We hope you are all enjoying the sunshine, just a reminder for our forthcoming charity weekend starting with the Macmillan coffee morning (see below) and ending with the inaugural charity bike ride with Cancer Hair Care (reg’d no 1145258) on Sunday 2 October. We are supporting the rides and will be opening for the day, further details to follow. Make it a date!

 Brewery Tea Room is in the holiday mood. We are serving iced Pina Colada tea and delicious raspberry and white chocolate meringues, freshly baked brie and bacon pastry turnovers with home-made coleslaw and deliciously squishy nectarine and amaretti tart. So even if the weather outside isn’t tropical, you can be sure of a little bit of sun in the Brewery Tea Room and a very warm welcome!

We will be closing for our annual break at the end of the day on Saturday 30th July 2016. This year, however, our August closure will be a little shorter than usual – due to popular demand – You asked and we listened! We will be re-opening a week earlier on Tuesday 23rd August at 9.30 and can’t wait to share some of the holiday spirit with you.

In addition to our usual opening hours, during the summer we will be open on the first Sunday of June (5th) and the first Sunday of July (3rd) between 12 noon and 4:30pm.
Come and enjoy wonderful Summer Sundays with us at
Brewery Tea Room, with light lunches, teas, cakes and homemade scones.

After 3 months of training and a 5am start, the day had finally arrived. A stress free coach journey and arrival in Greenwich Park led to a number of us from the running club and village to the start of the London Marathon.

The following 26.2 miles were the most amazing and humbling experience, with children and adults of all ages handing out food, water and support that reinforce your faith in human nature. The atmosphere was quite simply inspiring.

Luckily I had a marathon to run and concentrate on, otherwise I may have spent more than 4 hours being highly emotional over the causes and memories people were running for. You can never know the feeling of running in the biggest charity raising mass event in the world without taking part.

We knew we had friends and family at mile 17 to help us on our way and push us on for the last 9.2 miles (along with the 2 million cheering spectators!). We also knew that friends and family were tracking our progress on the Marathon app, so the pressure was on!

We all finished and did so in respectable sub 5 hour times (Nigel – 4hrs 17min’s); what a great day.

It was all made that bit easier knowing that we were running for charity, namely Aspire (Charity number SC037482) in conjunction with Brewery Tearoom pledging £3,000-00 to Cancer Hair Car (Charity number 1145258). Having reached the £2,000 target for Aspire we now move onto our golf day on 13^th May 2016 (spaces still available); the proceeds from which will be donated to Cancer Hair Care.

It is difficult to do justice in thanking all of you who supported and donated towards these great causes; the breadth of support has been nothing short of amazing. We have even had total strangers making pledges and offering their support….

So a massive thank you to all of you that have helped, we should all feel proud.

Nigel, Sarah and the Brewery Tearoom team.

x

More than 80 novice dancers attended our first ever “Charity Lindy-Hop Dance Night” last Saturday evening. The new school hall in Walkern played host to professional dance teachers Debbie and Paul, who demonstrated some excellent “Jitterbug” moves and then invited attendees to participate. There was a lot of enthusiasm and laughter and some “natural-born” dancers.

During the interval, dancers were treated to a buffet whilst the charity raffle was called. First prize of a ticket to Twinwood Vintage Festival in August was claimed by Tansy and Molly.There were spot prizes of complimentary dance lessons for two lucky couples Brenda and Demetri, and Alison Borthwick and husband, awarded to the most enthusiastic or skilful dancers of the evening. There were also spot prizes of beauty treatments (kindly donated by Louise McCormick of Herts Beauty Boutique) won by Jan Geggus and Tansy and Molly (again) for their best authentic “vintage” outfits.

The second half of the evening was a Charleston Master Class, which again caused much hilarity but was mastered after a half an hour’s concentration and determination.

