David Courtney-Jones: Cert-Ed: MIH:FWMCS:

Master Caterer Executive Consultant Chef / Freelance Chefs Services

Professional Chefs Section


Please scroll down for all menus (20+ on this page)

These menu,s may be described as Modern British, although I am constantly broadening my horizon and striving to provide my customers with a new and innovative style of cuisine.



Al La Carte Menu

Risotto of White Onion

Baby onion petals and pickled girolles

roasted Diver-Caught Scallop

Black pudding, minted peas, caramelised cauliflower

Gloucester Pork Belly

Celeriac remoulade, pickled pearl onions,
honey and mustard dressing

Organic Salmon Mi-Cuit

Spiced lentils, confit foie gras, fig chutney and vanilla jus

Niçoise potatoes, caper and raisin purée,
basil infused lamb jus

Selection of artisan Cheeses
(£5.50 supplement)
Homemade chutney, celery and grapes

Sussex Pork Belly

Celeriac remoulade, pickled pearl onions, honey and mustard dressing

Salad of Cured Welsh Beef

Baby artichoke, ox tongue, truffle cream, walnut and chervil dressing

Main Course:

Slow roasted Fillet of Beef

Creamed cabbage, glazed carrots, sautéed wild mushrooms and hermitage sauce

Canon of Sussex Lamb

Niçoise potatoes, caper and raisin purée, basil infused lamb jus

Roasted Sussex Sea Bass

Confit potatoes, creamed celeriac, red wine shallots, bacon and hazelnut dressing

Pan Fried Dorade royal

Sautéed scallop, crushed potatoes, fennel purée and light vanilla foam

Poussin Poche-Grille

Leg boudin, shallot tarte fine, smoked sweetcorn and cèpe velouté

Braised turbot

Horseradish purée, roast salsify, oxtail persillade

Sweets

Almond Pannacotta

Gingerbread foam

Valrhona Chocolate Fondant

Carnation mousse, toffee and fleur de sel ice cream

Macerated grapes, prune purée and sherry caramel

Table d'hote Sample Menu 1


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Scallops (basil marinated scallops with roast fresh almonds and courgettes with almond mousse)
Potato soup (potato soup with duck consomme and salad of duck tongues and sorrel leaf)
Summer truffle (truffled ratte potato and artichoke salad with summer truffle vinaigrette and parma ham)
Red mullet (pan-fried red mullet fillets with tomato confit tarte fine, avocado and tomato vinaigrette)
Rabbit (rabbit confit with carrot and sauternes jelly, carrot and tarragon salad)
Langoustines (roast langoustines with peas, pea puree and braised veal shin)
Foie gras (roasted foie gras with beetroot pickle, red salad leaves and beetroot syrup)
Brandade (salt cod brandade with caviar, pickled cauliflower, dill jelly and dill vinaigrette)

main
Turbot (roast urbot with asparagus mousse, chervil pasta and chervil sauce)
Sea Bass (roast fillet of sea bass with roast baby squid, tomato confit and courgette and tapenade beignet)
John Dory (John Dory fillets with langoustine beignet, pea shoots, apricot puree and orange vinaigrette)
Lobster (native lobster with jabugo ham, rosemary and fresh apple juice)
Pigeon (steamed with thyme, chestnut veloute and cannelloni, soft lettuce)
Veal (roast veal fillet with carrot sauce and veal sweetbreads)
Pigs head (braised pigs head with pork belly, stuffed trotter, celeriac lasagne and puree)
Chicken (slow roast chicken breast with poached frogs legs, parsley macaroni, pearl barley and parsley sauce)

dessert
Strawberry (poached and fresh strawberries with strawberry tuile and strawberry ice cream)
Pineapple (pineapple roasted with vanilla and rum, pineapple jelly)
Mango (mango rice with coconut creme)
Pear (roast pear with pain d'epices millefeuille and pear sorbet)
Chocolate (cherry mousse with chocolate marquise, sorbet and creme brulee)
Caramel (caramel parfait with almond mousse and caramel sauce)
Palm sugar (palm sugar and jasmine creme cassonade with jasmine ice cream)

