Thames Valley – Past Events

Lunch at The Clink

Dinner with the students ar Brooklands

A very popular event last year & a different dining experience

This delightful gastropub, tucked away in West End in

Surrey, boasts an award-winning menu, convivial

atmosphere and a bright, cheerful interior. The owners of The Inn @ West End are passionate about good food and wine, and the restaurant boasts its own vegetable patch. The kitchen, led by Lee Watts, uses seasonal produce to create The Inn’s sensational modern British menu. It has a diverse cellar leaning towards Portugal and Spain.

The Inn is open-plan, with bare boards, attractive modern prints on canary-yellow walls above a red dado, and a line of dining tables with crisp white linen over pale yellow table- cloths on the left. The bar counter - Fullers London Pride and a guest such as Exmoor Ale on hand pump and 30 malts - is quite a focus. There is a garden room, which in turn leads to a grape and clematis pergola-covered terrace and very pleasant garden.

Fresh fish and game are collected in their chilller van from wherever it is freshest and best. Much of the produce is sourced locally, and they have their own herb garden and they grow things like runner beans and tomatoes too.

The landlord is also a wine merchant, so the thoughtfully created food is well com- plemented by the knowledgeably chosen wines, several sherries and dessert wines that lean particularly towards Spain and Portugal. He holds wine tastings and can supply by the case.

A wonderful event last year, (check the news section for details)Please support this very worthwhile project

A weekend away to join up with friends from the Belgium Bailliage

A tripartite event along with Solent and London Bailliages. Join us for dinner at this City of London livery hall

Join us for Dinner at the Brasserie Vacherin in Sutton, Surrey. The dining scene got a bright new star when Brasserie Vacherin opened it doors. This cosy Parisian style restaurant oozes French charm.This restaurant is brought to you by Chaine member Chef Malcom John, who also owns Le Vacherin in Chiswick.

The Brasserie Vacherin is only 100 yards from Sutton Station in the High Street

Come and help support the professionals of the future

Dinner organised by Peter Baics at the RAC Country Club.

Garden Tour of RHS Wisley at 6.30pm followed by Dinner at 7.30pm

Le Bailliage de Thames Valley et Le Bailliage de Cotswolds cordially invite you to a Amical Lunch at the prestigious Macdonald Randolph Hotel, Oxford to meet members from the USA who have just been on a cruise with Silversea

Joining our Solent Friends for a weekend away For bookings contact Vic Laws 01483750991

We will be joining chef Al Cresci MBE for luncheon cooked and served by the inmates of Down Side Prison. Number are limited so book early

Student Dinner and AGM at Guildford College and presentation of the Keith Perry Memorial Award

Newly opened in Epsom by members Sean and Joyce Mooney.

It’s a unique, delicious, very healthy interactive dining experience that allows your meal to be presented cooking on our volcanic rocks at your table. You can enjoy your meal freshly prepared and cooked to your own personal taste whether rare, medium or well done.

Join with member Enam Ali MBE at his Bangledeshi restaurant for Sunday Lunch

Continue your Oxford weekend with this informal lunch

Another excellent event at The Randolph. Tom, Sean and their teams excelled themselves and we all had a great evening. Photographs are available from Vic Laws at Thames@chaine.co.uk

Thames Valley AGM and Special Barbeque

Weekend in Lincoln with Dinner at Viela (renamed Straits Brasserie) on Friday and at The Old Bakehouse on Saturday

Dinner run by Academy of Culinary Arts and TVU students.

Dinner at 1845 for 1930

AGM & Chinese Luncheon

Dinner at the New Mill, Eversley, Nr Camberley. Joint Event with Solent.

Weekend at Hôtel Cléry, Hesdin l’Abbé nr Boulogne: 7-9 March

Join your friends for an evening of skill, fun and catering excellence at the Lakeside Restaurant of the School of Business Studies of Surrey University.