We love good food and think it is an essential part of any day; but especially a holiday! With most of our food locally sourced and homemade, the menu varies seasonally and we do require a bit of notice, but we assure you it’s worth it!
As a registered food premises we are regularly inspected by The Food Standards Agency and were pleased to be awarded the top Food Hygiene rating of 5 at our recent inspection.
We will ask at the time of booking and before your stay about any allergies, as it’s important to us that everyone can relax and enjoy their food while they are here, do let us know if there’s anything we can adapt or do to help. Please click here for ingredients and allergens in our food.
Breakfasts – the most important meal of the day!
Guests are able to enjoy a relaxed delicious continental breakfast at anytime. Treat your beloved to breakfast in bed, or soak up the sun on the terrace. This is included in the room rate, the following is provided daily:
Freshly squeezed juices, cereals and granola, yogurts, fresh fruit, homebaked muffins or pastries, home baked bread to toast, Tiptree jams as well as plenty of cups of tea and Nespresso coffee (you are on holiday after all!)
Weekend Specials
At weekends a freshly Aga cooked hot breakfast can be ordered for an additional cost (payable in cash) for delivery to your room at your preferred time. Orders are placed the previous evening by about 7pm.
Full English Aga cooked breakfast £10
Sausages, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms, sauté potatoes, beans and your choice of egg
Vegetarian Aga cooked breakfast £9
Vegetarian Sausages, grilled halloumi, tomatoes, mushrooms, sauté potatoes, beans and your choice of eggs
Vegan Aga cooked Breakfast £9
Vegan sausages, avocado and bean mash, roasted tomatoes and mushrooms, sauté potatoes, baked beans
Shakshuka with Chorizo or Feta £9
Slow simmered tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, spices and gently poached eggs.
Seriously fluffy pancakes £8
with crispy bacon and Canadian maple syrup
Poached eggs with avocado on toast £7 (£8 with bacon)
Scrambled eggs with crispy bacon on toast £7
Cinnamon Brioche French toast with berry compote £7
Boiled eggs with sunshine yellow yolks and buttery soldiers £6
Creamy Aga porridge with banana, honey, toasted nuts and seeds £6
All eggs are from our own free range hens and bacon and sausages are from the local farm shop.
Platters, picnics, pizzas and firepits!
We have found that a lot of guests arrive at Crafts Hill Barn and don’t want to leave! So we’ve introduced a menu of delicious deli platters. If you’re arriving late or fancy a cosy night in, we’ll prepare a tasty spread and leave it in your room for you to enjoy.
Maybe you’re planning a long day out and would like a delicious picnic to take along? All the platters can be packaged up for you to pop in the picnic hamper.
For hot meal options we have a pizza station we can set up outside your room and provide everything you need to cook sourdough pizzas in a wood fired oven.
Alternatively you can order our Chilli Supper, a slow cooked delicious hug in a bowl served with fluffy Aga jacket potatoes and yummy accompaniments. Dragonfly Cabin and Wildflower Wagon can reheat this over the firepit while Cowshed and Pigsty guests can use the microwave.
If you’re staying in Dragonfly Cabin or Wildflower Wagon, you might want to preorder a firepit pack to get cooking on arrival!
Because it’s all super fresh and homemade by Jo where possible, we do ask for at least 48 hours notice.
All platters are priced at £25 to generously serve 2.
Firepit Packs, Pizza station, Chilli supper and afternoon tea are £35 to serve 2.
These options can be added at the time of booking or by contacting Jo. Payment can be added to your card if you booked directly or paid in cash.
Ploughman’s Platter
Local pork pie, ham, cheeses, hunk of home baked bread, chutney
Gardener’s Platter (V)
Homemade vegetable quiche, cheeses, hunk of home baked bread, leaf salad, chutney
Fisherman’s Platter
Homemade smoked mackerel pate, smoked salmon, hunk of home baked bread, leaf salad, lemon, mayonnaise
Mediterranean Platter (V option available)
Hummus, crudités, olives, pitta, feta, salami or falafels (V)
Afternoon tea £35 FOR 2
Selection of finger sandwiches followed by homemade cake and scones with jam and cream!
Tasty Treats £7 for 2
Homemade brownies and delicious tiffin for afters!
Firepit pack £35 for 2 (Dragonfly Cabin or Wildflower Wagon)
Local farmshop burgers, sausages, lamb koftas and chicken kebabs, brioche buns, homemade coleslaw and BBQ sauce, corn on the cob, lettuce and tomato, marshmallows to toast!
Vegetarian or Vegan Firepit pack £35 for 2 (Dragonfly Cabin or Wildflower Wagon)
Vegetarian burgers, sausages and vegetable kebabs, brioche/ciabatta buns, homemade coleslaw and BBQ sauce, corn on the cob, lettuce and tomato, vegan marshmallows to toast!
Pizza station £35 for 2 (all rooms can order this) Meat/Vegetarian/Vegan
Dough for 3 pizzas, homemade tomato sauce, mozzarella, choice of meat (pepperoni and nduja) and/or veg/vegan toppings (roasted peppers and garlic mushrooms), as well as chocolate spread and banana for a pizza pud! (Woodfired pizza guide here)
Slow cooked Chilli Supper with jacket potatoes (all rooms can order this to reheat over the fire pit or in the microwave) £35 for 2 Meat/Vegetarian/Vegan versions available
Farm shop beef cheek or vegetable slow cooked chilli with Aga jacket potatoes with tortilla chips, grated cheese, sour cream and a homemade tomato an avocado salsa.