Table d'hote Sample Menu 2

Starters

Day boat turbot, green mango, mint and toasted peanuts
Velouté "parmentier", caviar and egg mimosa
Roasted diver scallop, cauliflower purée and blood orange, Grenobloise
Oysters "land and sea", salsify, cucumber and ginger
Périgord black truffle. Preparation changes daily, limited availability
Pannacotta of sea urchin, seaweed gelée and potato tuiles
Winter fruit and vegetables, braised Limousin sweetbread and walnuts
Lemon and caper risotto, spider crab and fresh herbs
Pan seared foie gras, espresso syrup and amaretto foam

main
Wild line caught bass, trumpet purée, snow peas and shellfish ravioli
Slow cooked Atlantic cod, chorizo chutney, ajo blanco and paella
Saddle of venison, Swiss chard, parsnip and chocolate
Braised and roasted pork, polenta, black pudding and parmesan foam
Dover sole meunière (for two), crushed potatoes and red chard salad
Cavatelli, pig's cheek, wild mushrooms and vacherin
Rack and saddle of milk fed lamb, goat's cheese gnocchi and carrots confit
English rare breed rib of beef (for two) potato mousseline and winter greens
Classic cuisine, preparation changes daily, limited availability

dessert
Selection of desserts daily.

Table d'hote Sample Menu 3

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Seared foie gras coffee and amaretto
Chilled 'poule-au-pot' salt-cured foie gras and toast
Local heirloom tomatoes preparation changes daily
Almond gazpacho smoked shrimp and tomato sorbet
Berkshire crayfish girolles and herb velouté
Watermelon carpaccio goat's milk feta and rocket
Wild trout with English peas beurre rouge and mustard emulsion
Saddle of Lincolnshire rabbit snails, squid and bean salad

main
Chef's Garden
A dish made for you from the best seasonal vegetables
Fish and Shellfish
Broiled red mullet ricotta gnocchi and tapenade
Roasted John Dory shellfish and bouillabaisse
Slow-cooked Atlantic cod
Jabugo and squid in a salad

Meat and Poultry
Chicken for two lemon and thyme, summer mezze
Welsh lamb shoulder and sweetbreads 'à la bouquetière'
English rib of beef for two mash and condiments
Classic cuisine preparation changes daily

dessert
Peach Melba; almonds and raspberry cotton candy
Araguani baba; whipped cho-colate and cherries
Millefeuille; vanilla bavaroise and strawberries
Fromage blanc soufflé apricots and toasted almond ice cream
Classic dessert; preparation changes daily, limited availability
A selection of ice creams and sorbets
preparation changes daily
A selection of cheeses served from the trolley

Table d'hote Sample Menu 4

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Terrine of duck foie gras, warm brioche
Light crayfish velouté, morels and chervil
Escoffier consommé, truffle and green leaf salad
Blue Scottish lobster salad

main
Green spring vegetable and herb risotto, sautéed petals and grated Cheshire cheese
Grilled halibut, steamed clams, young carrots, raw spring onions and isle of wight garlic leaves
Wild garlic crusted Dorset Shedbush farm lamb, seared spring vegetables, Jersey royal potatoes
Red Tofrey farm chicken in three services: breast cooked with new season onion and wild mushrooms, leg slowly cooked and served with Kentish spring leaves crop and toe consommé

dessert
Rolled swiss chard crumble, milk and sultana reduction
Bitter orange soufflé served with sugared doughnuts
Tender dark chocolate and praline finger
Selection of British and French cheeses

Table d'hote Sample Menu 5

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Warm langoustine salad
Clam & spring vegetable risotto
Ballontine of duck & foie gras

main
Pithivier of blue cheese, spinach & walnuts
Assiette of spring lamb with pomme puree, carrot & garlic jus
Paillard of monkfish with crab ravioli, buttered fennel & shellfish bisque

dessert
Cherry clafoutis with cherry compote & vanilla ice cream
Hot chocolate souffle with a caramalised raspberry sauce
Selction of four cheeses

