Peppers Retreats and Resorts across Australia are offering delectable dining options for Christmas lunch and dinner festivities.  Whether its dining in the tropics or feasting in the highlands – or even enjoying a Mediterranean banquet in the national capital – Peppers continued commitment to showcasing fine food and wine experiences is on display this Christmas:

Peppers Beach Club & Spa Palm Cove: Christmas Feast in the tropics

Delightful dining options are on offer for Christmas Day at Peppers Beach Club & Spa in picturesque Palm Cove, to ensure everyone's taste is catered to. Choose from a traditional Christmas and Seafood Lunch Buffet in the recently refurbished Coral and Rainforest Rooms or three-course plated celebration at the beachside Lime & Pepper Restaurant. The buffet offers everything from Fresh Opened Rock Oysters with Atherton Tableland Finger Lime Caviar to Dark Daintree Chocolate Mousse, and includes a three-hour beverage package and is from noon to 3pm, costing $145 per adult, $75 for ages 13 to 15, and $50 for ages 4 to 12. The plated lunch at Lime & Peppers will serve treats such as Davidson Plum and Thyme Gnocchi, and Fresh Mango and Mint Sorbet, and also includes a three-hour beverage package. Held from noon to 3pm, the cost is $125 per adult, $75 for ages 12 to 15, and $50 for ages 4 to 12. Then New Year's Eve calls for another feast with a special five-course degustation dinner planned on December 31 at Lime & Pepper overlooking the Palm Cove beach. Enjoy a glass of sparkling wine on arrival from 6:30pm, a three-hour beverage package all for $145 per adult. For bookings call 07 4059 9275 or email palmcove.events@peppers.com.au.

Peppers Ruffles Lodge & Spa:

Christmas lunch with panoramic views in the Gold Coast hinterland

Peppers Ruffles Lodge & Spa will prepare an exclusive lunch for just 60 guests to make everyone feel like a VIP on 25 December. Dine from 12-4pm at this stunning boutique resort perched high in the hinterland just 30 minutes from Surfers Paradise with panoramic views, and enjoy a transitional Christmas entrée buffet with ham and turkey, plated main course and share plate of desserts, candies and a chocolate fountain in the retreat's award-winning restaurant. Kids will have a visit by Santa making this a day to remember, priced from $159* per adult, and from $35* to $109* per child depending on their age. Drinks are not included in the price. There are also accommodation options. Valid for sale to 24 December or until sold out. For bookings or enquiries call 05 5546 7411, email ruffleslodge@peppers.com.au or visit www.peppers.com.au/ruffles-lodge.

Peppers Guest House Hunter Valley

Starlight Cinema and Banquet Lunch

A good old fashioned Christmas Eve Starlight Cinema Event is sure to shine bright on the festive calendar this year. To be held at Peppers Guest House on 24 December from 6.30-11pm, the event includes dinner, dessert in the BBQ area, an outdoor movie under the stars, and costs $60 per person, $40 per child, and $200 for a family of two adults and two children. Stay overnight in a Vintage Room including dinner, movie and breakfast for two guests for $353* per night. Then Christmas Day guests can celebrate with a Banquet Lunch from 12:30-3:30pm. For $165* per person. Share a Christmas buffet lunch with family and friends, with the option to stay overnight in a Vintage Room including Christmas lunch and breakfast for two guests, for $607* per night. Valid for sale to 24 December and for travel to 25 December. Call 02 4993 8999 or visit www.peppers.com.au/guest-house/special-events.

Peppers Convent Hunter Valley: Festive faire to tempt the tastebuds

Relax in the surrounds of a private vineyard and historical convent with a Christmas Day Lunch menu to savour from Roberts Circa 1876 and Eighty Eight restaurant at Peppers Convent. For $185 per person choose from tempting dishes such as Tempura Ricotta-Filled Zucchini Flower, Sparkling Hibiscus Sorbet With Crystallised Wild Hibiscus Flowers, Grilled and Lightly Smoked Hunter Valley Grass Fed Beef Tenderloin, Roasted Fillet of Murray Cod, Summer Berry Pudding With Anglaise Sauce, and Christmas Cookies. Call 02 4993 8999 or visit www.peppers.com.au/convent.

Peppers Manor House:  Festive dining in the Highlands

Peppers Manor House is the place to celebrate fine festive fare, with two Christmas choices on offer from 12-3pm on 25 December, designed to delight all tastes. For a fine dining experience, there is a Christmas Degustation Lunch priced from $180* with matching wines and $150* without matching wines, featuring six courses created by Executive Chef Daniel James. There will also be a Christmas Buffet Lunch priced from $160* per adult, $75* per child aged 6-12. Both lunch events also offer car parking, presents for the kids and bonbons. For those after a touch of fun to finish off the year, the Great Gatsby New Year's Eve Party on 31 December is an ideal way to celebrate. From $179* per person, come in character by dressing up in your best Twenties outfit and party in style with from 6pm to 1am with entertainment from a DJ, along with a five-course menu and drinks package to midnight surrounded by Great Gatsby theming. Top it all off and treat yourself to accommodation in a Highland Studio for an additional $150* per night. Valid for sale to 24 December and for travel from 25 December 2014 to 31 January, 2015. For bookings call 02 4860 3111 or visit www.peppers.com.au/manor-house/special-events. 

Peppers Gallery Hotel Canberra: Festive flavours of Italy for Christmas

Renowned authentic Italian restaurant Bicicletta, at Peppers Gallery Hotel Canberra, is planning a Christmas lunch with Mediterranean flair. Relax in a stylish setting and savour fresh oysters on arrival served with Mediterranean Relish and Italian Christmas punch. Then choose an entrée, main and dessert to your taste – perhaps grilled spicy king prawns, roasted Milawa turkey, Atlantic salmon fillet, house made potato and parmesan gnocchi or traditional Italian pandoro with mascarpone cream and hot chocolate sauce. Christmas Lunch is $75 for adults and $45 for children aged 10 and younger. For bookings phone 02 6262 8683 or visit www.peppers.com.au/gallery.

Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge : Christmas in the wilderness

Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge, named on Lonely Planet's Top 10 'Extraordinary Places To Stay' list for 2014, invites you to visit this stunning wilderness setting for a Christmas Day Luncheon and Christmas Dinner in the Highland Restaurant. There are two seating times for a Christmas Buffet Lunch at 11.30am-1pm or 1.45-3.15pm for a cost of $82 per person aged 15 and over, and varied rates for children aged 3 to 14, ranging from $8 to $35.50. Beverage packages range from $50 per adult to $15 per child aged 9 to 17 and under, and $7 for children 8 years and under. Or indulge in Christmas Dinner from 6pm for $105 per adult 15 and over and $30 for children aged 3 to 14.  Adults can include matched wines for $60 per person. For bookings phone 1300 806 192 or email reservations at cradlemountain@peppers.com.au.

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