Dinner Parties

A restaurant experience in your home, holiday retreat, or private venue

Intimate Dinner Parties

The Personal Chef’s true passion and founding concept is intimate dinner parties in your home, holiday retreat or private venue.

Examples of events we cater for:

Canapé & Drinks Parties

Birthday Dinners

Anniversary Tasting Menus

Hen Party Dinners

Family Get-Togethers at a Holiday Retreat

Sample Menus
Spring

Starters

Roasted local asparagus with poached hen’s egg, herb oil and Parmesan

Oxtail, bucatini, broad beans and pangrattato

Seared Pollack with confit peppers, gremolata and saffron aioli

Citrus cured salmon, sushi rice rolls and pickled ginger

Spring lamb and wild garlic broth with aged pecorino

 

Main Course

Roasted salmon with sea beet crumb, purple sprouting broccoli and blood orange butter

Organic Pork belly with spiced squid, sea vegetables, polenta and bergamot salmoriglio

Feather blade of beef with noodles, kimchi, garden radishes and garlic chives

Slow cooked lamb, crushed Jersey royals, local asparagus and Sussex watercress

Spring chicken with pancetta, st George’s mushrooms & risotto primavera

 

Dessert

Caramel parfait with berry compote and cocoa nib tuile

Pistachio, chocolate and orange cake

Passionfruit meringue pie

Gooseberry fool with pain d’épices

Chocolate tart with crème fraiche, honeycomb and raspberries

 

Summer

Starters

Cornish crab cake, sea beet, rouille and cockle popcorn

Seared scallops with fresh peas and guanciale

Beef carpaccio

Ash goat’s cheese with heritage tomatoes and sourdough crackers

Young courgette, beetroot and lemon risotto

 

Main Course

Sea bass with noodle, shiitake and soy broth, crispy shallots and choi sum

Barbary duck breast, confit leg pastilla, runner bean, shredded pumpkin and confit onion salad

Maple and panko crusted pork belly with shaved cuttlefish, borlotti bean and charred chilli ragout

Lamb rump with gnocchi, peas, broad beans and pecorino Romano

Slow cooked beef wrapped in Serrano ham with Summer vegetables and red wine jus

 

Dessert

Raspberry and pistachio tart with Chantilly cream

Blackcurrant mousse with blackberries and polenta biscuits

Chocolate caramel truffle torte with crème fraîche

Panna cotta with Frangelico and hazelnut cookies

Strawberry mille feuille

 

Autumn

Starters

Spice roasted red mullet with shaved vegetables, sea greens and tamarind broth

Fried panelle with charred apricots, rose harissa and local watercress

Slow poached free-range chicken with creamed leeks, watercress and fresh truffle

Tomato and mozzarella arancina with marinated courgettes

Diver caught scallops with porcini mushrooms

 

Main Course

Hake fillet, baked aubergine, tomato fondue, basil oil and parmesan crumb

Lamb loin, curried potato mousseline, roasted roots and spinach

Fillet of beef, marinated vegetables, sauté potatoes and Madiera

Barbary duck breast with red chicory, puy lentils and anchovy dressing

South Downs venison with fondant potato, cavolo nero and chocolate enriched sauce

 

Dessert

Blackberry and apple frangipane tart with Chantilly cream

Raspberry mousse with white chocolate and polenta biscuits

Polenta, almond & lemon cake with fresh ricotta

Chocolate tart with chocolate mousse & cacao tuile

Sticky toffee pudding with milk ice cream & caramel sauce

 

Winter

Starters

Sloe gin cured salmon, étuvée of chicory, Sussex watercress

Sussex ash goats’ cheese with shallot confit and herbs, focaccia toasts

Crispy fried Sussex pheasant, kimchi and tofu

Guanciale, fregola, red cabbage ketchup and wild rocket

Crab and scallop thermidor

 

Main Course

Seared fillets of John dory with spiced onion sauce, pickled red cabbage, sea beet sag aloo and crispy shallots

Beef Wellington, roasted parsley roots & Madeira sauce

Partridge with roasted sprouting broccoli, and anchovy & lemon risotto

Venison with sprout tops, honey glazed roots and bullace gin jus

Rack of lamb with truffled gratin potatoes, savoy cabbage and wild mushrooms

 

Dessert

Panettone bread and butter pudding

Pear and quince tart tatin

Chocolate nemesis with Frangelico cream, raspberries and honeycomb

Praline crème brûlée

Treacle tart with Jersey milk ice cream

 

Month specific menus will be sent out to all dinner party enquiries

Special Occasion Getaways

We cater for supper parties in many different holiday properties. From milestone Birthday parties to Hen parties, we create a menu and dining experience to befit your special occasion.

Please get in touch if you would like some accommodation recommendations based on your requirements.

 

We'll take care of everything

From laying the table to greeting your arriving guests, pouring your wine to keeping the fire burning. We can make your evening as formal or informal as you require and are very happy to help with anything that will make the experience as relaxing as possible for you. We can also provide pre-dinner canapés. An extensive list can be provided on request.

We always supply full allergen lists for all food being served and are very happy to accommodate any food intolerances or allergies with prior notice. 

 

Your Event

Although we are very passionate about the food we create and the monthly menus that utilise the very best of seasonal products, we are also very happy to accommodate your special preferences and can create a bespoke menu for you based on these favourites.

Dinner Party Dishes

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Areas Catered For

Emsworth, Chichester, Cowdray, Portsmouth, Petersfield, Arundel, Waterlooville, Haslemere, Goodwood,  Fernhurst, Amberley, Storrington, Pulborough, Wisborough Green, Petworth, Midhurst, Liphook, Havant, Southampton, Winchester, Haywards Heath, Hambledon, Witterings, Birdham, Aldwick

Contact

07961 269977

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