(G/F) = Gluten Free

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Coronation chicken with fresh mango and coriander (G/F)
Still one of our most popular chicken dishes, it’s a classic and we have created a bit of a reputation for our version. It is a mildly curried cold chicken dish bound with a mixture of mayonnaise and Dorset Dairy Co yoghurt (we of course throw in a few secret spices!) then fresh mango and coriander. A definite crowd pleaser! We can recommend our pilau rice salad dish with this.

Chicken with Dorset sour cream, lime and coriander
This dish is deliciously vibrant and makes an extraordinarily light and delicious summer buffet dish. We poach the chicken breasts, then slice them and the sauce is ladled over. Goes fabulously well with our warm mini baked potatoes with herby butter and our fine green bean, mange tout and tomato salad, good ‘pow wow’ flavours!

Thai chicken (G/F)
A dish bursting with those lovely classic Thai flavours- lime, coriander, garlic, ginger, chilli…..we then add this to our own dressing and mix it with poached chicken breast pieces and very fine cut pieces of fresh vegetables. Very different to all the usual chicken buffet dishes and always has a pleasant ‘wow’ factor for guests when they taste it, they soon come back looking for more! Despite containing fresh chillies, we would not describe this dish as spicy hot. Delicious with our spicy noodle salad!

Chicken with Dorset sour cream, lime and coriander

Thai Chicken with lime, coriander, garlic, ginger and chilli (G/F)

Coronation chicken with fresh mango and coriander (G/F)

Blackened Cajun chicken (G/F)
This dish is inspired from our Cajun chicken we have had on our café menu, it tastes so good and was so popular that we felt it should be on our fork buffet menu. The chicken breast is marinated with Cajun seasoning and lime then sautéed in a pan, sealing in all the lovely spices. We then slice the chicken breast and provide you with a separate sauce of sour cream with lime and fresh coriander. We recommend our bean and corn salad as one of the salad options to accompany this dish.

Italian chicken (G/F)
Poached chicken breast pieces along with olives, artichokes, parmesan in our tomato basil dressing. We recommend this dish with our homemade pesto pasta.

Middle Eastern chicken (G/F)
A complex dish with the most amazing flavours that dance on your palate, a firm favourite of ours. We marinate chicken with Za’atar which is a blend of thyme, sesame seeds, sumac, cumin and sea salt before poaching it. The dish is provided with our homemade chick pea houmous, roasted butternut squash and then finally the chicken is placed on top. Just to add to all of that we supply you with a dish of our homemade cumin and orange dressing to either dunk your chicken pieces in or pour over the top. We recommend our cous cous, barley or bulgar wheat salads to compliment this dish.
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Chicken satay (G/F)
Poached chicken breast served on a bed of crispy cos lettuce and spring onions, a drizzle of our fresh mango chutney and roasted peanuts and pumpkin seeds with a satay sauce to pour over the chicken. Flavours are simply divine. Great with a thick cut chunk of granary or sunflower bread and butter but delicious with our cucumber and dill salad.

• Traditional Kettle cooked hand sliced gammon ham (tastes just like ham used to!) (G/F)
• Rare roast topside of beef (G/F)
• Pork and Bramley apple homemade sausage plait
• Selection of cured continental meats (G/F)
• Jumbo Sausage and Somerset Cheddar (or Dorset Blue Vinny) Roll served with our homemade chutney on the side
• Roast breast of turkey slices (G/F)

Traditional Kettle cooked hand sliced gammon ham

• Poached fresh salmon pieces with lemon and dill mayonnaise (G/F)
• Kedgeree (smoked haddock with rice, parsley, lemon, served with local free-range hard-boiled eggs and a separate mild curry sauce). (G/F)
• Smoked salmon Pate (G/F)
• Spinach roulade with smoked mackerel and beetroot pate (G/F)
• Smoked salmon and spinach flan 
• Vodka, dill, sea salt and beetroot cured Gravadlax (G/F)
• Carpaccio of salmon with lemon, dill and capers (G/F)

Vodka, dill, sea salt and beetroot cured Gravadlax

Poached fresh salmon pieces with lemon and dill mayonnaise

• Goats cheese, thyme and roasted pepper and red onion tart 
• Mozzarella, tomato and basil pizza
• Hard-boiled Free-range eggs with a creamy curried yoghurt dressing
• Free range egg and watercress mousse
• Spinach roulade with cream cheese (G/F)
• Roasted Courgette, tomato, oregano and feta tart
• Homemade curried chick pea pate (vegan) (G/F)
• Antipasti platter of mozzarella, tomatoes, olives and artichokes with basil dressing
• Our homemade Hummus with chick peas, tahini and lemon (vegan) (G/F)

