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Conference Menus

Naturally our Chef will enhance your meeting with a fabulous breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner which is available from our award-winning restaurant.

We are proud to offer creative menus that feature the best of local South Devon produce which is complemented by friendly service focussed on giving the customer the level of support that is required. The personal involvement of the Head Chef in menu planning ensures that the dining at each Browns Hotel conference receives the attention it deserves.

For more information, to schedule a viewing and to book, please contact us on 01822 618686 or email info@brownsdevon.com

  • Buffets

    Corporate Buffet selector

    The following list of dishes are suitable for different types of buffets, be they standing, sit down, formal or informal.
    It is possible to substitute any dish featured, as you may also like to add your own favourites. If you don’t see something that you’d like, please let us know and we will happily devise a bespoke menu to accommodate your wishes and create the freshest in season mouth watering dishes.

    4 items £15.00
    5 items £17.00
    6 items £19.00
    7 items £21.50

    Duck & chicken liver parfait, red onion, spiced loaf
    Sandwiches, bridge rolls, focaccia
    Cured tomato, mozzarella, pesto, Bruchetta
    Local sole goujons, tartare sauce, lemon
    Confit free range chicken, puff pastry, leeks
    Pork rillette, apple chutney, crackling
    Tart fine, Salcombe crab, crème fraiche, red pepper
    Red onion, spinach & goats cheese quiche
    Free range chicken brochette, Thai marinade, chilli & coconut dip
    Prosciutto ham, parmesan, tomato Bruchetta
    Cornish blue cheese, leek mustard tart
    Devon ham hock terrine, piccalilli
    Vulscombe goats cheese mousse, sweet & sour tomatoes, black pepper
    King prawn, tempura, soy, paprika
    Sharpham brie, spinach frittata
    Smoked salmon, blini, crème fraiche, lemon confit
    Anti pasto, locally sourced meat or vegetarian

    Deli style wraps;

    Cajun chicken Caesar
    Prawn & sweet chilli
    Chinese vegetable & cashew

    Desserts

    Apple & pecan tart, spiced cream
    Crème brulée, biscotti, candied orange
    Marinated strawberries, crème fraiche sorbet
    Dark chocolate & espresso tart, mascarpone

    To Book:

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  • Canapés

    Canapé and Finger delicacies

    Browns Hotel attention to detail - means that every hand-made canapé has been carefully put together using only the best, local and seasonal ingredients. You get something that is a delight to look at and even more delightful to taste.
    All canape menus are tailored to ensure a combination of tastes can be achieved, either choose from our seasonal, menu or let us create a range designed for you.

    3 choices £8.00
    4 choices £10.00
    5 choices £12.00

    Seasonal velouté
    Devon pork scotch egg, praline puree
    Cajun chicken brochette, lime, coconut
    Smoked ham hock beignet, apple, sage
    Salcombe crab beignet, red pepper
    Chinese chicken skewers
    Creedy Carver duck, chorizo, candied orange
    Pork cheek, apple, crackling
    Goats cheese, spinach, pesto, parmier
    Sun blushed tomato, pesto, mozzarella tart
    Leek, cornish blue cheese tart, shallot marmalade
    Wild mushroom, fritter, cep, tarragon
    Smoked salmon, blini, lemon, crème fraiche
    Devon ham hock, apple
    Red pepper, spinach, parma ham
    Tiny Cornish fish & chips
    Ham hock, leek, mustard croquette
    Rabbit, truffle, smoked bacon
    Banana & toffee tart
    Poached apple frangipane
    Tiny Devon cream tea
    Petit blueberry muffins
    Chocolate brownie, honeycomb cream
    Gingerbread meringue, white chocolate mousse
    Chocolate dipped fruit, praline

    To Book:

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  • Corporate Indulgence

    Corporate Indulgence

    Our Corporate Indulgence offers a range of Private Dining rooms catering from 8 to over 100 people with bespoke menus produced on your request. Sample menu shown below...

    To Start

    Plymouth mackerel, Exe mussel chowder, paprika
    Vulscombe goats cheese tortellini, tomato consommé, basil
    Cornish pigeon, roast beetroot, risotto, sherry, girolles
    Free range chicken, smoked eel, apple, foie gras
    Dartmoor rabbit, smoked bacon, leeks, cauliflower

    Main Courses

    Roast wild fallow deer, haggis parsnips, bubble & squeak
    Creedy Carver duck (breast, confit leg), chorizo, brandy, raisins, chicory
    Newlyn brill, curry oil, bisque, langoustine, spinach
    Rare breed pork (Berkshire), apple, pomme puree, trotter, ham hock
    Free range chicken, oxtail, squash, gnocchi, savoy, bacon
    Vulscombe goats cheese ravioli, wild garlic, walnuts, beetroot, cured tomato

