Blanc, New £33.50 Fortified and Sweet Zealand, Marlborough, 2017 Red 35 Ch. Cissac, Haut-Médoc, £46.00 44 Muscat Beaumes de Venise, £26.50 White Half Bottles 25 Pietas, Carignan, Vieilles Vignes, £23.50 France, Bordeaux, 2014 France, Rhône, 2015 11 Gavi di Gavi, Bric Sassi, Roberto £34.50 France, VdP, 2017 Sarotto, Italy, Piedmont, 2017 20 Berry Bros. & Rudd White £21.50 36 Gigondas La Bastide St Vincent, £49.00 Burgundy by Collovray & Terrier, 45 Ch. La Tour Blanche, Sauternes, £54.00 26 Berry Bros. & Rudd Chilean £27.00 France, Rhône, 2016 12 Quinta de la Rosa Branco, £35.00 France, Burgundy, 2017 France, Bordeaux, 2010 Merlot by Viña Doña Javiera, Portugal, Douro, 2017 21 Sancerre, Les Renarderies, £24.50 Chile, Maipo, 2016 37 Neudorf Vineyards Tom’s Block £51.00 13 Berry Bros. & Rudd White £37.00 Domaine La Rossignole, 46 Taylor’s LBV, Late Bottled £43.00 Pinot Noir, New Zealand, Nelson, Burgundy by Collovray & Terrier, Cherrier, France, Loire, 2016 27 Bardolino, Monte del Frà, Italy, £27.50 Vintage Port, Portugal, Douro, 2015 2017 Veneto, 2017 2011 14 Sancerre Blanc, Le Creux de £42.50 38 L’Esprit de Chevalier Rouge, £57.00 28 Rioja Otiñano, Crianza, Spain, £28.50 47 Taylors, Quinta de Vargellas, £76.00 Marloup Domaine Thierry Merlin- Pessac-Léognan, France, Rioja, 2014 Portugal, Douro, 2002 Cherrier, 2015 Bordeaux, 2013 15 St Véran, Les Terres Noires, £49.50 29 Berry Bros. & Rudd Good £29.00 Domaine des Deux Roches, Non-alcoholic beer (330ml) 39 Vosne-Romanéee, Domaine Guyon, £82.50 Ordinary Claret, France, France, Burgundy, 2016 £4.00 per bottle France, Burgundy, 2013 All wines chosen Bordeaux, 2016 in consultation 16 Montagny, 1er Cru, Domaine £56.50 Elderflower pressé (275ml) 30 Domaine Coudoulet, Pinot Noir, £29.00 40 Ch. Haut Batailley, Pauillac, £82.50 Jean-Marc Boillot, France, with £2.50 per bottle France, VdP, 2017 France, Bordeaux, 2007 Burgundy, 2016 Berry Bros & Rudd

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