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The Orangery Restaurant reopened

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Hospitality student Jodie serves up lunches at the Orangery Restaurant
Hospitality student Jodie serves up lunches in the newly refurbished restaurant.

Students and staff were excited to welcome back visitors to our popular and newly refurbished Orangery Restaurant 

There were some familiar faces among the first visitors to the reopened Orangery restaurant. These included students and former students visiting the area with their families.

The restaurant has been closed since March 2020, and students and staff were delighted to usher the first diners to their tables.

The restaurant has a new look and a new menu. The options include customer favourites such as locally-produced pork sausages, home-made steak and Stonehouse beer pie, and beer-battered cod and chips, alongside Chicken Tikka Masala and Thai green vegetable curry. Starters, desserts, children’s options, and a wide selection of drinks are also available. Prices have been kept as competitive as they were pre-pandemic.

Student Anna visited the Orangery Restaurant for a birthday lunch.
Student Anna enjoyed a birthday lunch in the Orangery Restaurant.
Students’ work experience

Hospitality students Jodie Harding and Ellie Simons were pleased to be taking orders. And happy to see students and former students and their families, making the most of the restaurant on its first day of opening.

“We are very excited to be working in the reopened Orangery again, and to see customers coming back,” said Ellie.

Diners included former student Josh Asterley who took current student Anna Walker out for lunch at the Orangery to celebrate her birthday.

Another student, Libby Grigg, visited with her parents, who were dropping her back after half term.

Student Libby and her family sit in the Orangery Restaurant while Jodie takes their order.
Student Libby and her family enjoyed lunch at the Orangery.

She said: “It’s lovely to be able to visit the Orangery Restaurant again. We ordered a steak and beer pie, vegetable lasagne, and I had a burger with chips. The food was delicious, with big portions. It was great to be served by friends too!”

Commercial Supervisor Sharon Jones said that the College was over the moon that all the outlets are now open.

Student Libby is looking forward to eating her beef burger and chips
Libby enjoys a beef burger and fries.

She said: “Our Walled Garden Café, Garden Centre and new Vintage Advantage charity shop have been open since March. However, we delayed the opening of the restaurant to enable a make-over. It’s wonderful to be back in business. We know a lot of regular customers have really missed the Orangery, and we hope to see them back again soon. Having the support of members of the public is vital to the success of our venues as work-experience for our students. It’s always a pleasure to welcome them here.”

The Orangery Restaurant is also open for group bookings and events, and will be launching its Christmas menu soon. The restaurant is open Monday to Friday 12pm-2pm.

Happy to serve up delicious dishes

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Derwen College’s Garden Café has been open since July, providing a delicious menu of home-made lunches, breakfasts, snacks, cakes and drinks.

The café has been adapted to ensure visitors, staff and students are kept safe. But you can still expect the same quality fare and service with a smile that we’ve always served up. Customer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

Customers to the café are expected to wear masks until they are seated at their tables, with service now all provided at the table. Tables are limited to six unless a group are all from one family bubble. And all surfaces and facilities are regularly sanitised.

Regular customers have said how nice it is to see homemade meat and vegetarian specials are back on the menu again, alongside a variety of fresh, home-made food. The usual Garden Café menu includes lunches, light bites, breakfasts, cakes and drinks.

Front of house shift leader Fiona Owen says that customers are getting used to the new way of eating at Garden Cafe. She says, most are really happy with the measures in place.

She says: “Customers are welcomed by the main door by a member of staff. We then take contact details or asks visitors to scan the ‘track and trace’ barcode if they have it on their mobile phones. We take everybody’s temperatures before showing to a table.”

Fiona and the team have been delighted with comments from customers who have appreciated the efforts they’ve gone to.

Here are just a few:

“The café was well presented and I felt it was a safe environment,” – a visitor who works locally

“It’s so nice to see that homemade specials are on the menu again” – a regular customer

“ I feel safe and welcomed, “ – a customer with COPD

“I think this is the cleanest place I’ve been to!” – a first-time customer

“That was the best homemade veg pie I’ve ever had, and the scones are delicious” – lunchtime customer

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