1. Trends in Christmas Menus In the U.K. Restaurant Segment
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February 2013
Project #3938

2. Christmas Menu Trends

3. 2012 Average Price – Combo Plates On U.K. Christmas
Main Dish Menus, By Segment (Oct-Dec 2012)
Leading Proteins On U.K. Christmas Main Dish Menus
(Oct-Dec 2012)
Segment 
Price Range
Average Price
Casual Dining
£8.99-£59.95
£29.37
Pub Chains/Groups
£6.95-£70.00
£25.37
Base: Oct-Dec 2012 – (Casual-Dinning) 23 items menued on 9 U.K. Christmas-themed main dish menus;
(Pub Chains/Groups) 41 items menued on 9 U.K. Christmas-themed main dish menus
Source: MenuMonitor; Technomic, Inc.
Black & Blue Steakhouse; Christmas At Black And Blue - Kir Royal On Arrival. For The Table: Mixed Olives And Bread. Butterfly Prawns, Homemade Soup Of The Day, Deep-Fried Camembert With Cranberry Sauce, Smoked Chicken And Vegetable Salad. Sirloin (200g) Served With Bearnaise Sauce, Bacon Cheeseburger, Chicken Breast With Pesto, Salmon With Dill Creme Fraiche, Or Baked Field Mushroom, Grilled Vegetables, Goat's Cheese. Dessert: Ice-Cream Sundae, New York Cheesecake Or Chocolate Brownie. Tea/Coffee. - £35.00
Davy's; Venison & Smoked Bacon Meat Balls - With Red Onion Gravy. Main Choice On Christmas Prix Fixe. All Main Courses Served With Seasonal Vegetables & Potatoes. - £24.95
The Restaurant Bar & Grill; Christmas Set Menu Lunch - Starter: Parsnip, Chestnut & Apple Soup, Goats Cheese & Beetroot Salad, Or Severn & Wye Smoked Salmon. Mains: Roast Salmon Fillet, Oven Roast Turkey, Or Mushroom Risotto, Roast Potatoes & Seasonal Greens For The Table To Share. Dessert: Black Forest Eton Mess, Christmas Pudding, Or Selection Of Our Homemade Ice Creams. - £22.00
Taverner's Carvery; Christmas Fayre - Choose 3 Courses. Starters: Tomato And Basil Soup (V), Breaded Mushrooms (V) Or Prawn Cocktail. Mains: Roast Turkey, Beef Or Gammon Or Mushroom Wellington (V) All Main Courses Include Choice Of Potatoes And Vegetables From Our Carvery. Desserts: Christmas Pudding Served With Brandy Sauce, Irish Cream Cheesecake Or Spiced Plum Streusel Crumble. - £8.99
Ye Olde Cherry Tree; Christmas Day Menu - Starters: Melon And Sorbet; Seared King Scallops; Mushroom Vol-Au-Vent; Tomato And Roasted Pepper Soup Or Duck And Port Rillette. Mains: Fillet Steak Wellington; Butter Roasted Turkey; Fig And Goats Cheese Risotto Skewers; Seared Salmon With Brown Shrimps; Or Lamb Rump. Puddings: Apple And Loganberry Crumble; Cinnamon And Cherry Terrine; Yule Log; Rich Christmas Pudding; Or Cropwell Bishop Stilton. - £54.95
Base: Oct-Dec items menued on 41 U.K. Christmas-themed main dish menus
Source: MenuMonitor; Technomic, Inc.

4. 2011 Average Price – Combo Plates On U.K. Christmas
Main Dish Menus, By Segment (Oct-Dec 2011)
Leading Proteins On U.K. Christmas Main Dish Menus
(Oct-Dec 2011)
Segment 
Price Range
Average Price
Casual Dining
£8.99-£100.00
£23.49
Pub Chains/Groups
£5.99-£48.00
£23.20
Base: Oct-Dec 2011 – (Casual-Dinning) 45 items menued on 17 U.K. Christmas-themed main dish menus;
(Pub Chains/Groups) 38 items menued on 11 U.K. Christmas-themed main dish menus
Source: MenuMonitor; Technomic, Inc.
Crown Carveries; Christmas Day Menu Courses. Choose From Starters: Fanned Melon Dressed With Fresh Fruit And Rich Fruit Coulis, Prawn Cocktail With Sliced Baquette, Broccoli And Stilton Soup, Chicken & Mushroom Pate. Entree: 4 Hand Carved Joints, Poached Salmon, Stuffed Butternut Squash. Dessert: Christmas Pudding With Brandy Sauce; Yule Log With Fresh Raspberries, Fruit Coulis And Cream; Profiteroles With Chocolate Sauce; Passionfruit & Orange Tart.- £32.99
Ember Inns; Christmas Menu - Starters: Roasted Squash, Pecorino & Thyme Soup (With Crusty Bread); Sweet Orange Melon (With Fresh Berries, Tangerine & Cointreau Coulis); Seven & Wye Valley Smoked Salmon (With Creme Fraiche, Brown Bread & Butter); Oak Smoked Chicken Liver Parfait (With Toasts & A Redcurrant & Juniper Jelly). Mains: All Mains Served With Roast & Mash Potato, Honey Roast Parsnips, Button Sprouts & Carrots. Prime Roast Turkey Breast (with Sage & Onion Stuffing, Pigs In Blankets & Roast Gravy); 7oz Filet Steak (With Wiltshire Bacon, Mushroom & Red Wine Sauce); Slow Cooked Duck Confit (With Blackberry & Vintage Port Sauce); Chestnut & Goats Cheese Roulade (A Sweet Chestnut, Rosemary, Red Onion & Goats Cheese Roulade); Grilled Sea Bass Fillets (With Thermidor Sauce, Green Beans, Asparagus & Herb Crushed Potatoes). Puddings: Christmas Pudding (With Brandy Sauce); Orange Spiced Chocolate Tart (With Vanilla Ice Cream); Baked Vanilla Cheesecake (With Freshly Whipped Cream & Logan Berry Compote); Cheese & Biscuits (Mature Cheddar & Goats Cheese With Biscuits & Grapes). Tea Or Coffee With Chocolate Truffles. - £39.95
The Angel Inn; Christmas At The Angel Set Menu - Available For Lunch And Dinner In The Bar Brasserie And For Lunch In The Restaurant. Pick 2 Or 3 Courses. Starters: Little Moneybag, Rosemary Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, Melon, Citrus And Pomegranate Salad, Gloucestershire Old Spot Pork Terrine. Mains: Traditional Roast Turkey Dinner, Minted Lamb Wellington, Silver Hake Filet, Truffled Celeriac And Rice Cake. Desserts: The Angel's Own Christmas Pudding, Milk Chocolate Espresso 'latte', Baked Blue Cheese Mousse, Cranberry & Walnut Tart. - £15.95
Base : Oct-Dec items on 39 U.K. Christmas themed main dish menus
Source: MenuMonitor; Technomic, Inc.

