Latest News - July 2008

EVENING OPENING                                                August 2008

The restaurant is now being run by Danny Merry and Penny Miers, overseen by Simon Owen.  Simon is a very experienced chef who we poached from Jamie Oliver to help set up our school food, supply/training company Ashlyns Organics.  Ashlyns Organics also run the very successful café at St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping, worth checking out if you’re in the area. 

Don’t worry you are not going to be served up school or hospital food (though if you tried Ashlyns’ schools meals you might reconsider your opinion on these).  The whole idea is to keep the food as simple and well priced as possible letting the home grown produce that makes up the ingredients speak for itself.  Seasonal salads and cooked vegetables, meat produced on the farm or locally with sandwiches and a children’s menu provide the basis for the day/lunch menu.  All the main course are priced between £4 and £8. 

We’ve opened on Friday and Saturday evenings since the beginning of July.  The menu created by Simon and Danny (see over) has been very well received.  Again the theme is seasonal, local, organic fresh produce and meat simply prepared and very affordable. 

We’ve already established quite a reputation for our Sunday lunches, it’s always best to book for these and now we hope to do the same on Friday and Saturday evenings.  Combined with the tranquil, rural backdrop, decking terrace and herb garden the restaurant makes a great venue for a party. We are always happy to take bookings for these (including for children) which we can tailor to your requirements.  The restaurant telephone number is:  01992 52 444 1.

Ashlyns Butchers

Harry has come up with loads of tasty barbecue marinades and specials to make the barbecue season that bit special.  Throughout the summer we have a regular supply of our own 3 week hung Lincoln Red beef and our own pork.

Dates for Your Diary …

Organic Fortnight 6th – 21st September

We will have various events taking place at the shop to support this, not least a beer festival featuring the Pittfield Brewery now based on the farm.

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