BLOG: The Beacon, Hastings

The Beacon Clubhouse, a weekly brunchtime – lunchtime eatery serving up delicious home cooked food alongside a feast for your eyes and ears.

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It has to be worth checking out our up and coming event: a combination of history, food theatre (brought to you by Grub from London) and a chance to explore the house and grounds, guided by the lady of the house herself. And boy does she have some stories to tell….

For more information please visit our site www.beaconhastings.com

…Please come and join us for an afternoon of creativity, music, lunch, a drink, tea and cake….or just to peruse the garden. Its a GARDEN PARTY

…or gardeners or horsemen…or you…

If you (like me) had no idea what a ‘scribe’ was then I’ll let you know here in my simpler terms – its someone who does that squiggly writing from olden times, which is now back in fashion and actually rather cool…

Come and join us this Friday with our event host Sally Mae who will tell us all about her life as an internationally renowned scribe, before letting you have a go at designing your own. This will swiftly be followed by two courses of home made cookery which you may wash down with your own choice of drink (BYO)…

Booking is essential, see below poster for finer details…

… an evening with Antony Penrose of Farley Farm – “House of the Surrealists” www.farleyfarmhouse.co.uk

Come dine with us and hear Antony telling the remarkable story of Roland Penrose, British Surrealist and biographer to Picasso, and Lee Miller, the American Surrealist photographer.

Tickets include a two course vegetarian meal, including our latest dessert – a chocolate pot served with fresh orange cream, candied peel and a Tuile wafer biscuit. Sweet…

…our walls, surfaces and floors are once again being taken over by the towns finest collector of all things, Mr Mucci.

Come and join us for a show and tell on African art from the 60’s and 70’s; the talk will be followed by a delicious two course supper.

Contact us for tickets (booking essential) 01424 431 305 or email info@beaconhastings.com

We have a few places left for this Saturdays pop-up supper club “Where’s the Source?”

A totally new dining experience brought to us by Hastings based chef Tom Herrieven. Tom has worked as a travelling head chef in many a place, creating dishes that wouldn’t shy away from any fine dining scenario. See (drool) here…

Starting this weekend he is set to host a series of supper clubs here at The Beacon focusing on sustainable and locally sourced produce.

As well as a three course supper, guests will receive complimentary sparkling wine and canapes on arrival. There’ll also be a fully stocked bar (albeit mainly pushing the local wines) and a guest speaker covering this debut suppers subject – sustainable fish. Guests will also walk away with recipe cards created by the chef…

For further details and to see the nights menu please see the poster below. Booking is essential so please call us on 01424 431 305

Well ok, so all we dug up were the recipes; but still…

WW2 was a time of rationing, grow-your-own and perhaps a little ketchup from the black market if one could afford it…

Hot from our stove in preparation for Friday the 14th’s Blitz night are Dig for Victory pies, Allotment soup and even carrot croquettes –

These are true recipes of the time and will be served throughout the evening, free of charge but perhaps not free of a stamp in your ration book!