Enjoy a delicious 3 course lunch (included in the price) accompanied by sublime jazz from Ewan Hastie, 2022 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year, playing with legendary Iain Bellamy and Huw Morgan.
Included in your ticket price:
Enjoy two 45 minute sets of this fantastic music, during your delicious three-course lunch in the Iford Manor restaurant.
Afterwards, you can head into Iford Manor Gardens until the gardens close at 4pm.
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Starters
Asparagus, crispy Fancy Fowl soft boiled egg, pickled samphire, watercress, Tabasco hollandaise; or
Pressed Creedy Carver duck terrine, cherry chutney, potato skin brioche; or
Crab stuffed beetroot gnocchi, oyster velouté, cucumber, sorrel and samphire
Mains
Confit pork belly, fondant potato, peas a la francaise, black pudding fritter & cider jus; or
Broccoli cavatelli, mushroom-Iford marmite brodo, runner beans, peas, Iford wild garlic pesto; or
Pan fried scallops, potato mille feuille, courgette, champagne-caviar velouté, chive oil
Dessert
Cherry and chocolate frangipane tart, clotted cream ice cream, honey caramel sauce; or
Fluted panna cotta latte caramel, sable Breton; or
Local cheese, sourdough crackers, walled garden chutney, house pickles
Please note that drinks are not included and will need to be paid for separately.
Timings:
Arrive in the restaurant from 11:30am to ensure that you are seated and served drinks before the music begins at midday. There will be two 45 minute sets, with a 30 minute interval. The music will finish c. 2pm and the restaurant will close at 14:30.
About the artists
Twenty one-year-old Ewan Hastie, is currently in his fourth year of a Bachelor of Music degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s jazz programme.
He won the coveted BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year award 2022 and the Mark McKergow Price for Jazz Improvisation. He was also was also nominated for the 2022 Rising Star Award by the Scottish Jazz Awards
During his degree he participated in Pete Johnstone’s orchestration of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 and performed alongside musicians like Ryan Quigley, Stephen Henderson and Pete Johnstone as well as playing concerts in Bordeaux. He also recently featured as a soloist alongside the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Jazz Orchestra, celebrating the music of bassist Jaco Pastorius in Stevenson Hall.
Hailed by the SNJO’s artistic director Tommy Smith as ‘the best bass soloist I’ve heard at his age – ever’