Thanks so much to everyone who came and joined in the fun. We raised £1,208.00 towards Nigel’s £2,000.00 target for his Aspire Charity Placement in the forthcoming April London Marathon. All funds go to Aspire and Cancer Hair Care. Thanks to everyone who donated a raffle prize, to Brewery Tea Room helpers and also to Walkern Primary School who very generously allowed the use of their hall.

Dancing was the easy part; now Nigel has the hard part, to run 26.2 miles, fuelled by all your support and generosity.

Thanks again and keep dancing!
Sarah x
Please sponsor Nigel at https://www.justgiving.com/Nigel-Strongitharm

Photographs and videos of the dancing are on https://www.flickr.com/gp/136421129@N05/SeEiDM

The Easter Bunny will soon be hopping along and it will be time to crack into those giant chocolate eggs. Brewery Tea Room will be closed on Good Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March, re-opening Tuesday 29th March. Please come along this week to enjoy delicious Easter-themed treats like simnel cake, artisan-baked hot cross buns and delicious chocolatey treats.

Wishing you all a wonderful family-filled Easter time!

Please come and support our Charity Dance Event on Saturday 9th April from 7:30pm to 10:30pm by purchasing a ticket in advance, available now at the tea room. Limited spaces available. Dig out your dancing shoes and see you there!

We are thrilled to announce that the Brewery Tea Room will be hosting our first
Mothers Day High Tea Event on Sunday 6th March. We would like to invite you all to spoil your Mums at the High Tea Event where towering stands of delicate finger sandwiches and beautiful miniature cakes and scones will be served, tables adorned with vintage china and twinkling music will help you step back in time.
Sunday 6th is open by reservation only so please call us on 01438 861930 to book a table at one of the following sittings:

11:00am – High Tea Brunch 
1:00pm – Afternoon High Tea
3:00pm – Afternoon High Tea 

Prosecco will be available to purchase to toast to all the lovely Mums.

Mothers Day High Tea is £22.95 per person, to include a selection of finger sandwiches, savouries, miniature cakes, freshly baked scones and a pot of loose leaf tea or barista-made coffee.

Wishing a wonderful day to all mothers out there xx

As the sunshine is coming out and the winter blues are being blown away,
Brewery Tea Room is getting its finishing touches before we are ready to re-open on
Tuesday 9^th February.

Come and see the gorgeous new gift and homeware in our spring shop, brand new ranges of furniture available to order and romantic Valentine’s gifts and ideas. Why not treat your loved one to an Afternoon High Tea at our special Valentine’s High Tea event on
Sunday 14^th February. Limited spaces available and reservations are essential – priced at £19.99 per person, call us on 01438 861930 to book a table.

We can’t wait to welcome you all once again and to begin another wonderful season at Brewery Tea Room.

Wishing a happy new year to all our friends and customers.

The Tea Room is gleaming in the winter sun, all the Christmas cobwebs have been swept away, our chandeliers have been dusted and the coffee machine is polished and ready to get to work.

We will be re-opening our doors on Tuesday 9^th February and look forward to welcoming you back for rounds of freshly baked scones, homemade Victoria sponges and delicious lunches. Our fully qualified baristas will serve you exceptional coffees, made with the silkiest foamed milk and coffee beans ground to order. Come along and enjoy a big bowl of homemade soup, and warm up with our new springtime recipes. Our shop is re-stocked with brand new goodies, gifts and gorgeous furniture for you to see, and why not take a look at the larger items available to order as you peruse one of our catalogues over your morning coffee?

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we will be hosting our first Valentine’s Sunday event on 14^th February. Afternoon High Tea will be served at 12.30 and 2.30, with limited spaces, we are now accepting bookings by email (please enquire to sarahmp@pineapplepark.co.uk) Prosecco will be served at Brewery Tea Room throughout our opening week, so come along and enjoy a glass of fizz and feel the love at your favourite village tea room. We also offer Afternoon High Tea from 2pm Tuesday to Saturday, booking essential.

We hope you enjoy your January and look forward to seeing you again in February.