Mothers Day Menu 2018

Our Mothers Day Menu 2018 has just been released. Mothers day 2018 is on the 11th of March this year. Make sure to get your booking in early to avoid disappointment.

Mothers Day Menu 2018

Canapes

Peppadews Stuffed with broad bean tapenade and mozzarella

Falafel With tzatziki

Potato and spring onion soup With peppered croutons

Halloumi With caper, chilli and citrus dressing

Starters

Crab cakes with siracha mayo With dressed salad leaves

Scallops With butternut squash puree, pine nuts and sage butter

Tomato gazpacho

Duck rillettes With toasted sourdough and dressed leaves

Mains

Mac and cheese with rosemary and garlic pangritata and nutmeg butter green beans

Spiced crispy pork belly with grapefruit chilli dressing, spring onion mash and chilli oil dressed greens

Pea risotto With salmon, parmesan and rocket

Prawn massamam curry with crispy noodles, steamed rice and flat bread

Desserts

Buttermilk panna cotta with cardamom, orange strawberries

lemon posset with pink pepper and raspberry shortbreads

chocolate coated meringue with marshmallow cream and raspberries

Eton mess and rosewater cheesecake

Petit Fours

Mocha chocolate bark

Rose baklava

Mini cinnamon buns

Double chocolate peanut butter biscuits

Price: Per person

3 courses £48

4 courses £54

5 courses £60

Please inform us of any dietary requirements, allergies or intolerances and we can adjust the menu to suit your needs

To book please contact us

we are a personal chef service providing cater for Dorset, Somerset and East Devon including postcode areas of DT1, DT2, DT3, DT4, DT5, DT6, DT7, DT8, DT9, DT10, DT11, BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15,

BH16, BH17, BH18, BH19, BH20, BH21,

TA1, TA2, TA3, TA4, TA5, TA6, TA7, TA8, TA9, TA10, TA11, TA12, TA13, TA14, TA15, TA16, TA17, TA18, TA19, TA20, TA21,

BA1, BA2, BA3, BA4, BA5, BA6, BA7, BA8, BA9, BA10, BA11, BA12, BA13, BA14, BA15, BA16, BA17, BA18, BA19, BA20, BA21, BA22

If you cant see your postcode above please contact us to see if we cover your area

05/02/201805/02/2018

Spring Menu 2018

We are pleased to announce the release of our new Spring Menu 2018. This menu will be available from the beginning of March until the end of May 2018

The menu is full of great local seasonal produce as always

Spring Menu 2018

Canapes

Buttered radishes with black pudding crumb

Crab and avocado melba toast

Feta, roasted red pepper, dukkah and coriander croutes

Ricotta, broad bean and mint crostini

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Starters

Gammon, pea and lovage salad with pea soup and parmesan

Chilled tomato consommé with tomato, basil and pine nuts

Smoked duck, pink peppercorn, pickled grapes and beetroot with beetroot crispbreads

Crab and lobster tian horseradish, cucumber sauce, mixed herbs

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Mains

Asparagus, lemon and parmesan risotto

Chicken breast with miso sauce, charred sweetcorn, cucumber, spring onion, roasted squash and herbed crumb

Pan fried bream with mustard tarragon sauce, peas, buttered new potatoes

Slow braised lamb in a onion, balsamic and thyme sauce with butter beans and green beans

Braised pork belly with galangal broth, baby Thai asparagus, mushrooms, bok choi and crispy noodles

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Desserts

Coconut, raspberry and rose posset

Passionfruit and mango meringue roulade

Rhubarb and custard panna cotta

Strawberries and cream- but not as you know it

Petit Fours

Apricot tart

Salted fudge

Elderflower jellies in lemon sugar

Triple chocolate brownie

Price: Per person 3 courses £48

4 courses £54

5 courses £60

Please inform us of any dietary requirements, allergies or intolerances and we can adjust the menu to suit your needs

we are a personal chef service providing cater for Dorset, Somerset and East Devon including postcode areas of DT1, DT2, DT3, DT4, DT5, DT6, DT7, DT8, DT9, DT10, DT11, BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15,

BH16, BH17, BH18, BH19, BH20, BH21,

TA1, TA2, TA3, TA4, TA5, TA6, TA7, TA8, TA9, TA10, TA11, TA12, TA13, TA14, TA15, TA16, TA17, TA18, TA19, TA20, TA21,

BA1, BA2, BA3, BA4, BA5, BA6, BA7, BA8, BA9, BA10, BA11, BA12, BA13, BA14, BA15, BA16, BA17, BA18, BA19, BA20, BA21, BA22

If you cant see your postcode above please contact us to see if we cover your area

23/01/201825/01/2018

Valentines Day Menu 2018

Our Valentines Day Menu 2018 is now available to view and book! We will be running this menu from the 10th until the 16th of February 2018

You can view the menu here

Our menu comprises great local seasonal produce from fantastic suppliers!