Spinach roulade with cream cheese

• ​Cous cous salad with lemon, mint and cucumber and cherry tomatoes
• Chick peas with garlic, lemon and cumin (G/F) (vegan)
• Barley salad with garlic, celery and dill (vegan)
• Spicy noodle salad, loaded with heaps of finely chopped vegetables and tossed in an oriental soy and sesame dressing 
• Pilau rice with peas (G/F) (vegan)
• Fusilli pasta twirls with our homemade basil and mint pesto
• Mixed bean and corn salad with fresh herb, chilli and lemon dressing (G/F) (vegan)

Barley salad with garlic, celery and dill

• ​New potatoes in Blackmore Vale sour cream and chive dressing (G/F)
• Potato in lemon, caper, oregano, parsley and red onion dressing (G/F)
• Classic potato salad with Dijon mustard mayonnaise and red onion (G/F)
• Minted dressed potato combo salad with new potatoes and roasted sweet potatoes with mint, spices, spring onion and orange and topped with pumpkin and sesame seeds (G/F)

• Carrot and date salad with cumin, chilli, lime and mint (G/F) (vegan)
• Sweet chilli slaw’ with red cabbage, carrot, cranberry and red onion and our own sweet chilli sauce (G/F)
• Broad bean, crispy bacon and spinach salad with minty yoghurt dressing (G/F)
• Beetroot salad with yoghurt, pomegranate molasses, feta cheese and roasted ‘dukkah’ (G/F)
• Fine green bean, mange tout and cherry tomatoes in a basil, garlic and tomato dressing (G/F) (Vegan)
• Homemade coleslaw with cabbage, carrots, onions, mustard, onions, parsley (G/F)
• Carrot and celeriac remoulade (dressed in a lemon and Dijon mustard dressing) (G/F)
• Cucumber, dill and rock salt salad with white wine vinegar (G/F) (vegan)

Fine green bean, mange tout and cherry tomatoes in a basil, garlic and tomato dressing

• Waldorf salad of red apples, celery and roasted walnuts in a lemon and Dijon mayonnaise (G/F)
• Orange and lime mixed melon salad (G/F) (vegan)
• Florida salad- remember that one?? Yes we make it with mandarins,  apple, pineapple, grapes and cabbage
• Tomato, celery and grape salad in our chive dressing (G/F) (vegan)
• Fennel and orange salad (G/F) (vegan)
• Mixed melon salad with our orange and course black pepper salad with feta cheese (G/F)

Mixed melon salad, with orange, course black pepper and feta cheese

• Dressed baby salad leaves with our homemade dressing and garlic croutons and dressing
• Greek salad of cos lettuce, olives, peppers, red onions, feta cheese and crunchy croutons
• Caesar salad with croutons and parmesan shavings and with the classic Caesar dressing

• Mini olive oil and rock salt baked potatoes with our homemade herby garlic butter
• Garlic bread made with our homemade garlic butter
• Rosemary, rock salt and garlic focaccia 
• Boiled new potatoes with parsley and lemon butter
• Local bakery made mixed rolls and butter
• Homemade feta, red onion and thyme focaccia 

​The Mighty Meringue Sharing platter
for the canny ‘one dessert’ offering which will elude your guests into thinking its so much more than that…
Homemade individual meringues, platter of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, whipped fresh Blackmore Vale cream and then a choice of lemon curd sauce or warm chocolate sauce

• Pavlova roulade with fresh cream and seasonal fresh fruit (G/F)
  
• Glazed apple and frangipane tart
  
• Lemon and lime cheesecake
  
• Hazelnut meringue with fresh cream and raspberries (G/F)
  
• Strawberry cheesecake 
  
• Summer pudding with elderflower crème fraiche (vegan without the crème fraiche)
  
• Poached whole pears with cinnamon, star anise and vanilla syrup with orange crème fraiche (G/F) (Vegan without the crème fraiche)
  
• Eton mess (fresh cream, crushed meringue and strawberries all mixed together- delicious!)(G/F)
  
• Classic strawberry, fresh cream and almond gateau
  
• Classic strawberry, fresh cream and vanilla sponge with toasted almonds
  
• Choux puffs filled with fresh strawberry cream and dipped in Belgian white chocolate
  
• Banoffee Pie- classic!
  
