The 1347 Parents’ Lunch is an opportunity for parents of current students to enjoy the experience of dining at Pembroke, while supporting the 1347 Committee Student Hardship Fund. Since the 1347 Committee was established in 1995, these lunches have raised over £100,000 to help students facing financial difficulty. This year’s guest speaker was Jonathan Lynn (1961), Hollywood director and writer of ‘Yes, Minister’ and ‘Yes, Prime Minister’.
Setting-up the Hall prior to lunch
High Table and the Master's chair
This year's Parents' lunch for 190 guests began with a chilled cucumber and prawn verrine, topped with caviar and garnished with dill. Vegetarian guests were served ratatouille in Sauternes gelee. Both of these recipes came from Terrines and Verrines by Franck Pontais.
Prawn and Cucumber Verrine
Mass production
Ratatouille in Sauternes gelee
Following the starter, we served a main course of fillet steak with white asparagus, spinach risotto and spring onions. The steaks were cooked sous vide to 58 C and the accompanying asparagus cooked sous vide to 85 C. The sous vide cooking method ensures perfectly cooked food, full of flavour and with a very tender finish. Vegetarian guests were served spinach, asparagus and wild mushroom risotto with Parmesan cheese and aubergine fritters.
The kitchen brigade busy serving the main course
Fillet of beef with spinach risotto, white asparagus and spring onions. Both the beef and asparagus were cooked sous vide.
Spinach, asparagus and wild mushroom risotto with Parmesan cheese and aubergine fritters.
Front-of-house staff serving the main course
Our catering staff maintaining good morale despite the busy lunch!
For dessert we served a raspberry and mint mille-feuille garnished with raspberry sauce and fresh fruit.
Sweet continuity!
We hope that all the parents and students who attended the lunch enjoyed both the meal, and the lovely spring weather!
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