Table d'hote Sample Menu 6

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Roast foie gras with a sweet and sour citrus glaze, candied pear, rhubarb compote, honeycomb and orange
Ballotine of guinea fowl, sweetbreads and morels with grilled spring leeks, asparagus, hazelnuts and dandelion
Lasagne of devon crab with a cappuccino of shellfish and champagne foam
Salad of spring vegetables with a deep fried duck egg, watercress jellies, pea shoots and herbs

main
Fillet of halibut with a beaufort crust, wild mushroom crepe, roast chicken juices and puree of truffle
Cannelloni of broad beans with asparagus, morels, new seasons onions and peas
Rib or fillet of dry aged ayrshire beef with a truffled potato rösti, red wine glazed shallots and bone marrow
Braised veal cheek with a croustillant of the rump, white asparagus, broad beans, veloute of bay and morels
Herb crusted saddle of lamb with spring onion puree, artichokes, balsamic vinegar and olive oil
Pot-au-feu of pigeon from bresse with a truffled liver ravioli, smoked pigeon consomme, fricassée of peas and madeira

dessert
Truffled honey parfait with warm roasted pear, caramelised wafers and a truffled hydromel jelly
Warm sable of bitter chocolate with mint ice cream and smoked chocolate sauce
Thyme and orange soufflé with bay leaf ice cream and rosemary and citrus macaroons
Irish coffee baba, espresso creme brulee, mocha souffle and a coffee, cocoa and vanilla trifle

Table d'hote Sample Menu 7

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Latiang ; crab and chicken egg nets with caramelised coconut
Yam dtakrai; salad of lemongrass and chillies with cashew nuts, dried prawns, pork and squid
Yam plaa fuu; salad of crispy salmon cakes with green mango and chillies
Yam pak; salad of assorted thai vegetables dressed with tamarind, palm sugar and sesame seeds
Larp kao krua bpet; minced duck with chillies and roasted rice
Yam makreua pao; salad of grilled silken aubergines with eggs and dried prawns
Yam hua bplii sai gai; salad of poached chicken with grilled banana blossoms
Dtom yam hoi malaeng puu; hot and sour soup of mussels with tomatoes, chillies and coriander
Geng jeut gai sap het huu nuu; clear soup of minced chicken with cloud's ear mushrooms and asian celery
Dtom khaa het; coconut and galangal soup with wild mushrooms
Nahm prik gung; spicy relish of shrimp paste and prawns with sweet pork, grilled mackerel and acacia omelette
Lon dtow jiaw; yellow beans simmered in coconut cream with ginger and shallots served with deep fried eggs and white turmeric
Geng macquaem gradtaai; northern curry of rabbit with prickly ash pepper and green melon
Geng gari gai; aromatic curry of chicken and jersey royal potatoes with cucumber relish
Geng maarinaara; rich yellow curry of red mullet
Geng sap nok nok gradtaa; minced quail curry with ginger and kaffir lime leaves
Geng kaek neua; spicy southern curry of 'long horn' beef with cumin, cassia and corn peppers
Luk chin plaa pat; stir fried pike dumplings with young chillies and kaffir lime leaves
Uu pat miang; stir fried 'middle white' pork with dried prawns, ginger, peanuts and tamarind
Neua pat gung haeng; 'long horn' beef stir fried with chillies and dried prawns
Plaa meuk pat chaa; squid stir fried with chillies and holy basil
Pad plaa kem lae pak kanaa; stir fried chinese broccoli with salted fish
Plaa pat dtow jiaw; monkfish stir fried with yellow beans, shredded ginger and spring onions

