Food and Dining

This month my recommendations are well suited to the warm, sunny weather that we have been experiencing on the South Coast. 
 Firstly we look at a dessert wine - Icewine.
Icewine
Icewine is a rare dessert wine produced from the juice of naturally frozen grapes that have been picked in the middle of a cold Canadian winter.   At [...]

Recently I have been extremely busy preparing our new wine lists for the group;  we have greatly extended our list and have some really great offerings.  
 
Apart from including quite a few top end wines for that special celebration for example;

Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, Pierre Morey, 2001
Penfolds, ‘Yattarna’, Chardonnay1999
Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, 5 growth, 1993
Vosne-Romanée, Mugneret-Gibourg, 2000

To some more unusual [...]

Following the recent major refurbishment at the Chine Hotel, customers now have a choice of two restaurants.
Residents and non-residents can now enjoy sea views through our gardens from the Sea View Restaurant offering One-Rosette standard food with a daily changing fixed price dinner menu.  
The Gallery Brasserie has been created together with a handsome bar, [...]

Please find below the latest of my recommendations. This month I am pleased to recommend Jean-Claude & Didier Aubert’s Vouvray and Jean-Pierre Boisson’s Chateauneuf du Pape…

Receiving any award is always an honour.   However, it is especially rewarding, to me, to have recently been presented with an award from the Enterprise and Skills Council for my ongoing work with both them and the local schools within the Poole and Bournemouth area.
Business Partner of the Year 2009
It is extremely  important to take [...]

Whilst possibly not as well known as an Olympic medal, for four of our chefs winning medals at the recent Nestle Chef of the Year competition, at the Salon Culinaire, is equally as special and significant to their careers.  Joe Li from The Sandbanks Brasserie Kitchen won Gold for his Seared Quail and Quail Dumplings set [...]

What better tribute could we, as chefs, pay to the Brice family, than to take the basics of the meny that we had enjoyed so much with them, and prepare it for you, along with a few of our own twists of course!
Many of you will recall that last years we, along with Simon, spent [...]

On Thursday 12th February the new Brasserie at The Chine Hotel - The Gallery was officially opened by the Deputy Mayor of Bournemouth, Councillor Anne Filer.

The Gallery was created as part of the recent refurbishment programme at The Chine Hotel, which sees this historic building, with Victorian architecture, perfectly balancing tradition with the comforts of [...]

Sunday 22nd March - Mothering Sunday. 
 
Ensure that you treat your Mum to the most memorable of Mother’s Days.  Not only are all our restaurants offering a specially designed celebratory menu but they also boast amazing views of the Dorset Coast.   Our menus will each feature one of our Chefs’ signature dishes such as:  Glazed goats’ [...]

FJB Hotels Group launches Boscombe’s new bar and brasserie ‘The Gallery’
 
FJB Hotel Group is celebrating the launch of its stylish new bar and brasserie at The Chine Hotel, located in Boscombe, set in three acres of mature gardens and with views of Boscombe Pier. ‘The Gallery’ is set to become a feature on the local [...]