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Love Your Mum!
by admin on Mar.12, 2010, under General Intro, Members Events, Oddfellows Menus, Public Events
Children’s menu also available at £7.50 per child!
Book now to avoid disappointment! Contact Reception on 01244 400 001!
Love is in the Air at Oddfellows!
by admin on Jan.21, 2010, under General Intro, Members Events, Oddfellows Menus, Public Events
Our Valentine’s itinerary has just been announced and its a full weekend of love that we have planned!
Our 4 course Gourmet dinner has been unveiled at the fabulous price of £34.50 per person and will be available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. Our A La Carte Menu will also be available on the Friday evening but for the rest of the weekend, its the Gourmet menu!
Places are filling quickly so if you would like to reserve a table, please contact our Front of House team to save that special seat! If you want to make a full weekend of it, how about staying in one of our delightful bedrooms and really making the most of it!
Hollywood Glamour comes to Oddfellows for New Years Eve 2009!
by admin on Dec.04, 2009, under General Intro, Members Events, Oddfellows Menus, Public Events
Celebrate New Years Eve in style with an evening full of Hollywood Glamour at Oddfellows!
Start the night as you mean to go on by arriving to the sound of our live swing band, The Funky Doctors, enjoy a fabulous gourmet dinner and then dance the rest of the night away to the sounds of the wonderful DJ Funk Miss Lil aka Liz!
Gourmet Dinner starts from £65 per person but if you just wish to come and join us for some drinks, tickets are £15 per person!
Please contact our Reception team to purchase either but make sure you do this quickly as both are selling out fast!
Christmas is coming and our restaurants are getting full!
by admin on Oct.22, 2009, under General Intro, Members Events, Oddfellows Menus, Public Events
Christmas will soon with us and both our Brasserie and Pantry restaurants are filling very quickly!
If you need to arrange a Christmas night out for a group of you, please contact Stacey Brookes who is our fabulous Events Co-ordinator, who will do her utmost to arrange your function. If its just the two of you or even just a few of you, contact our just as fabulous Front of House team who will arrange your reservation!
If you would like to see our menu, please take a peek below! The menu will be running from 1st December 2009 right through until Christmas Eve! If you need alternatives due to dietary restrictions, please let us know as soon as possible and we can get our kitchen team straight on to it!
We look forward to seeing you over the festive season!
Celebrate a Classic Christmas at Oddfellows
by admin on Oct.22, 2009, under General Intro, Members Events, Oddfellows Menus, Public Events
If you decide to do something oddly different this Christmas, then why not come along to Oddfellows on Christmas Day and partake in our delicious Christmas Day cuisine!
Our Christmas Day menu has been created from the finest ingredients and will be sure to tickle your taste buds on the most festive day of the year.
Lunch will be served from 12noon until 4pm and at £65 per head is fabulous value especially when compared to not having the Christmas Day argument of who gets to wash up!
Take a look at our menu and if you would like to make a booking, please contact our Front of House team who will be more than happy to help co-ordinate your Christmas Day festivities!
Oddfellows and Richard Phillips go from strength to strength!
by admin on Oct.21, 2009, under General Intro, Members Events, Oddfellows Menus, Public Events
Oddfellows continues to be a firm favourite for Chester’s private and corporate market and is still the most desirable place to be seen in Chester.
This has been enhanced by Michelin star chef Richard Phillips joining the team as Consultant Chef. He has come to Oddfellows waving the flag for British Cuisine “We will source the best local, seasonal produce for Oddfellows and show everybody how ‘great’ a British menu can be. My reputation is built on quality and I do not accept anything other than the best in my restaurants. It is a testament to the achievements in British agriculture and farming that our food offering can be centred on home grown produce that supports the local economy, and it tastes fantastic. My new kitchen team will continue to offer the very highest standards of service.”
That goes for the waiting on and beverage team too, standards will be higher and staff very recognisable in their designer new uniforms.
The 50 cover Brasserie has been refurbished and is a welcoming and delightful space to have lunch or dinner. The Pantry, on street level, continues the hotel’s eclectic design with flying crockery and cake stands, oversized furniture and is open for breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon teas and delicious dinners from our full a-la-carte menu.
Oddfellows still offers a full event management service for weddings, birthday celebrations, christenings, conferences and exclusive events. Our bedrooms are fabulous and cater to your every need. Please telephone Lucy Probert or Stacey Brookes for further information or contact them via email on lucy.probert@oddfellows.biz or stacey.brookes@oddfellows.biz.
Don’t forget we are open for coffee and tea all day and have a fabulous garden to enjoy it in! Perhaps you could stay for lunch or dinner!
A La carte Menu Nov 2009 Dessert Menu Nov 2009richard-philips-wines
Celebrity Chef Richard Phillips gets into bed with Oddfellows
by admin on Jun.23, 2009, under General Intro, Members Events, Public Events
IT’S a match made in culinary heaven: Michelin-starred celebrity chef Richard Phillips and Oddfellows, Cheshire’s most talked about boutique hotel, restaurant and members’ club.
Richard is joining the team that created the stunning £3.25m venue in the landmark 17th Century guild house, formerly Oddfellows Hall in Chester’s Lower Bridge Street as consultant chef.
Starring regularly in numerous television cookery programmes like the BBC’s Ready Steady Cook and ITV’s Daily Chefs, Richard is chef-patron of Thackeray’s Restaurant in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, which gained a coveted Michelin star in its first year and boasts three AA rosettes for outstanding modern French cooking.