Table d'hote Sample Menu 8

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Prosciutto Passamonti con panzanella (sliced cured 'Passamonti' ham with 'Panzanella')
Capesante e gamberoni allo zafferano (pan fried scallops and prawns with saffron vinaigrette)
Carpaccio di manzo con parmigiano (thinly sliced Scotch beef with rocket and parmesan)
Spinaci con porri, carciofi e pecorino (baby spinach, leeks and artichokes with 'pecorino' cheese)

main
Linguine con aragosta e scampi (flat spaghetti with lobster and langoustine)
Linguini alla bottarga con tonno e timo (spaghetti with 'Bottarga', tuna and thyme)
'Fiorentina' (roasted 'Fiorentina' T-bone with bone marrow sauce)
Anatra arrosto con mostarda di frutta (roasted duck with mustard fruits)
Cotoletta di vitello alla Milanese (veal cutlet 'Milanese' with aubergine 'Parmigiana')
Merluzzo con lenticchie e persiade (Icelandic cod with lentils and parsley sauce)

dessert
Pannacotta con rabarbaro e basilico ('pannacotta' with rhubarb and basil sugar)
Pastiera Napoletana (ricotta and lemon cake with candid fruit)
Tortino al cioccolato con gelato al gianduia (chocolate fondant with gianduia ice cream)
Selezione di formaggi (selection of cheeses)

Table d'hote Sample Menu 9

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Duck consommé with confit duck tortellini on Swiss chard
Mosaic of smoked ham hock with green bean and ox tongue salad in a mustard dressing
Potato gnocchi with roasted ceps, rocket leaves in Parmesan
Loin of tuna rolled in herb with a salad of moulis and mustard cress
Grilled tranche of foie gras served with a warm chausson of apple and dates
Risotto of Cromer crab with sautéed radicchio and basil oil
Aubergine parmigiana layered with tomato and mozzarella
Tortellini pumpkin with mustard fruits and sage butter emulsion

main
Fillets of John Dory with a cauliflower puree, sauté potato, smoked red wine sauce
Monkfish tail with a lemon and tarragon risotto, roasted crevette grise
Fillet of halibut with pomme boulangère, braised leeks and mushroom bouillon
Line caught sea bass with aubergine crisps, confit tomatoes and Tonnatore single estate olive oil
Caramelised Moulard duck breast, spiced red cabbage, buttered baby navets and crushed dragees
Breast of red leg partridge with celeriac and sweet corn, partridge sauce with hazelnut oil
Best end of lamb with rosemary roasted pumpkin, puy lentils and a lamb jus

dessert
Roasted figs with zabaglione and spiced tapioca
Prune and Armagnac soufflé with chocolate macaroon
Millefeuille of quince and vanilla
Citrus croquant with lemon sorbet and an orange caramel sauce
Chocolate parfait, orange marmalade and orange sorbet
Baked vacherin with confit new potatoes
Cinnamon sable layered with pear and rhubarb, vanilla rice pudding with walnut ice cream

Table d'hote Sample Menu 10

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A smooth soup of white haricot beans with a truffle oil
and chive foam, bacon toast

A salad of sliced fresh wood pigeon with wild mushroom and
Crisp pancetta, drizzled with a warm pine nut
And shallot dressing

main courses

Gently pan-fried fillets of fresh skate served on nutmeg spinach
Leaves with a light casserole of fresh mussels
Spiked with parsley and lime

Roast breast of fresh farm chicken on honey roasted root vegetables with creamed mustard potatoes
complemented by a sherry vinegar sauce
 

dessert

Hot passion fruit soufflé accompanied by milk chocolate
chip cream and crisp tuille biscuit

A selection of British farmhouse cheeses,
served with fruit and biscuits

Table d'hote Sample Menu 11

Starters
Veloute of local scallops and royal bay oyster with cucumber and ginger emulsion
Foie gras parfait with betroot jelly, blood orange slad, toasted salad
Truffle scented butter nut squash soup

Main Course
Pot brised maize fed chicken in Sauternes, new season peas and herb gnocchi
Fine tart of woodland mushrooms with globe artichoke, rocket and parmesan reggiano
Poached organic salmon, fennel "ceviche", macaroni of local crab and sauce "vierge"

Desserts
Delice of Valhrona's Caraibe chocolate with cherry sorbet and "griottines"
Selection of home made sorbets
Vanilla panacotta, caramel ice cream and ginger bread

Table d'hote Sample Menu 12

Starters
Duck liver and fois gras parfait served with toasted homemade brioche and quince jelly
Four cheese ravioli with wild rocket salad
Pan seared sea bream with Mediterranean vegetable risotto

