Catering

Everything you need to know

Snack Menu

The below selections are provided with tea, coffee, herbal infusions, fresh orange juice, fresh apple juice and bowls of whole fresh fruit. Please select 2 items for each break to be served to your delegates. Should you wish to add on additional items, these will be charged at the DDR (the associated supplement plus an additional £3 per item).

  • Arrival snacks:
  • Mid-morning Break Snack:
  • Afternoon Break Snacks:
  • Healthy alternatives
  • Deluxe break selector

Arrival snack menu:
Selection of mini Danish pastries & pain au chocolate
Selection of mini muffins
Mini butter croissants
Homemade cookies

Upgrade for £3.50 +VAT:
Warm cured ham & cheese-filled croissants
Warm tomato & cheese-filled croissants
Poached egg, spinach & cheese muffins
Egg & mushroom filled rolls
Cured back bacon-filled rolls
Cumberland sausage-filled rolls

Upgrade for £5 +VAT:
Eggs benedict

Mid-morning Break snack menu:
Vanilla and chocolate eclairs
Homemade banana bread
Assorted mini muffins
Homemade chocolate brownies
Mini ring doughnuts and dipping sauces
Assorted flapjacks
Homemade cookies

Afternoon Break snack menu:
Fresh scones, clotted cream & jams
Fruit cake slices
Lemon meringue tarts
Mini jelly shots
Coffee macaroons
Cinnamon cookies
Coconut cookies
Fudge brownies
Mini sweet shot collection
Assorted flapjack platter
Bakewell slice

Upgrade for £1.95 +VAT:
A variety of candy bars

Upgrade for £2.25 +VAT:
Chocolate dipped fruit skewers

Upgrade for £4 +VAT:
Assorted ice cream tubs

Substitute any of the following items to any of your breaks:
Granola fruit slice
Energy bites
Protein bites
Vegetable crisp selection
Vegetable crudités & assorted dips

Upgrade for £1.95 +VAT:
Mini smoked salmon quiche

Upgrade and add on any of the following items to any break for a £3 +VAT supplement:
Glazed mini fruit tartlets
Homemade carrot cake fingers
Honey and almond cookies
Ginger and apple crumble
Blackberry and apple crumble
Peach cobbler with clotted cream

Lunch Buffet Menu

We serve hearty, homemade food freshly prepared on site by our skilled chefs. Our flexible menu selector allows you to create the ideal catering experience for your event, with delicious options tailored to suit all tastes, dietary requirements, and the needs of your delegates. Please select your menu from the sections below. Should you wish to add on additional items, we would be delighted to arrange these at a supplement of £5.50 +VAT per item per person.

  • Meat Options
  • Fish Options
  • Vegetarian Options
  • Cold Platters
  • Vegetable Options

Please select two options to be served to your delegates:

  • Homemade shortcrust steak & ale pie
  • Hunter’s chicken, BBQ sauce
  • Pork loin strips, creamy peppercorn & mushroom sauce, rice
  • Beef goulash, soured cream, rice
  • Soya honey glazed baked boneless chicken thighs, mange-tout, vegetable garnish
  • Braised lamb rogan josh, pilau rice, tear drop naan
  • Sweet & sour fried chicken, rice
  • Beef lasagna carbonara
  • Lamb & rosemary casserole, parmesan dumplings
  • Sautéed chicken, mushrooms and peppers in a cream & sherry sauce, rice
  • Moroccan chicken tagine
  • Chicken jalfrezi, saffron rice

Please select one option to be served to your delegates:

  • Thai fish cakes, lime, sweet chilli sauce
  • Salmon & prawn vol-au-vent, chive sauce
  • Golden battered fish fillet, string fries, garden peas
  • Baked fish pie, puff pastry
  • Marinated salmon fillet, soya & honey sauce

Please select one option to be served to your delegates:

  • Asparagus tart, wild mushrooms, cherry tomato, creamy onion sauce (vf)
  • Cherry tomato, red onion, spinach and cheese lasagna (vf)
  • Black bean, quinoa, sweet potato hotpot (vf)
  • Mediterranean vegetable tray bake (vf)
  • Chickpea and pumpkin curry, rice, naan (vf)

