Dani and Steve's wedding @ vaudreys

On February 13th we were delighted to be selected as the venue for the wedding breakfast of Dani and Steve Stockwell. It was cold outside but we made sure that it was warm inside.

What a lovely day for our first Valentine's weekend @ vaudreys.Both Dani and Steve were new to the area and Dani had flown her family in from Berlin. We were glad to be able to help them to plan and prepare for the event and try to make this a special day and one that they could look back on years to come with fond memories. Both of them are vegans and we were pleased to give them an opportunity in advance to try a few sample dishes to make sure that their first meal together as man and wife was one to remember. We are very fortunate that our head chef Gilles Caisey is as adept with vegan or vegetarian dishes as he is with fish, meat or desserts. We were also allowed to add our own finishing touches and make sure that the day was a great success.

Dani has posted some very kind words on our facebook review page and I thought that I should share these with everyone. Thanks Dani, her comments are in the facebook link in next blog.

Friday night live @ vaudreys 5th March

Since we first opened we have wanted to become the place to be on a Friday where people can enjoy a superb meal, good service and really good live background music to round off a great experience. This creates a warm rounded feeling but we also make sure that people can still talk and enjoy the company of their friends and loved ones. Fridays are now always a great night out.

Some people come as just a couple but more and more now book as groups having recommended us to their friends. People are suprised when they find out that we can cater for groups up to 120 in total and we often have parties of 30 or more at a time. There is no better compliment that a recommendation and we really appreciate our customers and their support for us.

This Friday we have Paul Malsom back again, this time with Sarah Jane Hassell. Paul was the first person to approach us before we had even opened and he has become a firm favourite. He is normally accompanied by Karen Lane but this week he has a new partner. Looking forward to hearing great music from them both and I may even take a night off and indulge if I am allowed.

Great to see the sun back again

Its March 2nd and the second day in a row that we have been woken by the birds and glorious sunshine. A bit of frost is easy to put up with for such glorious weather. Went down to the restaurant early today and great to see the sun beams filling the room and reminding me how good it looks on a lovely day. Tempted to put tables and chairs out on the terrace but settled for a cup of tea instead and a quick reality check. Can't beat a good refreshing cuppa to start the morning.

It only seems yesterday that we opened for business but that was actually July 7th 2009. Summer, autumn and winter have passed and Spring is here or here abouts. Officially it starts on March 21st but for me this year it started on March 1st.

I remember how pleased I was when we received our 1000th booking and gave away a meal for 2 plus a bottle of best champagne to Giles and Kirsty who have since become regular diners @ vaudreys. This week we will definitely have out 10,000th booking which is another great milestone to cross. This means that we have fed this many people and they still come back for more and recommend us to their friends which is great. More later when this happy event takes place.