Date: Sunday 30th June 2013 Venue: Forest Hall, Meriden Minutes of a Summer Luncheon Party in Honour of Harlan and Delia Walker. Sunday 30th June 2013 On Sunday 30th June 2013, the Buckland Club held a luncheon party at Forest Hall, Meriden, the headquarters of The Woodmen of Arden, England’s oldest archery society, in honour…
Date: Thursday 14th March 2013 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Sharon Hudgins assisted by husband Tom One of the most successful dinners in recent memory was the Trans-Siberian Dinner sponsored by renowned culinary author Sharon Hudgins. Below is a link to Sharon’s blog that gives an enormous insight into a tremendous evening, that is still…
Date: 22nd November 2012 Venue: The Brasserie Restaurant, University College Birmingham Sponsor: Jill Norman Menu design by UCB students, with help from Hazel Riggall Background to the Dinner The students at UCB were assisted by committee member Hazel Riggall, who was the driving force behind the idea of a dinner based upon…
Date: April 12th, 2012 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Meléndez Sponsor: Gillian Riley Gastronomy in the Still Life Paintings of Luis Meléndez Minutes of the Dinner On April 12th, 2012 64 members and guests of the Buckland Club assembled at the Edgbaston Golf Club, Birmingham for a dinner on the theme of Gastronomy in the…
Date: 12th October 2011 Venue: The Blue Coat school, Harborne Sponsor: His Grace the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu Background to the Dinner Some have been heard to say that the Biblical Dinner resulted through divine intervention. Whilst there may be an element of truth in this matter, the catalyst for this feast was…
Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Date: 31st March 2011 Sponsor: Dr. Richard Shelton Members were informed of the dinner with this flyer: The minutes of ‘A Fish Super’ Members and their guests crowded into the club bar in eager anticipation of a dinner billed to be entirely devoted to consumption of fish. This theme seemed…
Date: 22nd November 2010 Venue: Birmingham Medical Institute Sponsor: Professor Robert Arnott “Fit for a Wanax” Minutes of the Minoan and Mycenaean Dinner 73 members and guests assembled on November 22nd, 2010 at the Birmingham Medical Institute for the autumn dinner of the Club. The theme of the evening was ”“Fit for a Wanax”, A Minoan…
Date: 5th September 2010 Venue: Croome Court, Worcestershire Sponsor: Christopher Firmstone Minutes of the Buckland Club Grand Tour Summer Luncheon Following the departure of the Hare Krishna sect and various other occupants in the latter part of the 20th century, ownership of Croome Court reverted, through a family trust, to the successors of the 6th Earl…
Date: 29th April 2010 Venue: Birmingham College of Food, Tourism & Creative Studies Sponsor: Roger Hale The Black Menu Canapées -oOo- Seseme Seed Salmon Balls served with black pasta & a balsamic glaze -oOo- Coca Cola Sorbet -oOo- Blackened Fillet of Beef served with black puy lentils, aubergine parcel & a selection of vegetables, with…
Date: Thursday 26th November 2009 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Michael Brewer Minutes of the Three Valleys Dinner Our dinner was sponsored by Michael Brewer, who had put in many months of mouth-watering research to source the ingredients from local producers along the Wye, the Monnow and the Usk, an area rich in…