5. Turkey Holds As Most Menued Protein Across U.K. Christmas Menus
Base : Oct-Dec items on 39 U.K. Christmas-themed main dish menus - Oct-Dec 2012 – 231 items on 41 U.K. Christmas-themed main dish menus
Source: MenuMonitor; Technomic, Inc.

6. 2012 Menu Examples – Combo Plates Not On U.K. Christmas Menus
Black & Blue Steakhouse; Christmas At Black And Blue - Kir Royal On Arrival. For The Table: Mixed Olives And Bread. Butterfly Prawns, Homemade Soup Of The Day, Deep-Fried Camembert With Cranberry Sauce, Smoked Chicken And Vegetable Salad. Sirloin (200g) Served With Bearnaise Sauce, Bacon Cheeseburger, Chicken Breast With Pesto, Salmon With Dill Creme Fraiche, Or Baked Field Mushroom, Grilled Vegetables, Goat's Cheese. Dessert: Ice-Cream Sundae, New York Cheesecake Or Chocolate Brownie. Tea/Coffee. - £35.00
Davy's; Venison & Smoked Bacon Meat Balls - With Red Onion Gravy. Main Choice On Christmas Prix Fixe. All Main Courses Served With Seasonal Vegetables & Potatoes. - £24.95
The Restaurant Bar & Grill; Christmas Set Menu Lunch - Starter: Parsnip, Chestnut & Apple Soup, Goats Cheese & Beetroot Salad, Or Severn & Wye Smoked Salmon. Mains: Roast Salmon Fillet, Oven Roast Turkey, Or Mushroom Risotto, Roast Potatoes & Seasonal Greens For The Table To Share. Dessert: Black Forest Eton Mess, Christmas Pudding, Or Selection Of Our Homemade Ice Creams. - £22.00
Taverner's Carvery; Christmas Fayre - Choose 3 Courses. Starters: Tomato And Basil Soup (V), Breaded Mushrooms (V) Or Prawn Cocktail. Mains: Roast Turkey, Beef Or Gammon Or Mushroom Wellington (V) All Main Courses Include Choice Of Potatoes And Vegetables From Our Carvery. Desserts: Christmas Pudding Served With Brandy Sauce, Irish Cream Cheesecake Or Spiced Plum Streusel Crumble. - £8.99
Ye Olde Cherry Tree; Christmas Day Menu - Starters: Melon And Sorbet; Seared King Scallops; Mushroom Vol-Au-Vent; Tomato And Roasted Pepper Soup Or Duck And Port Rillette. Mains: Fillet Steak Wellington; Butter Roasted Turkey; Fig And Goats Cheese Risotto Skewers; Seared Salmon With Brown Shrimps; Or Lamb Rump. Puddings: Apple And Loganberry Crumble; Cinnamon And Cherry Terrine; Yule Log; Rich Christmas Pudding; Or Cropwell Bishop Stilton. - £54.95
Source: MenuMonitor; Technomic, Inc.

7. Pudding Leads 2012 Christmas Menu Dessert Items
Menu Penetration - Top Offerings On U.K. Christmas Dessert Menus, By Category (Oct-Dec 2012)
Menu Penetration - Top Offerings On U.K. Christmas Dessert Menus (Oct-Dec 2012)
Dessert Item
Share of Dessert Menu
Pudding
22.6%
Cheese Plate
8.4%
Specialty Cheesecake
7.7%
Tart
7.1%
Chocolate Mousse
3.9%
Base: Oct-Dec 2012 – (Casual-Dinning) 155 items menued on 31 U.K. Christmas-themed dessert menus;
Source: MenuMonitor; Technomic, Inc.