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Say 'I love you' with an award-winning menu this Valentine's Day

08 FEBRUARY 2013

What better way to show your other half how much you love them than by preparing a sensational meal for two featuring dishes from award-winning chefs.

Say 'I love you' this Valentine's Day with our carefully-crafted three-course menu. A light crab and gazpacho salad will have your taste buds tingling to start, and a succulent roast duck and confit of duck sensation is sure to score you high points for the main.

And for the cherry on top, finish your romantic evening with a cherry souffle from Michelin-starred chef, Matt Tomkinson.

With the menu taken care of, all you need now is a bottle of wine and candles for the perfect setting...

A starter for two

Chilled Cucumber & Horseradish Gazpacho with Lymington Crab Salad & Pickled White Radish

With a fusion of the delicate white meat and heady flavoursome horseradish, this refreshing dish from Matt Tomkinson – the award-winning chef from the Michelin-starred Terrace Restaurant at the Montagu Arms Hotel in Beaulieu – will tantalise the taste buds with cucumber, apple and a peppery kick of horseradish.

A delectable main

Adam Bennett's roast duck crown with peach, turnip and duck croustillants

A rich, enticing combination of roast duck, confit duck, sweet turnip fondants and peach fuse in this novel dish from award-winning chef Adam Bennet. Head chef at Simpsons, Edgbaston for nearly a decade, Adam's cuisine is described as modern British with an intriguingly eclectic streak.

Something sweet for dessert