Conference & Events Menu Brochure

1875 Our origin is food…

Fresh food

lovingly

sourced

Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5

Beverage Trays ..................................................................................................... 6-7

Breakfast Menu ...................................................................................................... 8-9

Working Lunch Menus ....................................................................................... 10-11

Buffet Menus ...................................................................................................... 12-15

Canapé Selection .............................................................................................. 16-17

Wine & Soft Drink Selection ............................................................................... 18-20

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Introduction

Welcome to Queen Margaret University Hospitality, where we are committed to consistently

delivering the highest standard of hospitality catering. Our food offer is intrinsically linked to

the service standards which we set, and we will deliver a prompt and discreet service to you.

To assist in the smooth execution of these requirements, we present our hospitality guide

which gives an indication as to the services that we provide. Our menus change regularly

and are influenced by the seasonality of ingredients to ensure best quality.

We would be pleased to discuss any aspect of your catering requirements with you, and if

you have any special requests or dietary requirements, we will do our utmost to ensure that

these are accommodated. In support of this we are always happy to tailor or create a menu

to suit your budget or special occasion.

Our goal is to ensure that we will exceed your expectations every time.

Booking Procedure

Please note the displayed prices are applicable to bookings Monday to Friday 08:30 – 16:00

hours. All bookings made out with these hours will be subject to an additional labour cost

based on delivery requirements.

We would ask that you give us your final delegate numbers 5 working days prior to your conference or event.

All prices are net of VAT.

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Beverage Trays

Beverage Tray 1

£1.15

Fresh filter coffee, traditional tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions.

Beverage Tray 2

£1.40

Fresh filter coffee, traditional tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions served

with a selection of chocolate & plain biscuits.

Beverage Tray 3

£2.40

Fresh filter coffee, traditional tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions served

with a variety of Danish pastries or homemade scones, butter & preserves.

Beverage Tray Supplements

£1.55

Homemade Scone filled with strawberry preserve and Devonshire clotted cream

All butter Scottish shortbread

Iced Banana Loaf

Carrot Cake

Gingerbread

Caramel Shortcake

Victoria Sponge Cake

Pretty Cupcakes (gluten free)

Chocolate Brownie (gluten free)

Please Note: all our coffee is triple certified

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Breakfast Menu

Working Breakfast

£5.90

Fresh filter coffee, traditional blend tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions

Selection of fresh juices including orange, apple and cranberry

Croissants with butter & preserves, plus a freshly baked Danish pastry selection

Grilled Scottish back bacon filled morning rolls and free range scrambled egg, with a

selection of sauces

Alternative breakfast options can be arranged on request.

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Working Lunch Menus

Sandwich Working Lunch 1

£6.30

Why not add Homemade Soup? £1.70 per person

Fresh cut traditional sandwiches on white, wholemeal and granary sliced breads with a

variety of fillings allowing 1½ rounds per person:

Grampian roast chicken with seasonal salad leaves

Ayrshire roast ham & Arran mustard

Classic Scottish bacon, lettuce & tomato

Free range egg mayonnaise (v)

Chunky humus with fresh peppers (v)

Tuna and cucumber

Served with:

Salted potato crisps

Seasonal fruit selections – choose either a bowl of whole fruit or a fresh fruit platter

Fruit juice and mineral water

Fresh filter coffee, traditional blend tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions

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Buffet Menus

Finger Buffet Menu 1 £8.95

Fresh cut traditional sandwiches on assorted farmhouse breads with a selection of fillings

allowing 1 round per person:

Sandwich Selection

Grampian roast chicken salad

Chunky humus with fresh peppers (v)

Sliced Fenton Barns turkey salad

Atlantic prawn mayonnaise with mixed salad leaves

Free range egg mayonnaise (v)

Ayrshire smoked ham with wholegrain mustard

Buffet Selection

Marinated piri piri chicken skewers served with a lightly spiced yogurt

Roast red onion, baby spinach tart topped with goats cheese (v)

Charred sweet pepper & cherry tomato crostini (v)

Rosette of west coast smoked salmon with crème fraiche on an oatcake biscuit

Fresh whole and cut seasonal fruit selection

Fruit juice and mineral water

Fresh filter coffee, traditional blend tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions

Finger Buffet Menu 2

£11.35

A selection of freshly made sandwiches on delicious breads including classic sliced, wraps

and speciality bread such as ciabatta with a selection of fillings allowing 1 round per person:

Sandwich Selection

West coast hot smoked salmon, mixed leaf & creamed horseradish

Sliced Spanish chorizo with a tomato & mixed leaf salad

Chicken Caesar salad with parmesan cheese shavings

Ploughman’s lunch – Scottish cheddar with salad & ploughman’s pickle (v)