    To Finish

    Chocolate delice, peanut butter ice cream, banana, banana bread
    Whiskey & walnut tart, orange, clotted cream mousse
    Crème brulée, biscotti, spiced prune, lemon confit
    Devon apple, frangipane, custard, cinnamon
    Cheesecake, vanilla, poached pear, caramel

    Per person - £45.00

    To Book:

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  • Day Delegate Menus

    Day Delegate Package Menu

    Our Day Delegate Package includes a 2 course lunch or buffet:

    Please choose from; Meat and vegetarian or Fish and vegetarian

    This will be accompanied by simple sauces and roast new potatoes, salad bowl, panache of vegetables, rice or pasta dish and fresh breads

    Soups

    Curried parsnip
    Roast butternut squash
    Cornish potato & leek
    Tomato, red pepper & roast garlic

    Open sandwiches

    Free range chicken, pesto, local smoked bacon
    Smoked salmon, pickled cucumber, crème fraiche
    Gammon ham, piccalilli, mustard, tomato
    Sharpham brie, shallot jam, rocket, aged balsamic
    Sirloin of beef, horseradish, watercress

    Main course

    Dartmoor venison bourguignon, roast new potatoes, red cabbage
    Devon pork belly, apple, savoy, fondant potato
    Cornish gurnard, chorizo, sautéed potatoes, spinach
    Plymouth haddock, rarebit, spinach mash
    Cottage pie, blue cheese mash, red onion confit
    Three local sausages (pork & leek, pork & stilton, pork & apple), mashed potato & crispy ham
    Roast squash risotto, walnuts, rocket, sherry

    To Book:

    Telephone:  Call 01822 618 686
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  • Healthy Heart

    Healthy Heart Menu

    Introduced to the Browns kitchens, working along side the “calorie calculator” to promote the healthier side of life. All dishes are prepared using natural and flavorsome alternatives to traditional cooking ingredients. Virgin olive or canola oils rather than butters or traditional cooking oils which are high in saturated fats, creams will be replaced with yoghurts and crème fraiche, traditional flours which are high in gluten will be replaced with rice flour and potato starch.

    Our aim is to deliver wonderfully tasty food that puts a spring in your step and is good for you and your heart.

    To Start

    Freshly prepared soup of the day Served with toasted granary seed bread

    Poached fillet of salmon Shredded cucumber, fresh mint and spring onion, chiffonade of baby gem lettuce with natural yoghurt
    Main Courses

    Char grilled chicken fillets
    Baked in a fresh tomato sauce, fresh basil, olives, red onion, timbale of saffron rice

    Ratatouille filled baked red pepper
    Vegetable quineo, hot tomato salsa, crisp rocket and baby spinach

    To Finish

    Baked apple filled with stewed bramble fruits
    Warm raspberry puree, crème fraiche

    Fresh fruit salad with mango sorbet
    Served natural or with crème fraiche and toasted granola
    Per person
    £26.00

    To Book:

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  • Wine packages

     Wine Packages

     Enjoy a specially selected wine with each course to compliment your menu;

    Silver Package 

    Pigalle Brut, France
    Soft, sparkling apple and nectarine overtones

    Estampilla de Genio Sauvignon Blanc, Chile 
    Straightforward and easy drinking with plenty of ripe fruits 

    Santa Helena Shiraz, Chile
    Sleek and juicy Shiraz showing lovely ripe fruit flavour. Dark smooth and long, and demonstrating that Chile delivers on this grape variety

     £19pp

     Gold Package 

    Louis Perdrier Rosé, France
    A lovely pale pink, this juicy-fruity fizz is packed with bubbles and light berry fruit 

    Kleine Zalze Chenin Blanc, South Africa
    Soft, creamy with hints of exotic fruits 

    Devil’s Corner Pinot Noir, Tamar Ridge, Tasmania
    This is no shrinking violet Pinot Noir. It is full of cinnamon spice and cherry fruit with attractive burnt-toffee notes. It is silky smooth with elegant fine tannins to bring out the berry fruits. One of the neatest and most elegant Pinots we have found Down Under for years 

    £30pp 

    Platinum Package 

    Louis Dornier Brut Champagne
    A stylish Champagne with a pronounced, biscuity flavour and a fine, elegant bouquet 

    Whitehaven Riesling, Marlborough, New Zealand
    Crisp, vividly appetising aroma of tropical limes and gooseberries.
    Flavours intensely fruit-driven, always fresh, with a long staying finish 

    Ermita de San Felices Rioja Tinto, Spain
    Light and elegant with plenty of summer red berry fruit.
    It has a light oak influence that adds weight and concentration 

    £60pp

    To Book:

    Telephone:  Call 01822 618 686
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The lunch for the Embroiderers' Guild was a great success due to the wonderful food and the faultless service. Surprisingly for people of our age there were no grumbles at all, so it must have been really good.
Please thank everyone who made the occassion the success that it was.
 
Fran Baigent - Branch President