Valentines Day Menu 2018

Canapes

Roasted peach

Parma ham, goats cheese and honey brushetta

Asparagus and roasted red pepper

With whipped feta on a rye crisp

Smoked salmon

In cheddar cups with avocado mousse

Halloumi

With caper, chilli and citrus dressing

Starters

Roasted beetroot salad

With blue cheese, hazelnuts, endive and rocket

Scallops

With serrano ham and a pea and parsley sauce

Tomato gazpacho

Sharer for two Herbed whole baked camembert drizzled with rapeseed oil served with bread croutes and dressed rocket pomegranate and walnut salad

crab

avocado, watermelon, cucumber, lovage

Mains

Duck breast

Thyme roasted carrots and dauphinoise potatoes with red wine sauce

Crispy pork belly

with pomme anna, celeriac remoulade, apple puree and a cider sauce

Wild mushroom risotto

With parmesan and pea shoots, served with ciabatta drizzled with olive oil

Crab

macaroni cheese with garlic and rosemary focaccia and watercress salad

Rack of lamb

with black pudding, pea veloute, glazed carrots and spring vegetables and watercress

Desserts

White chocolate and strawberry torte

with clotted cream and strawberry coulis

Chocolate tart with raspberry and meringue

Fig tart

with a dulce de leche cream

Raspberry, rosemary and vanilla tart

with a rosewater syrup

Custard panna cotta

Rhubarb compote and shortbread crumb

Petit Fours

Raspberry and white chocolate blondie

Earl grey and dark chocolate truffle

Salted caramel fudge

White chocolate, rose and raspberry lollipop

Price: Per person

3 courses £48

4 courses £54

5 courses £60

Please inform us of any dietary requirements, allergies or intolerances and we can adjust the menu to suit your needs

23/11/201723/11/2017

The other day we received this lovely thank you card for a surprise party that we did some Buffet catering Dorchester for Alison. Alison was joined by her friends and family to celebrate her Birthday. We were delighted to help cater a varied buffet of sweet and savoury dishes to suit everyone’s tastes. It is always lovely to get feedback from our clients and this followed the lovely review left by her daughter on our Facebook page as seen below or see the original on Facebook here:

Emma Boyall

We had steve cater for my mum’s 50th birthday party Saturday afternoon. He came round a few hours before the party started and brought with him a whole variety of food. We gave him a few suggestions beforehand but most of it was his idea. Everyone was impressed with what choices were there.

He laid it all out with labels stating what each thing was and if it was suitable for vegetarians, he also prepared things like sandwiches at our house and everything else was also fresh. There were things there to meet everyone’s needs. The spread looked lovely and everyone complimented the food.

There was also plenty there even though we’re all big eaters and we had some left over! Definitely good for money! He also supplied paper plates and wooden cutlery so we didn’t have to worry about a thing. Steve himself was really nice and friendly and professional. Would recommend to anyone and would use him again!

Thank you card for Buffet catering Dorchester

Buffet catering Dorchester We loved the front of the card including the words Moochos Gracias. If you would like to book your own buffet catering then please get in contact with us by email at steve@stevejamesltd.com or via mobile 07909651557

We are also a personal chef and private chef service that covers Somerset and East Devon, Weymouth, Bridport. Yeovil and Puddletown, Poole, Bournemouth, Wimborne and many others.

20/07/201720/07/2017

Autumn Menu 2017

We have just released our Autumn Menu 2017. We have used great local seasonal produce to provide you with the best possible dishes.

Book now to avoid disappointment. Contact us .

Autumn Menu 2017

Canapés

Chicken, Fosseway fleece sheeps cheese, and Somerset cider chorizo in filo pastry

Spiced Kimbers lamb koftas With a tangy Indian herb chutney

Squash, sage and chestnut rolls

Liquorice bread Topped with crème fraiche, radish and hot smoked arctic char from Brown and Forrest

Butternut veloute With toasted pumpkin seed, crème fraiche and pumpkin seed oil

Starters

Capricorn Goats cheese, beetroot and pine nut tart with a rocket and parsley salad

Wild mushroom consommé With mushroom floss, sautéed mushroom, parsley and confit shallots

Roasted tomato soup With basil oil, onion cream, pesto, and rosemary brioche

Whole Lubborn Somerset camembert baked With candied walnuts, rosemary, garlic, toasts for dipping and rocket

Duck salad With orange, charred sweetcorn and watercress and hazelnuts

Mains

Hamish Pork belly with apple puree, braised red cabbage, cider sauce, dauphinoise potatoes

Ruby Red Devon Beef, Palmers 200 ale, stilton and mushroom pie With green beans and crushed new potatoes with an ale sauce

Moroccan braised Kimbers Somerset lamb neck with cumin roasted squash, coriander, hummus dukkah, cauliflower and a spiced lamb sauce

Moroccan cod, salmon and mussel stew with gremolata and garlic toasts

Spinach, squash and mushroom wellington with herby mash, sprouting broccoli and vegetarian gravy

Desserts

Spiced pear tarte tatin With rosemary cream

Apple and mint mille feuille with an apple crisp, and a rosemary infused blackcurrant sauce

