Ballyvolane House Newsletter February 2010

Michelin Guide’s ‘Bib Gourmand’ for O’Brien Chop House

The Michelin Guide 2010 has just been published and O’Brien Chop House was awarded a prestigious BIB GOURMAND 2010. We are delighted and it is due to the dedication and commitment and dazzling cooking skills of Eddie Baguio and his team in the kitchen and Elaine Aherne, the restaurant manager and her team out front. We are delighted and share this award with them.

The guide awards one to three stars to a small number of restaurants of outstanding quality and we are delighted to see The Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore has just been given a Michelin Star. It is a huge achievement and we have been big fans of what Martin is doing in the kitchens at The Cliff House and the award is well deserved.

Since 1955, the Michelin Guide has also highlighted restaurants offering “good food at moderate prices’, a feature now called “Bib Gourmand”. They must have a menu priced at mo more than €40. The Bib (Bibendum), the Michelin Man, has been Michelin’s logo for over a century.

Read more about Michelin Great Britain and Ireland 2010 here: www.michelin.co.uk/michelinuk/en/more/news-home/news/20080225133153/26335.html.

To book a table for lunch or dinner, please phone 058 53810 or email info@obrienchophouse.ie.

Please visit www.obrienchophouse.ie for more information.

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Good Food Ireland Cork Week Launch on Monday, 08 February

This will take place in the lead up to Valentine's Weekend from Monday, February 8th to Friday, February 12th. To launch the week there will be a Good Food Ireland Showcase in the English Market on Monday evening Feb 8th. We will be teaming up with our fellow Good Food Ireland Members, the Fermoy Natural Cheese Company and master butcher Michael McGrath from Lismore and create dishes based on these producers produce. Places are limited and please let us know if you would like to come.

During the Good Food Ireland Cork Week all members in Co Cork will provide the public with a Good Food Ireland Producer's Plate for €15.00, which consists of a main course based on member artisan food produce and a glass of wine.

Read more on the Good Food Ireland Week in Cork on their website here: www.goodfoodireland.ie/index.cfm/section/events/key/148

For the event we are offering 3 nights accommodation for the price of 2.

Terms and Conditions Apply:

• » Offer based on B&B rates only
• » For use Monday - Friday nights 8th -12th February
• » Subject to availability
• » Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

BOOK 3 NIGHTS FOR THE PRICE OF 2 HERE »

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Valentine's Weekend

Steal away to the country for St. Valentine's weekend.

Stay for 2 or 3 nights at Ballyvolane House in a beautiful bedroom. Sleep better than you have in ages in a large comfy bed dressed with crisp linen. Enjoy romantic woodland walks around the estate. Feast on delicious food and wines in the dining room each night and indulge in a late breakfast each morning (served till noon). A complimentary half bottle of Champagne will greet you on arrival.

PRICE: €319 - €399 per person

INCLUDES:

• » 2 or 3 night's accommodation with late breakfast each morning
• » 2 4-course dinners in the dining room both nights
• » Half bottle of Champagne

BOOK 2 NIGHT VALENTINE'S OFFER HERE »

BOOK 3 NIGHT VALENTINE'S OFFER HERE »

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Half-term fun for the Little People

Make the most of half-term by taking the kids away to beautiful Ballyvolane House for a few days of family fun.

Ballyvolane is ideal for little people with vast grounds to get lost in, a tree house to climb, woods to explore, piggies to feed, eggs to collect, donkeys to stroke and lots more entertainment nearby such as Fota Wildlife Park, Blarney Castle and Leahy's Open Farm. Farmer Justin (!) will take all the kids on a tractor and trailer ride around the estate after breakfast.

Justin & Jenny's kids Toby (9), Jamie (5) and Fleur (2) will host a High Tea party each evening at 5.30pm.

Each child will be given a storybook and a jar of homemade chocolate cookies on arrival. Children stay for free if sharing with the parents.
Any three nights from 12 to 21 February 2010.

PRICE: €395 per adult. Children stay for free if sharing with parents.

INCLUDES:

• » 3 nights accommodation with full Irish breakfast each morning
• » Story book and jar of homemade chocolate cookies for the children
• » 4-course dinner on two nights for the adults
• » Tractor and trailer ride with Farmer Justin

BOOK THIS OFFER HERE »

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Paddy’s Day at O’Brien Chop House - Good Food, Trad Music & Song

We are planning an Irish night at our restaurant O’Brien Chop House in Lismore. We have found that we celebrate Paddy’s Day really well when abroad but when at home, Paddy’s Day is often been a damp squib. We are going to change all that by throwing a party at O’Brien Chop House on the 16th & 17th of March 2010.

Stay at Ballyvolane for two nights and join the party at the Chop House on March 16th. Transport will be provided free of charge so you can embrace your Irishness by enjoying a few pints.
Feast on delicious traditional robust Irish food and drink while our house trad-band will perform, then after dinner, sing your favourite Irish songs - song sheets will be provided in case you don’t know the words.
Arrive on Tuesday, 16 March, depart on Thursday, 18 March.

PRICE: €319 - €329 per person

INCLUDES:

• » 2 nights accommodation with a lazy full Irish breakfast each morning
• » 3-course dinner, music and song at O’Brien Chop House, Lismore on 16 March.
• » Transport to and from O’Brien Chop House
• » Enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Cork City on 17 March.

BOOK THIS OFFER HERE »

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Easter in the Country - Cowpats & Daffodils

Relax at beautiful Ballyvolane this Easter as let us do all the work. Ideal for families… bring the kids and the grandparents… Easter Egg Hunt… egg painting competition… help feed the animals after breakfast… hide in the tree house… bounce on the trampoline… children’s high tea… feast on delicious home-cooked food and wines… wild garlic in season and the last of the game… curl up on the sofa with a good book by the fire… deep baths you can stretch out in… perfect.

PRICE: €395 per adult. Children stay for free if sharing with parents.

INCLUDES:

• » 3 nights accommodation with full Irish breakfast each morning
• » Story book and Easter Egg for the children
• » 4-course dinner on two nights for the adults
• » Tractor and trailer ride with Farmer Justin
• » Easter Egg Hunt
• » Egg painting competition - everyone wins a prize

BOOK THIS OFFER HERE »

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