What's On Wed 15 Jan 2025

Nose to Tail Dinner start:18:00
Celebrate new beginnings, New Year intentions, celebrating a more sustainable way of living with a thoughtful 5 course 'Nose to Tail' dinner in the award-winning Grain Store Restaurant at Doddington Hall.

After the gifts and treat of Christmas many of us seek to reset our habits in the New Year. This can mean trying to live more sustainably, leaving a lighter footprint on the world. 

But how to do that with food. One way is to eat food that is local, with few food miles, and grown in a way that regenerates soil, stores carbon, supports local economies and celebrates nature. If you love nature then you need to love landscapes that are grazed. We need a mosaic of complex ever shifting landscapes, cycling between short grazed flower rich swards, scrublands and woodlands with water being stored, cleaned moving dynamically across the land. Here at Doddington we are Pasture for Life (PfL) members, and our grazing animals, kept at very low density create innumerable tiny habitats for nature to thrive. When you think about local wildlife sites you realise that many also keep a few animals to maintain or create habitats. The key is the way the animals are managed. 

Conrad, executive head chef, has designed a sophisticated menu to truly showcase unusual cuts. Nose to tail does not mean tripe and overly strong flavours. For our celebratory meal it means farming more regeneratively and using more of the cuts, reducing waste and using modern cooking techniques. We are nodding to the thrifty British tradition of throwing away as little of the carcass as possible.

In attendance for conversation will be:

Claire Birch - owner and driver of sustainability at Doddington
Isobel Wright - head of rewilding at Doddington
Hannah Thorogood - Lincolnshire farmer and champion of Pasture for Life
Rich Summers - speciality master butcher
Jimmy Woodrow - CEO of PFL

Menu is subject to change to utilise the best seasonal produce. Drinks not included in ticket price, no substitutions or vegetarian / vegan options available.

Wednesday 15 January 2025
Bar opens from 6pm with dinner at 7pm

Booking is essential (please note that bookings close at 8am on 13 January)

Grain Store Restaurant, Doddington Hall, Lincoln, LN6 4RU