Byfords

This week’s Market Menu in the Café!

Rebecca — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:40 +0000

Byfords Market Menu: 14/05/2012 – 20/05/2012

This week’s Market Menu at Byfords.

To start:
Byfords Soup Of The Day with housebaked bread.
Or
Crunchy Root Vegetable Salad with mixed seeds, chilli and oregano dressing.

To follow:
Sesame Crusted Salmon Fillet with stir fried vegetables and oyster sauce dressing.
Or
Byfords Beef Burger, gem lettuce, garlic mayo and toasted muffin with skinny fries.

Puddings:
Citrus Posset with lemon sorbet.
Or
Roasted Rhubarb and short bread with raspberry sorbet.

Take a look at the Market Menu for: The Pigs

Artists sought for The Assembly House Art Show

Rebecca — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:26:48 +0000

Following last year’s successful Art Show at our sister business, The Assembly House in Norwich, we’re delighted to announce details of the next one. The Assembly House Art Show 2013 – Art Alive! will take place from 8th April to 8th May 2013 and we’re looking for artists now.

Work is being sought in the following categories: painting and drawing, collage, original prints, ceramics, photography, textile hangings, sculpture and installations, so if you’d like to apply, please pick up a form from The Assembly House or download one from the website at: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk

New rooms at the Pigs

Rebecca — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:12:58 +0000

The 7 new rooms at The Pigs are just over 2 months away from being complete and will feature:

• 6ft beds, Egyptian cotton sheets
• Comfy seating and character furniture
• TV, DVD, CD entertainment system
• Feature drench shower, fresh flowers, luxury cosmetics
• Spa area in 3 rooms – bath, sauna, private garden and fire pit!
• 1 family room with bunk beds
• Lounge and guests larder
• All on ground floor with ample car parking
• Superb location in central North Norfolk – the Coast 10 mins one side, Norwich 30mins the other.
• Excellent countryside outlook
• Superb Pigs Breakfast

BOOK NOW TO RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT, call 01263 714810.

Rocky road ahead for Byfords

Rebecca — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:31:15 +0000

April 2012 Byfords Store News

No this is not a financial prediction, we now sell rocky road! It started as a cake of the week, but has proved so popular, we dare not take if off!

Breakfast in the store has just got even better…
We are now doing Greek yoghurt, fresh fruit salad and make to order breakfast filled baguettes.

Our chef Charlie’s Cake of the Week
It may be Guinness cup cakes, peanut butter cookies, Grassmere ginger cake or lemon drizzle. You will just have to pop in every week to try them out!

We even wrap for you now…
No, not as in the so called music version. We sell made to order, while you wait wraps. Lunch need never be boring again.

STAFF NEWS
At the end of March we say goodbye to Daniel (he is the rather cute looking young man), he will continue to work with Pat on outside catering, but he has taken an apprenticeship in plumbing. So Byfords’ loss is a u-bends gain.

Let us mark your card
Our loyalty cards have now been running for over a year. If we have forgotten to offer you one, you have our permission to tell us off! Tossed salads and pizza have now been added to soup, stew and coffee. Sign up today and become a friend of The Store, and let us reward you for your loyalty!

Baking at Byfords

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:14:30 +0000

Sue’s back! Our very own baking queen is back to teach you some brilliant skills in the kitchen whilst enjoying a great evening with us. The cookery evenings include a welcome drink, bakery demonstration, two-course evening meal, recipes from the evening and a box of goodies to enjoy at home. The classes run from 6pm-9pm, with places at £39.95 (buy five and get the 6th free).

This year’s days are:
Wed 14th March: Sponge
Wed 9th May: Chocolate Treats
Wed 13th June: Strawberry Fayre
Wed 11th July: Beautiful Biscuits
Wed 12th September: Sponge
Wed 10th October: Christmas

New Café Menu Live Thurs 26th!

Rebecca — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:12:02 +0000

New Head chef, Tim Abbott’s, first menu goes live Thurs 26th April and we are really excited about this one! Brunch till 3pm on Sundays, new hot and cold sandwiches, great line up of grazing dishes, improved pizza, Fritto Misto and some great mains, how about Hot Churros, cinnamon sugar and chocolate sauce for dessert, or maybe one of the new sundaes..?! Last but not least, new biscuit and cookies section, plus a great afternoon tea line up. Sign up to be a Byfordian and receive a ‘taster offer’ when the menu goes live.

