Caiplie House Goings On

Food Festival weekend! All roads lead to Crail for two days of food heaven. I can’t believe how many people have told me they are heading to Crail Food Festival this weekend. The B&B accommodation and hotels are full, self catering in Crail is full! But we can squeeze a few visitors in so come on all your gourmets!

As well as the food hall, demos and the famous Sunday food gala there is a food trail and amazing food foraging walks on Sunday morning. For all details go to Crail Food Fest here is a sample below

Cookery and Demonstration Theatre: 

News of the running order in the demonstration area at Crail Community Hall on Saturday:

11:15 Jenny Thomson from Courses for Cooks using Food From Fife to prepare a breakfast with a twist
12:15 Spencerfield Spirits – producers of (amongst their range) Sheep Dip Whisky and Edinburgh Gin
1:15 Tom Cannavan from Wine Pages and Peter Wood from St Andrews Wine Company– wine and cheese matching
2:15 Nichola Fletcher – author and cook will prepare and cook 3 dishes – she surprised us with squirrel last year – what will she cook this time?
3:15 Craig Millar – from 16 West End will prepare and cook one of his favourite dishes for us

Sunday 16 June 2013
Crail Harbour Sunday 16th June 2013 11.00am – 4.00pm

Visit our little lobster shack, taste locally and freshly dressed crab, smoked fish, butchers burgers, venison pies, mussels. Indulge with real hot chocolate,waffles,ice cream. Kids and parents grab your buckets and spades for the beach treasure dig, there will be great prizes in that sand ! All set in the iconic backdrop of our pretty working harbour !

Keep up to date

Send us your accommodation requests soon so we can pass them round the B&B network, Crail guest houses and hotels are filling up….book so0n!

Coastal Relish will be back at Caiplie House ,Crail this summer

John McFetridge will be cooking at Caiplie House this summer, offering a relaxed bistro style dining experience. John creates spectacular dishes as well as having a great repertoire of classic dishes with a modern twist.

This is the third time John has come to cook in Crail so he has a following of foodie fans in and around Crail, The East Neuk and St Andrews. John arrives from a Winter in The Alps via his home in Languedoc…..

relish@caipliehouse.co.uk

01333 450564

Looking for somewhere different to eat this month?
Planning a dinner party? Why not book a table here. relish@caipliehouse.co.uk 01333 450564

During September and October, John McFetridge is
cooking at Caiplie House.

John is owner and executive chef at Mountain Relish operating in the French ski resorts of Courchevel Chamonix and Megeve.
www.mountainrelish.com

During these two months John will bring his innovative restaurant food to Crail. Using local produce which is simply prepared, and cooked and beautifully presented.

John also runs cookery courses at his house in France or in your house. Taking you from complete beginner through ‘dinner parties with a wow factor’ to training professional caterers.

Caiplie House
A taste of France- September and October
Friday and Saturday, 1900-2100hrs

Menu for weekend of 16th and 17th September;
Salmon and Scallop ‘Ceviche’
Salmon and scallops marinated in lime juice, chilli and coriander

Or
Grilled Aubergine, Feta and Tapenade stack
Sun dried Tomato Vinaigrette

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Cod steak with a Pesto crust
Sauce provencale

Or

Pan fried Lamb steak
With a Merlot and Redcurrant jus

Fresh market vegetables

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French Chocolate cake
With Raspberries and White chocolate sauce

Or

Black Forest ‘Tiramisu’

2 courses £13
3 courses £16.50
BYOB (corkage £2.50)

As I get settled into the real world my good friend John McFetridge is coming to sail the good ship Caiplie for a while.

John is a very experienced hotelier and caterer and is looking forward to a spell in Crail

As well as having the designation Traiteur a Domicile John runs the catering business Mountain Relish offering luxury catering in chalets and villas in the best resorts in France.

During his stay in Crail John is going to be offering a taste of France to residents and non-residents at reasonable prices.

To book a table from Saturday 10th September call 01333 450564

The dust has settled on the First Crail Food Festival, a week has passed and it is only now starting to sink in how good it was. You know when you wake up from a dream still smiling?

This felt like a dream but when I woke up it had really happened!

It was pretty much perfect, the food, the music, the crowds….THE WEATHER!!
Ok so the queues were a bit long but that was because the food was so good. My choice;smoked haddie starter, venison main, strawberries and chocolate for dessert!!

Then to top it off King Creosote came and sang a few songs for us

I hear he had a backing singer who looks a bit like me later that night but that is a different story!!