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Wimborne Food Festival

Sunday 23rd October
Coward by name, not by nature!

James Coward of Les Bouviers Restaurant with Rooms has just celebrated his 21st year in business. This demonstration provides a 'sneak peek' into how using quality produce and a keen eye for detail can create culinary masterpieces and give away some of the secrets of having run a successful restaurant for two decades.

Les Bouviers celebrates its 21st Birthday

From its humble beginnings on Oakley Hill to its current leafy opulence on Arrowsmith Road, Les Bouviers has come a long way in the last 21 years.

We could not let this anniversary go by un-noticed, so on Friday 20th May we celebrated this 21st Birthday with a spectacular 4-course dinner. Friends, family, colleagues and guests joined with James and Kate to mark this wonderful occasion in true Les Bouviers style. A tremendous evening was enjoyed by everyone. Thank you for your support.

Young Chefs win work experience

Petite she may be, but when it comes to demonstrating her culinary skills 15 year old Gemma Hart from Corfe Hills School, Broadstone, certainly stands tall. She scooped the top prize in the East Dorset round of the Rotary Young Chef competition to take the silver salver and £60.00 worth of vouchers, both provided by the event sponsor Waitrose at Wimborne.

Cristina Stone from West Moors Middle School, the youngest of the young chefs taking part in the event, staged at Ferndown Upper School, took second prize, £40.00 worth of Waitrose vouchers.

Gemma and Cristina move on to the next round of the national competition which culminates in a national final with a top prize of £250.00 plus a trip to the olive groves in Italy. In addition, both have been offered the opportunity of a week’s work experience in one of Dorset’s top restaurants – Wimborne based Les Bouviers.

Harry Troughton from Milton Abbey School, Blandford Forum, took third place, winning Waitrose vouchers to the value of £20.00.

Speaking at the prize giving, department manager Tom Berry from Waitrose at Wimborne said: ‘I was totally bowled over by the high standard of cuisine demonstrated by all of the young chefs in the competition.It was truly impressive.’

‘Based on what I have experienced today, I would certainly hope that Waitrose continues to sponsor what I consider to be a first class event,’ he closed.

Gemma’s winning menu – Starter: Mackerel pate served with soda bread roll.

South West Chef of the Year Finalist.

James was out of the kitchen in August doing his first cookery competition in nearly 8 years. Travelling to Ashburton in Devon, James was a finalist for South West Chef of the Year. It was a closely fought ‘cook off’ to produce sublime food using local seasonal produce and he finished in a very respectable 2nd place.

Perhaps this has re-ignited his passion and he we will start filling the trophy cabinet once more? lets hope so!

Wimborne Food Festival

See James doing a cookery demonstration on Sunday 24th October 2010 at 3.20pm in the Main Demonstration Tent.

James Coward of Les Bouviers Restaurant with Rooms has just celebrated his 20th year in business. This demonstration provides a ‘sneak peek’ into how using quality produce and a keen eye for detail can create culinary masterpieces and give away some of the secrets of having run a successful restaurant for two decades.

January-Restaurant events lineup for the winter and spring 2010

We now move forward to 2010 - our 20th Anniversary Year- when we can help celebrate our second decade in business with some fantstic new events such as Afternoon Tea and Jazz as well as re-visiting some old favorites by hosting a Veuve Cliqcot Champagne Evening. If you haven't already receieved this season's newsletter please don't hesitate to use our enquiry form to get your address added to the database for all of the latest events and activities.

Back to School.

This month James has been out educating the youth of tomorrow by offering free cookery demonstrations to budding new chefs and catering students The new Catering Department at Corfe Hills School Invited James during their Food Week to test their new equipment with two cooking demonstrations. James was able to show a selection of dishes to a group of 20 year 10 students who have just started their new GCSE catering course at the school.

December-Christmas and New Year at Les Bouviers

James, Kate, Olivia, James junior and the Les Bouivers staff hope all of the patrons had an excellent Christmas and all the best for the new year. Much festivity was had at the restaurant with Les Bouviers catering for Christmas Luncheon and Dinner as well as Dinner dances up to New Years eve.

Christmas 2009 was another successful festive season enjoying our busiest Christmas day on record. Discos and live Bands continued to get people up on the dance floor throughout the month of December making good use of our largest function room.

November-New Website

Welcome to the new look and feel for the Les Bouviers website. More content and sections will be added in due course. Please keep checking back for more.

October-Wimborne Food Festival - 24th and 25th October

Les Bouviers Chef Patron, James Coward supported the Wimborne food festival and gave some expert advice on preparing food and culinary tips that are employed in the Les Bouviers kitchen.

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