Thanks to our tasters

March saw our first taster evening. We sent an invite out to our loyal Byfordian mailing list to form a group of 16 ‘food critics’ for the night to try the new Byfords menu. Great fun, and some great thoughts and views were exchanged. Look out for more in the future…another perk with being a Byfordian!

Last of our Winter Warmer

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:02:09 +0000

March 2012 Byfords Posh B&B News

It may be winter, but it’s warm and toasty at Byfords with our seasonal ‘Winter Warmer’ offer. Stay three nights midweek and we will charge you for two or stay on the B&B tariff and we will upgrade you to Dinner B&B. Check availability now…

New self-catering facilities

Great news – we have a beautiful self-catering apartment at Byfords with views across the rooftops of the town. Cost for family of four can be as little as £395 for four nights midweek. Also located centrally in our beautiful Georgian town is The King’s Head. We have just finished converting two of the three rooms there into great value one-bedroom self-catering apartments. Grab some of our fantastic local ingredients and get creative in the privacy of your own space. Alternatively check out ‘STEAK’, The King’s Head’s very own authentic steakhouse. Try the Rib Steak Combo!

Online booking and new website

Great! We have entered the 21^st century and now offer on-line bookings for accommodation. Our website has been smartened up a touch and you can view all the accommodation from one availability page.

PIGS’ NEW ROOMS

Work has started on adding seven more bedrooms to The Pigs Edgefield. Work will finish in June ready for a busy summer. BOOK NOW TO RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT, CALL 01263 714810.

Happy 1st Birthday to our Store!

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:36:39 +0000

March 2012 Byfords Store News

Yes it really is a year since Pat asked for the Deli just to be painted!

Pizza Take Away

Pick up a pizza/ready meal leaflet from the Store. All our pizzas are made to order, you can even watch them being made in our in-store bakery. Why not phone your order in on 01263 711400, collect within 10 minutes and treat yourself to a tossed salad and our fabulous cheesecake to really make your evening.

Trick or treat

Wrong time of the year? Never. Buy from our wide range of hand-made pasties, bake at home, and trick or treat yourself and your family into believing you made them!

Back to your place

is our outside catering department. This keeps Pat very busy and often out of the Store. Last year we catered for a total of 2,953 lovely people, ranging from weddings, dinner parties, funerals, baby showers, business lunches and birthday parties including two 90ths and one 100th. Currently working on a new menu and brochure that is looking superb!

Giving a little back

We raised £960 for Parkinson’s UK from our dip in the tropical North Sea. This is now an annual event held between Christmas and New Year, it is not exclusive to the Byfords’ team, customers are more than welcome to join us.

Let us mark your card

Our loyalty cards have now been running for over a year. If we have forgotten to offer you one, you have our permission to tell us off! Tossed salads and pizza have now been added to soup, stew and coffee. Sign up today and become a friend of The Store, and let us reward you for your loyalty!

Swap an idea for a cookie?

We are always looking for ways to improve. If you have any ideas, please pop them on the back of a Store loyalty card and place in our cookie jar, any ideas we take on board will win you a Byford’s cookie.

Simnel Cake for Easter

Sue is on the case so order now! Many were disappointed last year, when they’re gone, they’re gone. £16 per cake this year, pre-order at the counter.

STAFF NEWS

In mid-March we say farewell to Jemma as she goes on maternity leave. Yes she really is pregnant and has not just eaten all the mince pies! We wish her and her husband, Stuart, all the very best for the birth of their baby in early May. We will all miss her ver y much, but at least there will be more room behind the counter. Only joking, Jemma has been a real pleasure to work with and an asset to the store team.

New Chef, New Menu

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:57:36 +0000

Congratulations to Tim Abbott who has now taken over the lead of the Byfords’ kitchen. Tim is also the landlord of The Pigs, Edgefield, and has built up a great reputation for superb British food in his five years at The Pigs. Tim will be looking after both kitchens and his arrival at Byfords at the end of February is great news.

The new menu will arrive towards the end of March and if you are a Byfordian there will be an opportunity to come in and try some of the new dishes and give your views, plus, the opportunity to try the new menu when launched for a reduced price…. sign up now, before Orest and Tim change their minds!

Gift Vouchers

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:17:01 +0000

Those gift vouchers of ours are a brilliant way of saying thank you or this is on me when you’ve run out of ideas. Check out the new gift voucher page on our website, you can search by value or experience across all the places we are involved with.