Michelin-starred Moor Hall to host Chef Eats Out

Moor Hall in Aughton, Lancashire, which was today awarded a Michelin star at the launch of the 2018 guide, is to host the next Chef Eat's Out event, held in association with Udale Speciality Foods.

Taking place on Monday 9 October, the event will provide an opportunity for chefs and restaurateurs to experience chef-patron Mark Birchall's highly acclaimed cooking in five acres of stunning surroundings.

The event is restricted to 40 diners, but there are still a handful of places available for the lunch, which will include a nine course menu with paired wines for £70. Book your place now.

Moor Hall has seven bedrooms, a 40-seat restaurant and casual-dining venue the Barn, which is due to open this autumn. Birchall is also the proud owner of a state-of-the-art kitchen overlooking a two-acre walled garden that keeps the restaurant in soft fruit, vegetables and micro herbs.

The event will begin at noon with a reception drink and snacks in the Barn before moving over to the restaurant for lunch. The nine-course lunch, featuring meat and poultry from the Himalayan salt chambers of Udale, will be accompanied by wines and coffee. It will be followed by a tour of the kitchen, bedrooms, public lounges and gardens.

Birchall said: "I am so pleased to be able to welcome Chef Eats Out to Moor Hall. We're only a few months old, but our team has settled in really well. We've got lots more to come, with the Barn opening in early autumn, and our gardens are flourishing, including lots of ingredients for our kitchen with fruit, veg and flowers. We're really excited to introduce it all to The Caterer and its readers."

The menu

• Black pudding, pickled apple
• Smoked curd, potato, fermented garlic, flowers
• Oyster, cured ham, dill, buttermilk
• Baked carrots, Doddington cheese snow, chrysanthemum and sea buckthorn
• Holstein Friesian, barbecued celeriac, mustard and shallot
• Turbot cooked on the bone, artichoke, mussel cream, sea vegetables
• Goosnargh duckling, sweetcorn, beetroot and elderberry
• Gingerbread, roots, pine
• Honey beer, Bramley apple, aged caramel and marigold

Please note the menu may be subject to change. Moor Hall would like to thank sponsor Udale Speciality Foods, fresh produce supplier Wellocks, M&J Seafood and Les Caves de Pyrene for supporting the event.

How to book

To book a place at this unique event, at a cost of £70 per person, please fill in an online reservation.

Overnight accommodation at Moor Hall on the Sunday or Monday night is available from £150 per room. Please call 01695 572511 quoting "CHEF EATS OUT".

A message from our sponsor

Chef Eats Out provides diners with an exclusive opportunity to experience the culinary excellence of outstanding restaurants and chefs. We are delighted that the venue for the next Chef Eats Out event is Moor Hall in Aughton.

“For his Goosnargh duckling, sweetcorn, beetroot and elderberry dish, Mark will be using ducks that are aged up to 14 days. We find that hanging the ducks in our salt chambers produces a firmer meat with a more intense flavour.

“Udale Speciality Foods aims to build an ongoing relationship with chefs by sponsoring Chef Eats Out events as we continue to show our commitment to the hospitality industry.”

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