Main Courses
Pollo e Legume Verde
Corn-fed chicken breast with king prawns, potato gnocchi and green beans

Mediterranean Lamb
Rack of Welsh lamb with roasted Mediterranean vegetables and dauphinoise potatoes

Sea Bass and Pommes Galette
Wild line caught sea bass and diver caught scallops on balsamic braised chicory and orange with baby leeks and potato gallette

Ratatouille Pancakes
Ratatouille and potato pancakes with duo of roast pepper sauce, wild rocket and Parmesan salad and sweet mustard dressing

Desserts
Baked New York cheesecake with strawberries
Bourbon bread and butter pudding with Jack Daniel’s sauce
A selection of British and Continental cheeses with grapes and celery

Table d'hote Sample Menu 13

Starters 
Minestrone soup
Duck and goose confit
Pan seared sea bream with Mediterranean vegetable risotto
 
Main Courses
Braised beef with baby onions, button mushrooms and creamy mash potato
Roast cod with gnocci and green beans
Wild mushroom risotto wild rocket and Parmesan salad and sweet mustard dressing

Desserts
Glazed lemon tart with cream cheese
Brandy snap basket of fresh fruits with strawberry sauce
A selection of British and Continental cheeses with grapes and celery

Table d'hote Sample Menu 14

Starters
Celery and stilton soup with twirl
Lobster Mousseline with toasted Brioche
Venison Terrine with Melba toast and Quincy Jelly
Melon Rose with Grapefruit and Orange Salad

Main Courses
Salmon en croute with chive beurre blanc and asparagus
Rack of lamb Glazed Vegetable Medley and Boulaingaire Potatoes.
Maize Fed Chicken with Dauphinoise Potatoes Baby Carrots, Colcannon Cabbage
Wild mushroom risotto with parmesan and leek salad

Desserts
Chocolate tear drop with a fruit couli and cream
Bread and butter pudding with Jack Daniels sauce
Tart tatin with vanilla ice cream
Burned lemon tart with cream

Table d'hote Sample Menu 15

Starters
Cannelloni of Red Pepper, Jamaican Jelly
Provençale Pressé, Green Pepper
Sauteed Scallop, Bay Leaf, Pigs Trotter
Langoustine and Basil
Comté Soup, Foie Gras, Roasted Grapes

Main Courses
Roast Zander, Smoked Eel, Red Wine
Slow Roast Fillet of Beef, Shallot Marmalade, Essence of Port

Desserts
Artisanal Cheese
Apple Test Tube
Pear, Black Olive and Fennel
Coffee, Chocolate and Passion Fruit

Table d'hote Sample Menu 16

Starters
Provençale Vegetables,
Provençale Vegetable Pressé, Black Olive, Green Pepper, Goats Cheese
Comté Soup,
Comté Soup, Foie Gras, Roasted Grapes
Scallop,
Seared Hand Dived Scallops, Celeriac, Truffle, Granny Smiths and Caramel
Vichyssoise of Oyster, and Caviar Champagne Foam
Ballotine of Foie Gras, Grape Chutney, Pain Grillé

Main Courses
English Chicken,
Pot Roast English Chicken, Mushroom Puree, Asparagus, Sauce Perigourdine
Turbot,
Braised Turbot with Peanuts and Pistachios, Cos Lettuce, Asparagus, Squash, Vanilla
Beef,
Slow-Roast Fillet of Beef, Shallots, Celeriac, Bonbon of Foie Gras, Essence of Port
Beef Wellington, Fondant Potato, Buttered Spinach, Madeira and Truffle
Prune and Armagnac Soufflé

Desserts
Soufflé,
Pistachio Soufflé, Chocolate Sorbet
Fondant,
Chocolate Fondant, Coffee, Walnut Ice Cream
Apple,
Apple Tart Tatin, Vanilla, Garlic and Bay Leaf

Table d'hote Sample Menu 17

Main Courses

Risotto of wild mushrooms and rocket with rosemary

Griddled loin of tuna with beetroot and blood orange purée on a salad of fennel, orange and pomegranate raspberry and geranium dressing