Please select one option to be served to your delegates:

  • Homemade chicken & ham pie, Ascot pork pie platter
  • Assorted cold meat platter
  • Luxury bread display

Please select one options to be served to your delegates:

  • Honey roasted root vegetables
  • Sauté carrot batons and peas
  • Green beans Provençale
  • Steamed seasonal vegetables
  • Buttered baby sweetcorn, broccoli and cauliflower
  • Braised sweet red cabbage and apple
  • Potato Options
  • Salads
  • Desserts

Please select one option to be served to your delegates:

  • Rosemary-scented Parisienne potatoes
  • Fried potato wedges, red caramelised onion
  • Creamy dauphinoise potatoes
  • Roasted baby new potatoes
  • Skin on fries
  • Assorted mix of savoury fries (sweet potato, herb, diced, wedges)

Please select two options to be served to your delegates:

  • Chickpea, red pepper, cucumber, rocket, red wine vinegar dressing
  • Asparagus, radish, red onion, mixed leaves, feta, Dijon mustard dressing
  • Classic creamy coleslaw
  • Cherry tomato, mozzarella balls, rocket
  • Carrot, spring onion, red pepper strips, cucumber, onion, lambs leaf, orzo pasta
  • Chickpea, feta cheese, olives, red pepper, courgette and onion
  • Moroccan spiced couscous, carrot, red pepper, courgetti and onion
  • Assorted mixed salad
  • Mixed leaf salad
  • Classic potato salad

Please select two option to be served to your delegates:

Warm

  • Apple, ginger and cinnamon cake, double cream
  • Dark velvet chocolate brownie, fudge topping
  • Sticky golden syrup cake, vanilla custard
  • Apple and blackberry crumble, vanilla custard
  • Almond, cherry and semolina cake, double cream
  • Classic zesty spotted dick pudding, vanilla custard

Cold

  • Caramel carrot cake, maple syrup
  • Citrus fruit posset, seasonal fruit topping
  • Chocolate mocha cake, double cream
  • Lemon & sultana drizzle cake, sweetened Greek yogurt
  • Rich vanilla cheesecake, fruits of the forest, double cream
  • Strawberry bavarois, crumbly Viennese biscuit
  • Seasonal fresh fruit salad, double cream or natural yogurt
  • Traditional English sherry trifle
  • Meringue nest, whipped Chantilly cream, berries

Tea, coffee and iced water served with all options

Banqueting Menus

Our Banqueting Menu at the National Conference Centre offers a generous selection of homecooked favourites and elegant, restaurant-quality dishes—ideal for gala dinners, awards nights, and formal celebrations.

  • Starters
  • Homemade Soup
  • Main Courses

Please select 1 item from each course to be served to all guests with a vegan/vegetarian alternative.

  • Chilled conchigliette pasta, prawn and tomato bound, tomato and mayonnaise sauce, cucumber and balsamic dressing
  • Melon & Parma ham, fresh berries, fruit coulis
  • Chicken & duck liver parfait, balsamic glaze, port and apricot chutney, toasted crouton
  • Warm seafood and pea purée vol-au-vent, shellfish cream, dill sauce
  • Caesar salad tower, chicken, bacon, egg, parmesan, sourdough croutons
  • Warm wild mushroom, spinach & butternut squash pithivier, lemon and thyme cream sauce, lamb’s leaf lettuce V VE*
  • Warm filo pastry filled with roasted sweet potato, tomato & asparagus, mixed leaves, cream herb sauce V VE*
  • Cold courgette parcel filled with roasted red peppers, garlic cream cheese, onion & pumpkin chutney, mixed leaves V VE*
  • Chilled conchigliette pasta, avocado, tomato, pomegranate, rocket V VE*
  • Deep-fried spinach, mushroom & cheese balls, sweet tomato sauce, mixed leaves V VE*
  • Warm cauliflower and herb couscous, pine nuts, grilled aubergine, mixed leaves, chervil sauce V VE*
  • Chicken, ham & smoked bacon terrine, quail egg, apple jelly garnish, pepper oil, mixed leaves (£4 per person supplement)
  • Arbroath smokie mousse, smoked salmon, ricotta, pepper oil, baby leaves (£4 per person supplement)
  • Baked halibut, sweet red cabbage, sweet pea leaf, creamy dill sauce (£5 per person supplement)
  • Tomato, buffalo mozzarella, prosciutto, fresh basil, balsamic dressing (£4 per person supplement)
  • Caramelised balsamic & red onion tart, baked goat’s cheese, salad leaves, balsamic dressing V (£3 per person supplement)

