WHAT'S ON

The Compasses Eat Out Offer
Excellent food at excellent value!

Monday to Friday
Lunch ONLY £7.50 & Dinner £12.50
Every week!

(click here to view a sample copy of our offer menu)

To take advantage of our “Eat Out” offer all you need to do is bring along a voucher, please click here for a printable copy of our “Eat Out” offer voucher.

Offer ends 12th March 2010, excludes Valentines day & all Bank Holidays.

The Swan Eat Out Offer

Monday to Friday
Lunch £7.50 and Dinner £12.50
Every week!

(click here to view a sample copy of our offer menu)

To take advantage of our “Eat Out” offer all you need to do is bring along a voucher, please click here for a printable copy of our “Eat Out” offer voucher.

Offer ends 12th March 2010, excludes Valentines day & all Bank Holidays.

…if you fancy a bit to eat at excellent value don’t hesitate to make that booking.

NEW!
PASSION - ate
Catering seasoned with a hint of passion

Private parties, dinner parties at home, weddings, corporate events… whatever the occasion, leave all the hard work to us!

For further details and enquiries please contact Jono Clark on 07540 724304 or email info@passionatecatering.co.uk.

Chef for a day

...PASSIONATE about food?
...looking for INSPIRATION in the kitchen?
...up for the CHALLENGE of cooking a gastro feast?

...Join chef Alec Maxfield ‘for a day in the life’ of a chef at East Anglia’s best food pub, The Swan at Felsted. Enjoy a day learning the tricks of the trade from one of Essex’s top cheffing talents.

With a pedigree that includes Heston Bleumenthal’s three Michelin starred Fat Duck at Bray and Hambleton Hall on Rutland Water, Alec’s kitchen at The Swan is full of enthusiasm and a passion for food.

Welcomed by Alec and his crew at The Swan. You will then be given a tour around the kitchen and issued with your chef whites for the day

Preparation for the lunch time shift

Relish in the challenge of a busy lunch time shift

A well earned break and lunch with the crew!

Preparation for your evening menu

Let the cooking begin again...

Reap the benefits of your hard work, enjoy a 3 course meal cooked by yourself with a guest of your choice

£195 per person including a meal for two guests in the evening. You are welcome to invite as many guests as you wish to join your table.

For more information contact Jono on 07540 724304 or email info@thegreatpubcompany.co.uk

PUB SHOP

Our Pub Shop is now open!

Our new Pub Shop range includes treats for all the family!... Jars of sweeties, fresh homemade bread, cookies & shortbread, chocolate truffles, oils & vinegars, homemade chutneys, custom made birthday cakes, take away meals & Christmas hampers!

***DON’T MISS OUR 3 FOR 2 PROMOTION ON TAKE AWAY MEALS FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY***

Visit us at The Compasses at Pattiswick and The Swan at Felsted.

The Compasses TV debut

Celebrity chefs, Galton Blackiston and Ed Baines took over The Compasses at Pattiswick to go head to head on BBC2’s programme “Put your money where your mouth is”.

The rival chefs were challenged to design a menu in keeping with The Compasses ‘gastro pub’ and sell the most dishes to win the competition. They visited local suppliers to get the best deals on their ingredients in the hope to make a profit for their chosen charities.

Our chefs at The Compasses had the great pleasure of working with the celeb chefs throughout the day to prepare a three course menu for evening service. Chef Brendan Timms and Martyn Harker teamed up with Ed Baines, whilst Alec Maxfield (head chef of sister pub The Swan) and Christopher Gill worked alongside Galton Blackiston.

Winning chef, Glaton Blackiston’s menu of a smoked salmon with homemade bread starter, confit duck main course and apple sponge pudding, proved to be the most popular with The Compasses guests!

The Compasses triumphs again…

The Compasses at Pattiswick has done it again! For a second year running the North Essex Gastro Pub has scooped Great British Family Pub of the Year for the whole of the UK.

Owner of the Pattiswick pub, Jono Clark, was presented the award by legendary comic Barry Cryer at a glittering dinner for 750 guests at London’s Hyde Park Hilton on Wednesday evening. “Totally stunning is the only way to describe it!’ says Jono. ‘Having scooped the award for Best Family Pub last year we really felt we had no chance this year. It just goes to show how much effort the crew have put in over the past year to maintain our standards and drive the business forward. I am so proud of them.”

The judges commended Jono and Jane Clark for not resting on their laurels. Last year The Compasses at Pattiswick was voted Great British Pub of the Year yet this accolade has not stopped the duo from investing more time, effort and money into improving already existing facilities at the family-friendly freehouse. Around £17,000 has been invested over the past year on items such as activity trails for kids between four and 14 along with more outside parasols and heaters. Already in the pipeline are plans for an outside wood burning pizza oven next year. The judges commented “Jono and jane’s meticulous approach to providing tasty, healthy food for younger customers is evident in that all the dishes are freshly prepared and homemade. A truly remarkable pub!”

Great British Family Pub of the Year wasn’t the only award Jono brought back to Essex; sister pub The Swan at Felsted also hooked the award for Best Food Pub in East Anglia. “I am particularly pleased with this award. We have had a really tough couple of years at The Swan and the crew have put every ounce of their dedication and skill into turning it back into what I truly believe is the finest food pub in the country. We have a cracking Head Chef in Alec Maxfield with a pedigree that includes Heston Blumenthal’s three Michelin starred Fat Duck at Bray and Hambleton Hall in Rutland. And he is backed up by a superb front of house crew lead by Abbie Robertson. They truly deserve this award.”

Owners Jane and Jono Clark, who have two children of their own are passionate about creating a family friendly environment including hosting their Family Fun Day every year. Jane says “The Compasses has a really wonderful atmosphere, as soon as a family walks through the door the children are greeted with a kid’s menu and toys to entertain them, the parents think it’s great. We have also just had a brand new children’s play area built in our pub garden which the kids love”.