He is also a partner in the fine dining Hengist Restaurant in Aylesford near Maidstone and the Plough, an acclaimed gastropub in Amersham.
At the same time the Chapel Down vineyard was beginning a hunt for a world-class chef to work with award-winning vineyard which was seeking to expand its own venture. Their search led to Richard’s door and ultimately to Richard’s latest dining venture, Richard Phillips at Chapel Down.
Richard Phillips at Oddfellows, which launches in mid-August, will be very much a “hands on” operation for the acclaimed chef – made possible by the latest technology. He will be not only be a regular presence in Chester at the outset, but will also be able to communicate with his team of chefs at Oddfellows via kitchen webcams, allowing frequent changes of the menu under his expert personal direction.
Born in Rainham, Kent, Richard began his illustrious career soon after leaving school under the watchful eyes of legendary Albert and Michel Roux at Le Gavroche in London. As the youngest commis chef at the celebrated three-star restaurant, he worked his way up to chef tournant and was asked by Albert to work at the brothers’ hotel in Courcheval, France. Later Richard worked for another culinary giant, Marco Pierre White, overseeing his famed kitchens at the Oak Room, The Mirabelle, The Criterion and Les Saveurs.
After serving his apprenticeship launching and setting up restaurants for other chefs, Richard had gained enough experience to go it alone. He returned to Kent in 2001 to purchase Thackeray’s and earned immediate recognition from the toughest inspectors in the business.
Oddfellows, opened just over a year ago by a team led by Ken Roscoe of Lister Carter, the Chester-based interior design company, proved an instant hit with guests and critics alike for the stunning contemporary style of its restaurant, bar and members’ facilities, four bespoke bedrooms and the quality of its food and service.
The launch of a street-level 40-cover café serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon teas and dinner is planned for September.
Lister Carter has designed some of the most fashionable venues in the UK, including the Print Room and Ink Bar in Bournemouth, The Barn and Cock o’ Barton in Cheshire and Richard Phillips’ Thackeray’s and Hengist restaurants in Kent.
Richard describes his food as: “Modern French cuisine, producing unique dishes with complimenting flavours, textures and colours.
“I believe in adhering to traditional culinary techniques while modernising the execution and sometimes introducing the unexpected,” he said.
“I am thrilled to be opening Richard Phillips at Oddfellows,” he added. Oddfellows has a fantastic reputation built on the quality of the restaurant and the exquisite design and care which has been taken has established this as one of the North West’s premier venues. I am looking forward to raising the bar even further to make this the ‘must dine at’ venue not only in Chester but the whole of the North.”
Izzy Grey, Oddfellows’ commercial director, said: “We have known Richard for some time and have always been more than impressed with his modern take on British and European cooking.
“He is a very hard working chef as well as being a real up and coming celebrity; we are absolutely delighted to be forming a partnership with him and being able to offer our customers a very special food product. Richard will also be keen to get to know Cheshire’s suppliers and producers and build meaningful relationships with our industry as a whole here in the North West.”
 Richard on Ready Steady Cook |
 Richard Phillips |
Come drink with me …
by admin on Mar.26, 2009, under General Intro, Members Events, Public Events
The beginning of April brings the dawn of a new cocktail menu. As we reach our one year anniversary we’ve decided its time for a more interesting and innovative selection. We have embraced the art of mixology and applied some bold flavours into the mix.
We have tried to include all types, flavours and styles of drinks. Odd drinks, bubbly drinks, luxurious drinks, classic drinks, contemporary drinks, and of course strong drinks!
A collection of competition winning cocktails find a home in their own section entitled Odd-tails. These drinks are designed to remove yourself from your normal drinking comfort zones, and to be led - by our bar tenders on a journey of new flavours and experiences. So ladies, if we say we will make you a whiskey cocktail that you’ll love…. Go with the flow !! Gents, if its pink, don’t be afraid !
This is of course a very brief summary of the menu. The discovery of the drinks is left to you. The journey, if you desire, led by our team of bartenders. So, sit back, get tomorrow off work, and come try them all!!
See you at the bar
Gwyn
Members Post … please support our boys at www.teamlejog.com
by admin on Mar.10, 2009, under General Intro, Members Events, Public Events
One of our boys ...
The Challenge
On the 26th of June this year, 10 riders will form Team Le-Jog and set off on an epic cycle trip from Lands End to John O’Groats. This would normally be tackled in 14 days, but everyone in Team Le-Jog will complete the 890 miles in just 7 days, hoping to raise in excess of £20,000 for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Why?
Two main reasons; firstly, it has something to do with the mid-life nature of our ages; we’re all in the crisis zone! Secondly, as almost all of the team have been touched in some way by those effected with Diabetes, we thought raising cash for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, set up to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, might be a good way of motivating the team to finish.
As well as supporting JDRF, one of our team members is a Type 1 diabetic who will face the additional challenge of monitoring and controlling his sugar levels throughout the ride.
How you can help?
If you’d like to support our cause, we’d be extremely grateful for your help. To make a personal contribution or take advantage of our corporate sponsorship packages, please visit our fundraising section at www.teamlejog.co.uk.
Contacts
Team coach – Roy Davies - 07802794493 - royedavies@btopenworld.com
Sponsorship – David Muir - 07793747748 - muird@mac.com
PR & Marketing – Tanya Arturi - 07811430730 - tanyaarturi@btinternet.com
Team Le-Jog Website – www.teamlejog.com
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Website - www.jdrf.org.uk/
