Quantum Care launches new Dining Clubs

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  • French Onion Soup with Cheddar Rarebit Or Potted Trout with Home Made Toasted Bread
  • Chicken, Bacon and Leek Pie with Roast Potatoes, Swede and Carrot Mash, Sauteed Kale and Gravy Or Slow Roasted Pork with Roast Potatoes, Parsnip Mash, Braised Red Cabbage and Gravy
  • Vegetarian Choice: Oven Baked Spinach Filled Crepes topped with a rich Bechamel and a Tomato Sauce
  • Plum Crumble Tart, served with Custard Or White and Dark Chocolate Cheesecake, served with Chocolate Sauce
There were 27 people who enjoyed a meal together and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. One relative MM said of the night “I just wanted to say a big thank you from my mum, me and my sister in law for a lovely evening at Willow last night. The food and service was absolutely brilliant!  Well done all of you……can’t wait for the next Dining Club”. Due to the success of the Dining Club, there will be one of these events every month. The following list gives the dates and venues for each night. If you are interested in attending on of these evenings as a service user, family member, friend or volunteer, then please contact the home directly. Donna Steeden, Support Services Manager, said “I am really delighted with how the first Dining Club went. The feedback from residents, families and friends was brilliant. We are already looking forward to the next event, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the volunteers who gave up their time to make the event really special”. Dining Club Dates are as follows: 10th October 2013          Fosse House 23rd October 2013         Jubilee Court 6th November 2013       Nevetts 21st November 2013      Elmhurst 4th December 2013       Vesta Lodge 8th January 2014           Trefoil House 22nd January 2014        Richard Cox House 5th February 2014         Belmont View 20th February 2014      Beane River View 5th March 2014              Providence Court 20th March 2014           Freeman House 2nd April 2014               Fourfields 30th April 2014            The Fairway 15th May 2014               Minsden 28th May 2014              The Mead 12th June 2014             Greenacres 25th June 2014             Pinewood Lodge 8th July 2014                Courtland Lodge 15th July 2014              Heath House 30th July 2014             Tye Green Lodge 12th August 2014        Meresworth 3rd September 2014  Margaret House 18th September 2014     Hyde Valley House 30th September 2014    Mountbatten Lodge