Free range egg mayonnaise with mustard cress (v)

Dumfries roast beef with caramelised onion marmalade

Buffet Selection

King prawn wrapped in filo pastry with sweet chilli dipping sauce (v)

Selection of chicken tikka and piri piri spiced skewers with tziki

Buffalo mozzarella & sun blush tomato savoury tartlet (v)

Mediterranean layered frittata topped with pesto (v)

Salted potato crisps, marinated olives

Seasonal fruit platter or raspberry frangipane tart

Fruit juice & mineral water

Fresh filter coffee, traditional blend tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions

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Fork Buffet 1

£12.95 (10 person order minimum)

Cured West coast salmon with baby gem lettuce and garnished with dill & lemon crème

fraiche

Honey and soya glazed Ayrshire ham with spiced pear compote

Goats cheese, roast vine tomato, walnut and spinach tart (v)

Seasonal leaf salad (v)

Marinated cucumber, fresh mint and toasted pumpkin seeds (v)

Fresh whole and cut seasonal fruit selection

Or

Raspberry and white chocolate mousse in a bitter chocolate cup (1 each)

Fruit juice and mineral water

Fresh filter coffee, traditional blend tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions

Fork Buffet 2

£15.50 (10 person order minimum) Steamed fillet of Loch Duart salmon and salad niçoise served with salsa verde

Wok seared Balmullo chilli beef, sesame and soy noodles with Asian shreds

Layered herb pastry with balsamic roasted vegetables and torn basil (v)

Trio of cherry, plum and beef tomatoes drizzled with garlic infused olive oil and garnished

with micro herbs

Seasonal leaf salad

New potato salad with chive crème fraiche

Cucumber salad with a poppy seed and chilli dressing

Homemade vinaigrette dressing

Freshly baked bread selection

Fresh whole and cut seasonal fruit selection

Or

Glazed almond and fruit tartlets

Fruit juice and mineral water

Fresh filter coffee, traditional blend tea and a selection of organic fruit & herbal infusions

Canapé Selection

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Canapé Selection

£6.95 (Minimum 20 persons, with a choice of 5 canapés per person)

SAVOURY WARM CHOICES

McSweens Haggis Bon Bon and mustard dip (vegetarian option available)

Lamb & mint kofta with mint rhaita

Connage Dunlop cheese, red onion chutney and spicy pear tart (v)

Bite sized roast vegetable frittata (v)

SAVOURY COLD CHOICES

Chargrilled asparagus tips wrapped in Parma ham

Roast pork fillet & apple chutney

Smoked chicken and mango chicory cup

Mini oatcake topped with Inverawe smoked salmon and crème fraiche

Basil, parmesan and cracked black pepper pin wheel (v)

Fig and black pepper Crowdie cracker (v)

SWEET CHOICES

Stem ginger shortbread with clotted cream and raspberries

Mini lemon meringue pie

Mini chocolate ganache tart

Mini almond & raspberry tart

Wine & Soft Drink Selection

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Wine Menu

Sparkling Wine

Francois Dulac Brut 75cl £10.05

Conti Neri Bis Bis Rabosa Glera Rose Frizzante 75cl £10.05

Red Wine

Saint Etalon Merlot Vin de Pays d’Oc 75cl £10.05

Tilia Malbec 75cl £10.05

White Wine

Cuatro Rayas Sauvignon Blanc 75cl £10.05

Citta del Ponti Pinot Grigio Veneto 75cl £10.05

Rose Wine

Pinot Grigio delle Venezie Blush Lamberti 75cl £10.05

Les Nuages Pinot Noir Rose Vin de Pays du Val de Loire 75cl £10.05

Soft Drinks Menu (5 servings from each selection)

Still Mineral Water (1 litre) £1.41

Sparkling Mineral Water (1 litre) £1.41

Orange Juice (1 litre) £1.75

Apple Juice (1 litre) £1.77

Cranberry Juice (1 litre) £1.97

WHY: 1875 Our origin is food…

We have created a strap-line that recognises the Universities origins as the Edinburgh School of Cookery founded in 1875 by Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson. Being the forerunner in the cookery revolution that today employs 280 thousand catering professionals in Scotland, and many more worldwide. It’s for this reason that we believe that the catering department within the University should celebrate the heritage and contribution that the school brought to our industry. We, like the University also have our origins based around food, and developing people. The Universities journey over the centuries resonates with our founders Alastair Storey and William Baxter who like your founders has built our reputation within this industry as a business that promotes a fresh food ethos and strives to put the skill back into our business. It’s for this reason we share with you the strap-line and view this as being a mutual statement for both parties.

Our origin is food…

Fresh food

lovingly

sourced