• Brown sugar meringues with cream and red berry kissel (sweetened fruit puree sauce containing whole fruits)(G/F)
  
• Fresh fruit salad, chunky chopped so you can see what you are eating (G/F) (vegan)
  
• Homemade tiramisu using fresh espresso with ‘Reads coffee’ of Sherborne and Blackmore vale mascarpone
  
• Orange slices soaked in brandy and with a caramelised nut and seed topping (G/F) (vegan)

Summer pudding

• Rich chocolate torte with ganache, fresh cream and raspberries or strawberries or indeed no fruit!
• White chocolate, almond and raspberry fresh cream gateau (G/F)
• Fresh cream profiteroles with warm chocolate sauce
• Mocha roulade, chocolate roulade rolled up with fresh cream and espresso from our coffee machine
• Classic black forest gateau (layers of chocolate sponge soaked in kirsch, fresh cream and cherries)
• Chocolate Oreo ‘cookies and cream’ Cheesecake

Fresh cream profiteroles with warm chocolate sauce

​  Minimum order - 8 portions of any one dish

​Chicken dishes

• Standard chicken dishes £4.85 per head
  
• Luxury chicken dishes £5.45 per head
  

Meat dishes

• £4.50 per head
  

Fish dishes

• £5.25 per portion
  

Vegetarian dishes

• £4.85 per portion
  

Salad dishes

• £2.20 per portion
  

Side dishes

• £2.00 per portion
  

Desserts

• £4.50 per portion

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​All food is prepared freshly and exclusively to order for you.  

We will present it all up for you so that all you will need to do is take off the covers and serve or let your guests help themselves. 

We can offer a 10% discount if you choose one standard chicken, meat and fish dish, four types of salad and dessert, provided your order is for more than 20 guests.

If your order is for more than 50 people, please get in touch as we offer discounts for bulk orders.
You are welcome to provide us with your own platters and bowls to use rather than us using disposable ware.

If you would like a full service package for your event with us providing service, maintaining the buffet and clearing away then please do get in touch, we will be very happy to offer a quotation around your requirements. 

Additional Information

Napkins, plates, cutlery and banqueting roll
We are more than happy to arrange china and glassware hire for your event, just ask us to provide you with a quotation.
Alternatively, we can supply white 3 ply napkins at 5p each, rigid card plates at 20p each and wooden, environmentally friendly birchwood cutlery at 20p per item. You will need to order these upon booking to ensure we have stock for you. (prices are subject to VAT @ 20%)
Good quality thick, white fabric effect banqueting roll is also available by the metre, you can have as much or as little as you require, its £2.75 per metre +VAT @ 20% 

Collection of your order
The collection of your order can take place at an appointed time to suit you within our Café opening hours, just let us know when you order your food when is convenient for you. 

Delivery
Please note, if you would like your food delivered to your choice of venue we would need to add 20% VAT to your order total. 
Delivery is charged as a return journey at a rate of £1 per mile +VAT @ 20% from our Café (DT10 2SG)

Payment terms
A non refundable 20% deposit is required upon booking your order to hold your date for you. Our preferred payment method is by direct bank payment however we can also take cards or cash. As such we no longer take cheques, however if you are a club or group we can by agreement make exception provided funds are fully cleared by day of collection.
We will ask for your final numbers 1 week before your event, this is the amount you will be invoiced for.
Full payment of your food order is required before or upon collection.

Margot (proprietor/Chef/Founder/ Creative one) is deep rooted in Dorset, she knows all the small producers in the area worth tapping into. It’s all about bringing prospective from the land to the plate or table. Sourcing and showcasing local food are something Margot does without thinking, its part of her makeup and is in her soul.  
Steve (Margot’s husband/Proprietor/ Front of House leading Man/ Business sensibility to Margot’s creativity) compliments Margot’s food by offering an efficient, smart but discrete floor manager at events. “Everything just happens” many of our clients often say, “we don’t even notice how or when, but it just happens”. 
We like to think that possible issues that could crop up are addressed before they become problems because we have thought everything through beforehand due to our wealth of catering experience. Sometimes though unexpected things happen, it’s how we deal with this that matters, we want our clients to have no worries at all on the day, that is why you have hired us, let us do the worrying!
It’s all about offering the whole package for us, its not just about serving local food or about serving great food…..it’s so much more than that, it’s that smiling welcome, the sandwich that exceeds your expectations or that bite into a piece of cake that you just didn’t expect to taste that good!  Our food is rustic, its hearty but most of all its honest and tasty! 
We want you and your guests to go away feeling that we offered you that something special, that you felt well looked after and of course nourished but in a fabulous way!
It’s the small things all brought together that matter to us!