A Fish Supper – To Sea & Back

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…

A Minoan and Mycenaean Dinner

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…

Luncheon at Croome Court

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…

A Black Dinner

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…

Three Valleys Dinner

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…

Alexis Soyer Dinner

Date: Thursday 2nd April 2009 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsors: Hazel Riggall & Ruth Cowen Alexis Soyer Dinner – Notes for the Evening Made by Sponsor Hazel Riggall Introduction to the evening. This has been an opportunity to bring to fruition a dinner to celebrate his life which started as a serious plan…

A Shakespeare Dinner

Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Date: Wednesday 12th November 2008 Sponsor: Prof. Kate McLuskie Below is the flyer sent to members with information about the meal. Menu Card   Menu card by Roger Hale Minutes of the Shakespeare Dinner This dinner was sponsored by Professor Kate McLuskie, Director of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-on-Avon,…

A Goethe Dinner

Date: Wednesday 7th May 2008 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsors: Ursula Heinzelmännchen & Stuart Pigott   Placemat by Roger Hale Menu Card designed and printed by Roger Hale  

A Nicene Imperial Feast

Venue: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts & The Staff House, University of Birmingham Date: Friday 26th October 2007 Sponsors: Eurydice & Dimiter Angelov Invitation to the Dinner Minutes of A Nicene Imperial Feast Nicaea is perhaps best known to us, if it is known to us at all, as the venue for the Council meeting…

Roald Dahl Dinner

Date: Thursday 26th April 2007 Venue: Birmingham College of Food, Tourism & Creative Studies Sponsor: Andrew Morris Guest Speaker: Margaret Walker The Background to the Dinner by Andrew Morris As a parent and teacher of primary school aged children I was fully aware of Roald Dahl’s connection with food. Not only was there the book,…