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The Gaskell Society New Year Lunch 2025

We’re thrilled to welcome back members and friends for our wonderfully convivial New Year lunch – a firm favourite in our society’s calendar. Join us at the Cottons Hotel, Knutsford for a three-course lunch, including coffee and after-lunch entertainment.

Members old and new, non-members and guests are all most welcome to join us.

Tuesday 14 January 2025, arrival 12.00 for 12.30.

Menu

Starters

Mushroom and Tarragon Soup with crème fraîche

Heritage Tomato Salad – parsley pistou, pine nuts and a lemon dressing 

Chicken Liver Paté, red onion marmalade and toasted brioche 

Main courses

Chargrilled Chicken Breast
Thwaites ale braised shallot, tomato jam, watercress butter and triple-cooked chunky chips

Sea Bass Fillet
Confit potato, tenderstem broccoli, shrimp beurre noisette and samphire 

Seasonal Vegetable Risotto
Feta, pea shoots and a radish salad

Desserts

Sticky Toffee Pudding with toffee sauce and vanilla ice cream 

Treacle and Orange Tart with vanilla ice cream

Warm Chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream

A Selection of Cheeses with Biscuits 

Tea coffee & chocolates

Tickets are £28.50 per person, payable at a meeting or by cheque.  Please click here to download a booking form, to print and send with your cheque. Please book by 18 December 2024. 

If you book online (using the link below), the cost is £30.95 (which includes a booking fee of £2.45 per ticket), but this is an instant, confirmed booking (no need for a booking form), saving you time, printing and postage. Online bookings must be made by 25 December 2024.


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