Bailliage: Chilterns
Events

Lunch at the Plough in Shiplake


13th December 2025

12.30pm for 1pm on Saturday 13th December 2025

Members £142 / Guests £152

Dress: Smart casual with regalia & LOUD- it’s Christmas!

We are looking forward to our last event of the year at The Plough Shiplake. They often provide popular tasting dinners which are successful. It is nice that we can do a different “Christmas” event, which will be exclusive to us.

We are having a classic Chilterns Bailliage lunch, and I am sure Jill Sikkens, proprietor and Chloe Chanton, Deputy Manager, will look after us extremely well.
They have provided a great menu and we’re sure they will live up to their motto, A PLACE OF LAUGHTER.

Please book ASAP so that you do not miss this “Christmas” event.

 


Tasting Menu Travel Options

Parmesan and Truffle Arancini
Chicken Wing with Katsu Mayonnaise

Preamble Hundred Hills – Henley, ENGLAND – Pinot Noir, Chardonnay

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CURRIED PARSNIP SOUP
Compressed Apple – Jerusalem Artichoke Crisp

Sassy Organic Cidre – FRANCE – Normandy Apples

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BUTTER ROASTED BRILL
Verjus – Grapes – Dill

Alba Martin, Martin Codax – SPAIN – Albariño

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VENISON FILLET
Celeriac Purée – Wild Mushroom – Sauce Poivre

Smiling Donkey – PORTUGAL – Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca

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‘Hot Toddy’ Sorbet

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DARK CHOCOLATE MOELLEUX
Hazelnut Praline – Brown Butter Ice Cream

Showbizz Cocktail

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Tea and Coffee included
Vegetarian and Pescatarian options available on request.


Address: The Plough Shiplake, A Place of Laughter, Reading Road, Shiplake RG9 4BX

Telephone: 0118 940 3999 or 0782 405 0861

Social media: @theploughshiplake

Email: hello@bigbettyfoodco.com

Website: https://www.theploughshiplake.co.uk/

Accommodation:

There are good Hotels in both Reading and Henley, with multiple options.
The Roseate in Reading our member offers good raters to Chaine members.

Directions:

By road:

Located on the corner of Plough Lane and Reading Road.
Follow Sat Nav to RG9 4BX. Car park entrance is on Plough Lane, just past the bus stop on the left-hand side of the road.

By taxi:

There is a Taxi rank at Reading Station, and it is c£20 per journey. A taxi from Caversham is also c£20.
We plan to run taxis from Reading and Caversham, please let us know if you want to join in.

By rail:

There are regular services to Reading and from London Paddington, The west & Oxford.
Please see www.nationalrail.co.uk for further details.

By bus:

For those who live in the Reading area, the 28 bus service goes directly to The Plough.
The Shiplake College bus stop is the nearest to The Plough.

Full details can be downloaded HERE.

The booking form can be downloaded HERE.

This event is from the Chilterns Bailliage, see more Chilterns Events.

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