Events

A G M and Lunch

Wiilington Hall in idyllic rural Cheshire is run by member Diana Begbie. It stands in 17 acres of parkland with views to the Welsh mountains and is the venue for our first event of 2012

Dinner Amical

Courtesy of The Millstream Hotel and Restaurant at Bosham we are holding a Diner Amicale in a private room with menu to be devised.

Wykeham Arms , Winchester

Join us at Bistrot Bruno Loubet a modern French Restaurant in the City. Bruno Loubet has brought his distinctive style of modern bistrot food back to London, to the bright and airy dining room of The Zetter Hotel. ‘I found it delightful. For London it’s exceptional.’ Jasper Gerard, The Telegraph

Forburys,Reading with Xavier LeBellego

We will enjoy the wonderful "selections Parcellaires" wines of the King of the Rhone – Michel Chapoutier. These are individual Hermitage wines made a pioneer of bio-dynamic vineyard amangement. A matching menu has ben devised by Thomas Mayer to perfectly compliment the wines. This is Michel’s only visit to Britain this year and not to be missed.

Dinner

We missed out dining at the Sheraton during the Grand Chapitre in 2011, so we are returning now that the refurbishments are complete

The Anglia Bailliage will be making an informal visit to Pisa from 27th to 29th March. We will have two informal dinners in Pisa, and an optional day trip by train to Lucca, where we will lunch in a Chaine restaurant. Some of us will be extending the visit to include the previous weekend, since the Pisans celebrate their New Year on 25th March, a tradition dating back to the times when the Pisan republic was a great naval power.

Our first visit to our member Francois Jobard and his team at Le St Julien. The menu will be agreed, closer to the event

Return to the recently renamed University of West London (TVU) for a special student event

Amberley Castle will be the stunning setting for our event on 26th April. We shall have a private dining room and the ambience of the historic building will be one to be savoured. Dress will be black tie. Full details will be published here and on the Solent Bailliage web site when available.

The famous Anglia Bailliage Gastronomic weekend, at our favourite venue, the Imperial Hotel. Details to be confirmed in due course

Lainston House Hotel, Winchester with David Connell.

A lunch at Robert Thompson’s Michelin starred Hambrough Restaurant at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight is planned in May. Dry transport by launch from Itchenor to the restaurant is being planned. Less adventurous members can meet at the restaurant! Full details will be published here and on the Solent Bailliage web site when available.

Dinner

London City Bailliage play host to members from New Orleans Bailliage with a Diner Amical at the Reubens Hotel

Traditional pig roast.

Wessex Regional Young Chef Competition will be Held at The College Bournemouth.

2012 Young Chef Competition Finals

2012 Young Sommelier Competition Finals

Roast, an up market resautant in the heart of Borough market, is the brain child of Iqbal Wahhab from Cinnamon Club fame. This gives the chefs unrivalled access to the stallholders for the choice of all freah products. Sweeping views of St. Paul’s and Borough Market provide an exciting backdrop to your evening.

Chaine GB’s first Young Professionals Awards Dinner

Montagu Arms Hotel, Beaulieu with Phil Archer & Matt Tompkinson.

Join us and Cotswold Bailliage for a weekend in Oxford based at the **** Randolph Hotel

Dinner at the Randolph Hotel Oxford

Dinner Amical at Galton Blackiston’s country house restaurant Morston Hall, on the North Norfolk coast

Lunch

Portal is a modern Portuguese restaurant and wine bar that combines the buzzy conviviality of Iberian dining with bold interior design, a specialist wine list and sophisticated cooking. Reflecting the passion of veteran restaurateur and owner, Antonio Correia, Portal is a Modern Portuguese cuisine with a tranquil dining environment and unobtrusive service that are the hallmarks of this Clerkenwell restaurant

Purefoy Arms, Preston Candover in the heart of Hampshire countryside.

Dinner and tour of the gardens at Manoir Quatre Season

The Old House at Wickham.

As always a crowd pleaser!!

Champagne reception at Bourne House, AGM & then lunch In Horsell Village

Guernsey Weekend Friday 7th to Sunday 9th September. Old Government House, St Peters Port with Nick Bossé

Lunch

We are travelling to our loyal member Julie Cowpland, at Powder Mills Hotel, Battle in Sussex, for a Sunday luncheon in the beautiful setting of her hotel

A friendly lunch at The Windmill pub-restaurant in Somersham, near Earith, a short distance off the M11 south of Huntingdon

Join us for Dinner at the famous Leander Club

The Millstream at Bosham will host our AGM followed by lunch. Full details will be published here and on the Solent Bailliage web site when available.

GB’s Grand Chapitre will return to the city of Bristol between 5-7 October 2012. Events will include dinner on board the SS Great Britain.

Grand Chapitre in Bristol October 5th 6th & 7th.

Turnberry in Ayrshire is world famous for golf and "Oor Rabbie" otherewise know as The Bard.

Christchurch Harbour Hotel with Mark Godfrey & Alex Aitken.

Dinner

A favourite of many Le Pont de la Tour is a jewel – a stylish, luxurious, bubbling restaurant that gives diners superb food and service set against unparalleled views of Tower Bridge, the Gherkin and the London skyline.

Enjoy traditional French cooking with a modern twist in the calm of its marine-inspired interior. At dinner the main dining room awakens against the backdrop of floodlit Tower Bridge

Giles Thompson, our Vice-Conseiller Culinaire, will welcome us at The Earl of March, Lavant in November with a theme loosely constructed around Thanksgiving Day. Full details will be published here and on the Solent Bailliage web site when available.

Anglia Bailliage will hold its AGM and Lunch at a Cambridge College in November, as usual.

This year it will be at Jesus College, Cambridge on Sunday 25th November

Christmas Dinner a Black Tie event at Limewood,Lyndhurst, in the New Forest.

The wonderful Anne Schaeflein is returning to Scotland and taking over the Isle of Eriska Hotel, Spa and Golf on Benderloch. For those of us who experienced Kinnaird in 2010 will be very excited about this event.

This year’s Christmas lunch will be held at The Leconfield Restaurant, Petworth. Full details will be published here and on the Solent Bailliage web site when available.

Our 2013 Grand Chapitre will be based in London. We are delighted to be returning to the capital and will have a full program from Friday 4 October through Sunday 6 October.