Sage roasted saddle of hare with spiced pears and beetroot with stir fried leeks and celeriac

Rack of lamb with a chervil and lemon crust vanilla couscous with apricots & roasted sweet peppers

Crisp roasted fillet of wild sea bass on new potato galette salad of dressed whitby crab and mango. Peas and asparagus with minted pea and muscat sauce
   
Casserole of crayfish and scallop infused with cardamom, cumin & lemon grass served with fennel bread

Baked red mullet with tapenade and gruyère crisp spring vegetable tagliatelli basil and pine nut dressing
 
Lime and ginger roasted guinea fowl saffron braised fennel with Pommes Anna

Roasted fillet of aberdeen angus beef on nutmeg mash caramelised shallots and swede purée with oxtail sauce

Poached free range egg on cumin spiced potato cake with a chervil sabayon and parmesan dipping soldiers with sweet roasted beetroot and celeriac with cashew nuts

Desserts

Baked chocolate pudding with chocolate fudge sauce and english custard
Ice cream in crispy pistachio wafer
Old english raspberry sherry trifle
Strawberry and sweet cicely soufflé
Shortbread tart of strawberries and fraises liqueur
Brandy snap basket of strawberry sorbet
Gooseberry crème brûlée
Gooseberry and elderflower sorbet with caramelised hazelnuts
Hazelnut roulade with gooseberry cheese
Lemon Cream Praline

Make your own Menu; Multi-Choice

Roasted Diver Scallops, Cep Mushroom Marmalade & Black Pepper Butter

Dressed Portland Crab, Watercress & Braeburn Apple Salad

Salad of Woodpigeon, Figs & Grapes

Terrine of Chicken Confit & Foie Gras, Hazelnut Mayonnaise

Rich Mediterranean Fish Soup

Fillet of Grey Mullet with Boulangère Potatoes, Beurre Noisette & Watercress Oil

Oak Roast Salmon on Crushed New Potatoes, Spinach & Chive Butter

Local Welsh Venison, Autumn Fruits & Huchiki Squash Mash, Thyme Jus

Pot Roasted Partridge, Braised Puy Lentils, Grapes & Creamed Mash

Local Welsh Rib-eye, Red Onion Confit, Chips & Béarnaise

French Beans, Chips, Creamed Mash or Griffin Mixed Leaves

Salad of Griffin Heirloom Tomatoes

Cream of White Onion Soup, Autumn Truffle Shavings

Creamy Wild Mushroom Risotto, Sherry Butter

Dark Chocolate Tart & Blood Orange Sorbet

Smoked Salmon Tartare from the Black Mountains Smokery, Crickhowell Crème Fraîche & Black Pepper Tuile

Local Welsh Rib-eye, Red Onion Confit, Chips & Béarnaise

Vanilla Crème Brûlée with Piña Colada

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Rich Mediterranean Fish Soup

Salad of Heirloom Tomatoes, Pesto Dressing & Parmesan Shavings

Dressed Portland Crab, Watercress & Braeburn Apple

Local Smoked Salmon Tartare, Crème Fraîche & Black Pepper Tuile

Salad of Woodpigeon, Figs & Almond Foam

Welsh Cheese Ploughman’s

Chicken Confit & Foie Gras Terrine, Hazelnut Mayonnaise

Roasted Diver Scallops, Cep Mushroom Marmalade & Black Pepper Butter

Creamed Wild Mushroom Risotto & Sherry Butter

Welsh Minute Steak with Braised Leeks, Chips & Béarnaise

‘Bower Farm’ Pork & Leek Sausages with Creamed Mash

Corn-fed Chicken Breast with Creamed Wild Mushrooms & Mash

Braised Pork Cheeks, Sweet Potato Mash

Pan fried Calf’s Liver, Leek Colcannon & Thyme Jus

Grey Mullet Fillets & Chips

Cornish Cod Fillet with Boulangère Potato, Beurre Noisette & Capers

Oak Roast Salmon, Crushed New Potatoes & Spinach, Chive Butter