Trafford College Students Reveal Festive Gingerbread House in Five-Star Lowry Hotel Lobby
The five-star Lowry Hotel is showcasing its partnership with Trafford College in the form of a giant Christmas gingerbread house, created by four of the college’s students in the double AA rosette River Restaurant.
The seasonally decorated edible house forms the sweet centrepiece of a Christmas gifts display in the hotel’s entrance lobby; visitors can buy exclusive treats for their loved ones, from mince pies and gingerbread baked in-house at the River Restaurant to gift vouchers and QMS Skincare from the hotel’s spa.
The five-star Lowry Hotel offers students studying Food Preparation and Catering or Pastry and Confectionery a 3-week work experience course alongside Executive Head Chef, Andrew Green. It has long since had an affiliation with the college, which also holds 1 AA College rosette, as well as a Centre of Excellence in Pastry and Confectionery and Food and Beverage Service.
Executive Head Chef, Andrew Green said: “It’s great that we can offer our expertise to the students and it provides invaluable experience for them to work in a live kitchen.
We wanted to celebrate our partnership with the college during the Christmas period and the gingerbread house was a fun project for the students. It’s very rewarding for them that we can display their work for all the hotel’s visitors to see.”
The gingerbread house kicks off festivities in the River Restaurant kitchen; its Christmas menu is available throughout December which includes mouth-watering seasonal dishes such as game terrine with Cumberland jelly to start and roast organic Hade Edge turkey with rosemary stuffing ball for the main course.
To sample the Christmas spirit at the award-winning River Restaurant and Bar, please contact The Lowry Hotel at 0161 827 4000 or visit the website at www.thelowryhotel.com to make a booking.
Prices from £25 per person for lunch or £27 per person for dinner. Festive Afternoon Tea £24 per person or Champagne Festive Afternoon Tea £35 per person.
Posted: Thursday 15th December 2016
ID: 2911 - 1805
About River Restaurant
Executive Chef Dave Ashton’s menu uses the best local and seasonal produce that the hotel is famous for and creating classic British dishes to a high standard. His favourite starters include pan fried scallops with scallop ceviche, peanut, lime and avocado and A5 Wagyu beef with celeriac remoulade, ponzu and wasabi dressing. Mains include wild line caught sea bass with cockle minestrone, courgette and basil puree. Meat lovers will be delighted to see a Rump of lamb Cheshire Farm lamb with lamb fat carrot, roast onion, braised rib and mint sauce. Our famous sharing dishes of Beef Wellington and our 42oz Cheshire Farm Tomahawk steak.
The adjoining River Bar and Terrace encapsulates The Lowry Hotel’s fun-loving spirit at the confluence of city life. Here you’ll find in the intimate, informal surroundings a quiet place to network, drink and kick-back with a perfectly mixed cocktail, club sandwich, salad, or more substantial dish from our menu. The cosy Library is tucked away at one end. Open until late, this is a place to enjoy our signature cocktails.
Here you will also find Manchester’s longest bar terrace — an open-air first-floor terrace for al fresco dining where you can enjoy a drink or meal from the bar or restaurant. Open year-round, The Terrace is perfect for summer afternoon get-togethers in this urban suntrap overlooking the River Irwell.
The bar and restaurant at The Lowry Hotel provide the perfect place to relax and enjoy good food and drink, offering breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner on a daily basis, with a great Chefs Choice Menu offering 2 courses for £19.95 and three courses for £24.95 and a three course Sunday lunch for £22.50. Our Afternoon Tea is available for £22.50 per person or upgrade to our Champagne Afternoon Tea for £33.00.
On Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons you will also be entertained with live pianist and singer Kimm.
The River Bar and Restaurant as you know it will be closing in July but don’t worry, we will be back in September with a brand-new restaurant and bar, during this time we will be serving, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner in our grand ballroom during this period.
Here is a short video of the preparation of the Watermelon dessert on this month's Chef Choice Menu.