Vanilla panna cotta With blackberries, fresh figs and gingernut crumble

White chocolate mousse with bee pollen, sweet dukkah, clementine segments and caramelised white chocolate

local cheese board served with a homemade sweet chilli citrus jelly, homemade caramelised onion chutney, toasted pecans, seasonal fruit and ciabatta croutes

Petit Fours

Chocolate and hazelnut brownies

Blackberry marshmallows

Baklava

Pistachio, white chocolate and almond nougat

Rosewater and raspberry meringue kisses

Price: Per person
3 courses £48

4 courses £54

5 courses £60

Please inform us of any dietary requirements, allergies or intolerances and we can adjust the menu to suit your needs

13/06/2017

Dinner party catering

On Sunday evening we did some dinner party catering in Yeovil with four courses for a birthday meal. The menu was as follows:-

Dinner party catering menu

Canapés

Walnut, goats cheese and red onion croissant

Apricots stuffed with blue cheese, wrapped in parma ham and roasted, sprinkled with thyme and drizzled with caramelised honey

Starter

Scallops with radish, apple, fennel, fennel oil, watercress, nigella seed and celeriac puree

Main

Duck breast with red wine sauce, cherries, buckwheat, cherry fluid gel, watercress and crispy duck leg bonbons

Dessert

Vanilla, lemon thyme and raspberry panna cotta with raspberry sorbet and a passion fruit and hibiscus iced tea

09/06/201709/06/2017

Final evening catering Lytes Cary Manor

Last night was our final evening catering Lytes Cary Manor. We have spent four days with Nancy and her family and friends as a personal chef for them. The menu for their last night needed to have a gluten free option and a cows milk free option also. The menu is below and pictures of some of the dishes.

Menu catering Lytes Cary Manor

Starter

Crab salad with lambs lettuce and parsley with a caper cream on the side

Asparagus, broad bean and rocket salad with lemon ricotta

Main

Roast fore rib of beef with cauliflower puree and a pale ale sauce

Chicken breasts with pine nuts, watercress and a white wine herby sauce

Served with crushed herbed new potatoes, sprouting broccoli and roasted beetroot and red onion in balsamic

Dessert

White chocolate domes filled with blackberry jelly, crème patissiere and almond and polenta cake sprinkled with freeze dried blackberry powder

meringue nests filled with passion fruit curd, crème patissiere and mango

Mini jars filled with blackberry jelly, set vanilla yoghurt and topped with a macadamia crumble

To book your on evening contact us

07/06/2017

Catering Somerton

Last night we had our third day over at Lytes Cary Manor, catering Somerton, for Nancy Lowe and her friends and family. We needed to create a menu that includes an option that is gluten free, cows milk free, a vegetarian option (can include fish).

The menu is below including pictures of some of the dishes;

Catering Somerton Menu

Starter

Smoked and pickled beetroot, goats cheese and rocket salad

Gin and tonic salmon with fennel, radish, finger and lemon

Main

Duck breasts with mushrooms and a blackberry sauce

Whole roasted sea bass with lemon and capers

served with

Hasselback potatoes, asparagus and roasted squash in rosemary

Desserts

Mango and passion fruit roulade

cherry, honeycomb, almond, dark chocolate parfait

06/06/2017

Personal chef Somerton

On Sunday it was our second night as a personal chef Somerton. We were cooking at Lytes Cary Manor again for Nancy and her family. Again we had to ensure there was an option for gluten free, cows milk free, A vegetarian option which can include fish, and an to have an option that didn’t have an unpasteurised cheese. All of the dishes were served family style. The menu for the evening I below and pictures of some of the dishes following that.

The menu for the evening was as follows:-

Personal chef Somerton Menu

Starters

Roasted figs stuffed with blue cheese and rosemary drizzled with honey and served with rocket and air cured ham. (Quarter of these were served without blue cheese)

White bean, fennel and polenta salad with spinach and basil, served with a tomato and basil sauce.

Main

Slow roasted lamb with mint sauce and gravy

Whole roasted Sea bream with a lemon, parsley and rapeseed dressing

All served with roasted potatoes, orange and rosemary roasted carrots, green beans served with a nutmeg butter.

Dessert

Apple and blackberry crumble with a macadamia crumble. Stem ginger cream on the side.

Fruit salad with a mint, vanilla and lemon syrup on the side.

To book your own event please contact us

Caterer and Personal chef service that covers Somerset and Dorset. This includes Weymouth. Sherborne, Bruton, Bridport, Dorchester, Lyme Regis. Also Weston, Bridgewater, cheddar, crewkerne, Templecombe, Taunton. Wellington, Wincanton, Abbotsbury, Cerne Abbas, Portland, Shaftesbury. Sherborne, Sturminster Newton, Swanage, Wareham and Yeovil.

02/06/201702/06/2017

personal chef in Stawley

Last night we had a great evening as a personal chef in Stawley. We cooked a three course meal for birthday celebrations which consisted of four different canapés a main course and two different desserts. They were as follows:-