The acclaimed Café Bowes can provide sumptuous refreshments to suit your requirements. High quality local produce is used wherever possible, and we can customise alternatives for vegetarian and special dietary requests.

We can also offer a range of additional beverages to accompany your refreshments, such as speciality teas, fresh fruit juices, still or sparkling bottled water, as well as a selection of exclusive wines from our wine list including non-alcoholic wines.

An option for the whole group from the menus listed, can be enjoyed in the opulent surroundings of The Jubilee Room, with stunning views over Teesdale, or the Music Room, with spectacular hanging tapestries.

 

Light Refreshments

£2.10 per person
Selection of Homemade Biscuits served with Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

£6.90 per person 
Selection of Freshly Prepared Sandwiches with an assortment of Homemade Cakes, Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

£3.55 per person
Freshly Baked Fruit Scones served with Homemade Jam & Thick Organic Cream, Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

£7.90 per person
Selection of Freshly Prepared Sandwiches with Homemade Soup of the Day, Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

Café Bowes High Tea

£9.10 per person
Selection of Freshly Prepared Sandwiches , Local Farmhouse Sausages & Smokey Bacon in Puff Pastry, Homemade Fruit Cake with Cotherstone Cheese, Miniature Fruit Scones with Strawberry Jam & Thick Organic Cream, Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

Finger Food Buffet

£11.95 per person
Selection of Freshly Prepared Sandwiches, Local Farmhouse Roast Sausages, Smoked Salmon Tartlets, Pressed Local Ham & Pease Pudding, Yorkshire Puddings with Rare Beef & Horseradish, Miniature Prawn Cocktails, Sun Blush Tomato & Cream Cheese Tartlets, Cotherstone Cheese, Red Onion & Basil, Scones, Assorted bite sized Desserts & Cakes, Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffe

 

Cold Dishes

The Streatlam

£15.95 per person
Cold Roast Meat Salad of Hand Carved Yorkshire Ham, Roast Free Range Chicken & Teesdale Beef, New Potatoes in Fresh Herb Dressing, Homemade Coleslaw, Mixed Leaf Salad, Tomato & Caper Salad, Fresh Crusty Bread

Fresh Berry Pavlova with Thick Organic Cream & Fresh Berries

Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

 

The Du Barry

£16.95 per person
Cold Poached Salmon & Prawns with Fresh Asparagus, New Potatoes & Spring Onion Salad, Cucumber & Mint Salad, Mixed Leaf Salad, Tomato & Caper

Salad & Fresh Crusty Bread

Raspberry & White Chocolate Crème Brûlée with Shortbread Biscuit

Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

 

Vegetarian Options

Local Goats Cheese, Roasted Red Pepper & Basil Parfait

Individual Leek, Wild Mushroom & Yorkshire Blue Cheese Quiche

 

Hot Dishes

The Strathmore

£16.95 per person
Pot Roast Chicken with Marinated Cherry Tomatoes, Rocket & Rosemary Pommés Parmentier

Glazed Lemon Tart with Macerated Strawberries

Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

 

The Teesdale

£17.95 per person
Roast Sirloin of Teesdale Beef with Yorkshire Pudding, Chateau Potatoes & Roast Root Vegetables

Homemade Sticky Toffee Pudding with Black Treacle Cream

Yorkshire Tea & Fairtrade Coffee

 

Vegetarian Options

Wild Mushroom Risotto with Cotherstone Cheese, Chives & White Truffle

Slow Roasted Tomato Tart with Glazed Goats’ Cheese & Basil Pesto

 

Wine List

Most wines are available by the bottle or glass

WHITE

Sauvignon Blanc

Loire, France, Domaine Trotignon

Deliciously prominent gooseberry fruit flavours and an appealing freshness.

£3.75 per glass, £15.50 per bottle

 

Unoaked Chardonnay

SE  Australia, Berri Estates

Fresh and lemony. With crisp, ripe acidity and good weight.

£3.50 per glass, £14.50 per bottle

 

Sauvignon Blanc

Central Valley, Chile, Valle Andino

Dry white with classic gooseberry flavours.

£3.00 per glass, £12.50 per bottle

 

Pinot Grigio

Italy, Ruffino

Dry, with pear and apple sauce flavours.

£4.00 per glass, £16.50 per bottle

 

Seyval Blanc

Yorkshire, England, Leventhorpe Vineyard

Light and delicate floral nose, with a hint of apples.

£4.25 per glass, £17.50 per bottle

 

SPARKLING

Berri Estates Cuvée Brut

SE Australia

A soft, sparkling wine with a perfect combination of fruit and acidity. 

£4.00 per glass, £15.50 per bottle

 

CHAMPAGNE

Duval-Leroy Fleur de Champagne, Brut

France 

A fine, blended mousse backed by a soft, rich palate with flavours of biscuits and lightly roasted nuts.

£25.50 per bottle

 

ROSÉ

Cabernet Rosé Nobles Vignes, VdP d’OC

Aimery, France 

Dry Rosé, soft, with hints of red fruit flavour

£3.50 per glass, £14.50 per bottle

 

RED

Tempranillo - Cabernet

Full-bodied, with beautifully developed flavours of smoky-oak and tangerine.

£3.75 per glass, £15.50 per bottle

 

Shiraz-Cabernet

SE Australia, Hardys ‘The Riddle’ Spain  

Spicy pepper, raspberry, cherry fruit, blackcurrant, capsicum and mint.

£3.25 per glass, £13.50 per bottle

 

Merlot

Central Valley, Chile, Valle Andino

Deep-coloured, with supple, rounded tannins from maturation in oak barrels.

£3.00 per bottle, £12.50 per glass

 

Corvina

Valpolicella, Italy, Bolla

Lovely rounded berry fruit style with an excellent liquorice backbone.

£4.25 per bottle, £17.50 per glass

 

Pinot Noir

Vin de Pays, France, Robert Skalli

An elegant blueberry and black cherry fruit, backed by a smooth finish with spicy notes.

£4.50 per glass, £18.50 per bottle

 

NON ALCOHOLIC WINE

£9.95

 

All catering prices include VAT and are correct at time of going to press in January 2009.

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