Soup can either be as a fourth course for a supplement of £4.50 per person or replace the starter

  • Roasted tomato and red pepper soup with crisp croutons
  • Apple and roasted parsnip soup with herb croutons
  • Cream of garden vegetable soup with cream and parsley
  • Cream of carrot and pumpkin soup with garlic croutons

Chicken

  • Grilled chicken breast with lemon and thyme cream sauce
  • Poached chicken breast topped with roasted red peppers coated with a cream paprika sauce
  • Hunters chicken breast wrapped in bacon, with melted cheese in a barbeque sauce
  • Traditional roasted chicken breast served with pigs in blanket, sage stuffing and pan gravy
  • Pan fried Chicken breast served with creamy mushroom and honey mustard sauce
  • Oven baked breast of chicken with spinach and Gorgonzola cheese, wrapped with prosciutto (£4 per person supplement)
  • Panko breaded chicken fillet filled with Boursin cheese, chive and shallot sauce (£4 per person supplement)

Beef

  • The traditional roast beef dinner with Yorkshire pudding, roast pan gravy scented with horseradish
  • Beef two ways (Steak and ale pie, roasted beef), Yorkshire pudding with a sweet Guinness sauce
  • Fillet of beef en croute with spinach and mushroom herb duxelles and red wine shallot sauce (£7 per person supplement)
  • Fillet of beef caprese (Fillet of beef topped with melted mozzarella) served with a tomato and red wine basil sauce (£7 per person supplement)
  • Grilled Entrecote steak, mushroom, shallots, tomato, tarragon, white wine sauce (£7 per person supplement)

Lamb

  • Roasted lamb rump, bacon lardons, red wine & mushroom sauce
  • Braised lamb shank, red wine and rosemary-scented sauce, red-currant garnish (£4 per person supplement)
  • Traditional roast leg of lamb, sweet mint and redcurrant sauce (£4 per person supplement)
  • Glazed saddle of lamb filled with a herb stuffing and rosemary jus (£5 per person supplement)
  • Herb-crusted two-bone rack of lamb with coriander, rosemary & wild Mushroom sauce (£7 per person supplement)

Pork

  • Traditional roasted loin of pork, sage and onion stuffing, apple relish,crisp crackling pan jus
  • Pork two ways; roasted pork belly with pan-fried loin steak, apple cider sauce (£4 per person supplement)
  • Pan-fried pork medallions, calvados, sage & parsley cream sauce (£5 per person supplement)

Fish

  • Poached salmon fillet, asparagus spears, hollandaise sauce
  • Lemon sole paupiettes, tomato and mushroom garnish, dill vermouth sauce (£7 per person supplement)

Duck

  • Pan seared duck breast with pomegranate, rosemary & red wine sauce (£7 per person supplement)
  • Pan-fried duck fillet with Maraschino cherry sauce (£7 per person supplement)

Vegetarian / Vegan

  • Warm savoury pancake filled with spinach, mushrooms, almond cream cheese filling coated in onion and parsley sauce V VE*
  • Baked beetroot and butternut squash wellington with roasted red onion sauce V VE*
  • Sweet potato, asparagus & sweet pea risotto topped with roasted tomato V VE*
  • Warm savoury pastry tart with caramelised red onion, roasted cherry tomato with a chive sauce V VE*