22 May 2013
Dorchester Collection’s luxury country house hotel and spa, celebrates the oncoming summer with the launch of a Meadow Tea in The Drawing Room starting on the second UK May Bank Holiday. Providing a summery update on traditional afternoon tea, pastries and a new, exclusive fragrant hand-blended tea are inspired by flowers that grow on the estate and the view of Coworth Park’s famous wildflower meadow from The Drawing Room windows.
Accompanying the teas on Thursday afternoons – or on request -, Coworth Park’s head of gardens Terri Crow is to launch a series of informal garden walks lasting between an hour and two hours, talking through the history and inspiration behind the Lime Avenue, Sunken Garden, Kissing Cages, Ornamental Terraces and the Wildflower Meadow, and sharing Coworth Park’s planting philosophy.
Pastries, detailed below, are accompanied by estate grown elderflower cordial, a selection of finger sandwiches and scones, and complemented by seasonal homemade compotes: gooseberry and the estate’s Elderflower preserve from May to July, followed by apricot–lavender, and plum-hisbicus from August to October.
Raspberry Rose Battenburg is made with raspberry jelly and rose mousseline, replacing the usual pink sponge cake, inspired by the pinks and reds of Coworth Park's Rose garden influenced by the proximity to Royal Windsor.
Lemon Tart with Poppy seed meringue consists of lemon curd made with white chocolate instead of butter, providing less saturated fat and resulting in a cleaner and sharper flavour.
Blood Orange and Geranium Jaffa Cake offers a luxury version of the classic Jaffa Cake, made with orange sponge, blood orange jelly, orange ganache and Geranium oil.
Pink Grapefruit and Pistachio Tulip is a pink grapefruit mousse on a pistachio financier sponge, shaped in the form of tulip mirroring the flowers in the Ornamental Terrace.
Meadow Tea will be served in the elegant Drawing Room when the meadow blooms, anticipated from June until October, at 2:30pm and 4:45pm, priced at £26 per person or £39 per person for champagne meadow tea, excluding service charge. Garden tours take place on July 4, July 18, August 1 and September 19, or on request, please enquire on reservation.
For reservations please contact Coworth Park on restaurants.CPA@dorchestercollection.com/ +44 (0) 1344 876 600.
Editor’s Notes
Coworth Park
Coworth Park is a 70-room luxury country house hotel and spa set in 240 acres of picturesque Berkshire parkland just 45 minutes from central London and 20 minutes from Heathrow airport. Its location, unrivalled in the UK for the ease and convenience of its transport links, is also enhanced by its own helipad. The estate includes an eco-luxury Spa with indoor pool and three restaurants including the Spatisserie, relaxed dining in The Barn and fine-dining in the Mansion House. The only UK hotel to feature its own polo fields as well as an exceptional equestrian centre, current facilities include stabling for 30 horses together with self-contained accommodation for grooms and a full programme of polo tournaments.
Terri Crow carried out the design of the ornamental gardens at the launch of Coworth Park and stayed on as head of gardens to oversee their development and work on future projects to expand the outside interest of the 240 acres. Terri has worked on numerous residential garden design projects and was previously a Lecturer at Capel Manor College, school of Horticulture and Garden Design where she specialised in planting design. Trained in Horticulture and Garden Design at Capel Manor College, Terri gained a Diploma in Garden Design and RHS level 2 Horticulture, and is passionate about the grounds at Coworth Park and strives to create interesting gardens using modern styles of planting that echo the interior, ‘traditional with a twist’.
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Dorchester Collection
Dorchester Collection is a portfolio of the world’s foremost luxury hotels in Europe and the USA, each of which reflects the distinctive culture of its destination. By applying its unrivalled experience and capability in owning and operating some of the greatest individual hotels, the company’s mission is to develop an impeccable group of the finest landmark hotels through acquisition as well as management of wholly-owned and part-owned hotels, and to enter into management agreements.
The current portfolio includes the following hotels (in order of them joining the group): The Dorchester, London; The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills; Le Meurice, Paris; Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris; Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milan; Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles; Coworth Park, Ascot, UK; 45 Park Lane, London; and Le Richemond, Geneva.
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