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‘END OF AN ERA’

02/03/12 in General, News by | No Comments Comments

 

Will 300x199 ‘END OF AN ERA’
So apparently cold, drizzly Littlehampton doesn’t quite cut the mustard, so our Sous Chef Will, Dan’s right hand man is in search of warmer climates and new adventures this leads him to the Cayman Islands  which will be his new home for a while…

Cayman Island 263x300 ‘END OF AN ERA’

 
Having never been to a Michelin Star restaurant it seemed the appropriate way to say farewell! After a lot of deliberation Dan decided that ‘The Pass’ at South lodge…
would be fitting for such an occasion, So here at Red we embarked on an evening of Surprises, sublime food and splendid company! 
 
After enjoying a tipple in the lounge dressed in our finery, we were then escorted through to the ‘chefs table’ to be a part of the kitchen Drama.
 
Here we sat and enjoyed the creations of Head chef, Matt Gillan including Roasted scallops, crushed chick pea, poached pear with lemon and liquoriceScallops 224x300 ‘END OF AN ERA’ and a dreamy Chocolate ganache with poached rhubarb, rhubarb doughnut, and rhubarb sorbetpudding number 2 300x224 ‘END OF AN ERA’. Although, it was a unanimous vote that the Slow cooked pork belly, Bramley apple, pickled sweet potato and Buddha’s hand was a firm favourite and we were left with nothing to say but WOW!
Pork Belly our favourite 224x300 ‘END OF AN ERA’
So… while Will enjoys his new challenges and exciting future, we here at Red are preparing for a busy, fantastic summer of Champagne Cocktails, canapés and Weddings galore!! 
 
Sophie

12 Days of Christmas… Red Anywhere Style!

13/12/11 in General, News by | No Comments Comments

 

On the first day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Smiling Staff 300x229 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the second day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Turkey Crowns 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the third day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
French Wines 224x300 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the fourth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Grazing Bowls 300x200 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the Fifth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Homemade Puds 300x224 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the Sixth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
 
On the Seventh day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
 
On the Eighth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
Ovens Burning 208x300 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the ninth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Nine Timers Peeping, 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile form all our Staff! 
Timers 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the tenth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Ten Chefs a-Chopping,  
Nine Timers Peeping, 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile form all our Staff! 
Chef Chopping 224x300 12 Days of Christmas... Red Anywhere Style!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the eleventh day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Eleven Mixers Mixing, 
Ten Chefs a-Chopping,  
Nine Timers Peeping, 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
 
On the twelfth day of Christmas, 
Red Anywhere sent to me 
Twelve Porters Peeling, 
Eleven Mixers Mixing, 
Ten Chefs a-Chopping,  
Nine Timers Peeping, 
Eight Stoves a-Burning, 
Seven Guests a-swaying, 
Six Staff a-Serving, 
Five Homemade Puds, 
Four Grazing Bowls, 
Three French Wines, 
Two Turkey Crowns, 
And a Big Smile from all of our Staff! 
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Sophie

Freshening up the Testimonial Board

11/11/11 in General, News by | No Comments Comments

 

After receiving all the lovely testimonials from our clients over the past year Laura and I felt it was time to update the Testimonial Board in our hallway here at the unit in Sussex. 
 
Yesterday afternoon, Laura and I set aside a little while and ‘Went for it!’ After about 20 minutes of tugging, prying, ripping and scrapping we had cleared back the board restoring it to its former glory (well it was just MDF painted Red – but that doesn’t sound quite as good)
 
The next step was the hardest. Although Laura and I both have a hand in creating beautiful weddings for all our clients, notice boards aren’t really our bag. This left us a little hesitant to go storming in staple gun at the ready. 
 
After a little deliberation we settled on a small photo board with images of our team here at Red and a few of our favourite dishes to begin. This filled all of 1 square meter! However this little burst of creativity obviously helped as we were on a roll… there was blu tac and staples flying left and right. 
 
It seemed we had drawn attention to our project, Will & Andy came peering round the door to see us giggling and shouting over the staple gun (it was rather loud, Laura even insisted on putting her fingers in her ears with each shot)  
 
When we had finally completed the wall we slumped into our chairs with a cuppa tea and looked at our achievement. 
 
Unfortunately I didn’t take a before shot, but below I have added a couple of photos of our fabulous new board.
 
 
 

Our Team Some Favourite Dishes 300x226 Freshening up the Testimonial Board

Food Photos 233x300 Freshening up the Testimonial BoardLetters and Cards 300x188 Freshening up the Testimonial Board

Dan Clarke

Arundel Sparkle Ball – 9 Days Notice, 300 Guests, No Problem!

01/04/10 in General by | No Comments Comments

Two weeks ago I got a call from a lady asking if were available on the 26th March… I replied, for 2011, she replied know in 9 days time. I assumed that it would be a private dinner for 16 and perhaps the lady had been on our website looking for a Master Chef Experience…. How wrong was I?

I asked for how many guests… the lady replied 250-300 at that point I nearly fell off my chair… I said 250-300! In 9 days time! What has happened? Basically the previous caterers decided to pull out and the committee were frantically calling around to see if anyone could for-fill the event… Of course I said in a very calm manner we can do that, No problem… behind the scenes I was thinking of Staffing, Menu, Logistics etc etc but when you have a good team around you and the resources to pull something together like this in such a short space of time you get a real buzz….

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