The annual Christmas Fair, held in the Domus in Beaulieu Estate to raise funds for the Countryside Education Trust.

Christmas comes early for wine lovers at Le Blaireau when you join the worldwide race to be among the first to sample the new season Beaujolais.

Beaujolais Nouveau is the new wine from the first harvest of grapes in the Beaujolais region of France. At one minute past midnight on the third Thursday of each November, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey through France in the race to be the first to taste the new wine.

Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive!

All at Le Blaireau will be up early, eagerly anticipating the delivery of Beaujolais Nouveau ready for the following evening’s celebrations. Your evening includes a 3 course dinner and live accordianist, so book a table at Le Blaireau and pop a cork with us!

£29.95 per person

MENU

SOUPE A L’OIGNON   (V)

French onion soup served with cheese croutons

CASSOLETTE DE FRUITS DE MER  (GF)

Seafood casserole (salmon, mussel, prawns and red mullet)

SALADE DE POIRE POCHEE AU BLEU  (GF) (V)

Poached pear, roquefort and walnut salad

ESCARGOTS DE BOURGOGNE  (GF)

6 Burgundy snails in garlic butter

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BOEUF BOURGUIGNON   (GF)

Braised beef cheeks bourguignonne, herb mash

CONFIT DE CANARD A L’ORANGE   (GF)

Confit of duck leg, orange sauce, sauteed potatoes

TRIO DE POISSONS MADRILENE   (GF)

Salmon, halibut and seabass cooked in light fish broth

CHAMPIGNONS STROGANOFF   (V)   (GF)

Mushroom stroganoff with pilau rice

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COUPE BEAUJOLAISE    (GF)

Vanilla ice cream, griottine cherries, chantilly cream, red fruit coulis

ASSIETTE DE FROMAGES  (GF)

Pierre robert, tomme de savoie, pont l’eveque

CRÈME BRULEE

Vanilla crème brulee

TARTE AUX POIRES ET AMANDE

Pear and almond tart, chantilly cream

For further information, or to make a reservation, please call 01590 624467 or contact us online.

The Fair is held in Alderholt Village Hall with a wide variety of stalls offering local produce and crafts including Gold Oak Farm fresh meat, eggs, dairy and veg products, home baking, jams and pickles, Mollie’s Pantry savoury pies and cakes, Granny Olives Kitchen, home baked bread and chocolates, local artist Joyce Pitt, photographer David Rose, outdoor and indoor plants, herbal health products, hand crafted jewellery, sewn and knitted products and recycled books.

Coffee, tea and homemade cakes available in the Hall.

See the Alderholt Village Hall website for other events.

www.alderholtvillagehall.org.uk

A fun hands on session with Louise from ‘Rough Around the Hedges’ weaving natural festive decorations.

You will create a freestanding Christmas Tree using colourful willow, you’ll also make a willow star, just in time for Christmas.

Tea & Coffee supplied

• Cost  £25
• Contact  Minstead Study Centre
• Phone  023 80 813437
• Book online

A fun hands on session with Louise from ‘Rough Around the Hedges’ weaving natural festive decorations.

You will create a freestanding Christmas Tree using colourful willow, you’ll also make a willow star, just in time for Christmas.

Tea & Coffee supplied

• Cost  £25
• Contact  Minstead Study Centre
• Phone  023 80 813437
• Book online

Louise from Rough Around the Hedges will be with again for a fun hands on session weaving a dragonfly in a spiral ‘corn dolly’ weave in brown willow.

An ideal addition to an outside pot! You can then make a bird feeder, naturally stylish, biodegradable feeders to hang in the garden for wild birds.

Lastly you should have time to make a willow wishing fish woven using a ‘figure of eight’ weave. These can then be placed outside on sticks or hung up.

Tea & Coffee provided

• Cost  £25
• Contact  Minstead Study Centre
• Book online »

Join Brockenhurst College for an evening of fun and entertainment as 2 teams of top professional chefs compete against one another in their very own ‘Strictly Come Dining’.

Watch both teams as they demonstrate their culinary expertise, wowing you with their signature dishes and lots of tips & ideas for your Christmas table. And why not join in and vote for your winner of the coveted “Glitter Spoon Trophy”.

Will it be our own local Forest chefs, or will it be the visitors used to the bright lights?

The New Forest Chefs:

Luke Holder – Limewood Hotel

Matt Tomkinson – Montagu Arms

Allan Collier – MJ’s@Brock

The London Craft Guild of Chefs:

Keri Moss –Winner, Masterchef The Professionals

Ruth Hansom – Winner, Million Pound Menu

Matt Owens – Culinary Olympics, Gold Medallist

With special guest Jon Cuthill of BBC’s Inside Out & Radio Solent

Doors open at 6.30pm
To allow you time to visit the stalls from local producers, buy tickets to win some fab raffle prizes, and check out the very special auction items, and of course enjoy a glass of Christmas Cheer with us! Free parking in the main College car park.

All proceeds from this event will help to fund The Wessex Salon Culinaire which is one of the largest hospitality competitions in the country for up and coming young hopefuls in the Hospitality Industry, and is hosted annually by the Hospitality team at Brock in conjunction with the Craft Guild of Chefs. It provides our young people with the perfect opportunity to develop and display their remarkable talents and skills in a competitive environment, and by supporting this event you will undoubtedly be helping them as they train to become our Hospitality Industry of the future – something that we surely all want to enjoy & value for years to come!

Admission: £15.00 pp
For tickets Email Cathy MacArthur at Brockenhurst College
Ticket will be an Email confirmation following payment, and places will be allocated on a seating plan on a first come, first served basis.