The Street Party of the Century

Scottish Smoked Salmon mousse with hot and cold smoked salmon 

Creamy hot smoked salmon mousse topped with Sandringham oak smoked Lochmuir salmon

Pembrokeshire chicken roulade salad

Roasted free range chicken roulade with Wye Valley asparagus and minted Cornish potato salad with pea shoots, creamy mayo and a herb drizzle

‘Posh’ raspberry Royale

Norfolk Tulameen raspberries & a strawberry jelly, layered with a sponge & clotted whipped cream hand decorated with a chocolate plaque

Best of British sandwich selection

Roast Northern Irish beef with horseradish mayonnaise & baby watercress on soft white bread

Smoked Scottish Loch Etive trout with a dill dressing and watercress on soft wholemeal bread

Farmhouse mature Welsh cheddar with Kentish Claret tomatoes and Windsor apple chutney on soft malted brown bread

Applewood smoked Wiltshire ham with Tewkesbury mustard on soft white bread

Mini piccalilli pork pie

Our expert bakers have been making pork pies since 1824 using select cuts of British pork encased in hot water crust pastry and hand finished with tangy piccalilli

Classic duo of butterfly cakes

Light vanilla sponge cake topped with delicious strawberry frosting and a moist lemon cake topped with lemon frosting, both finished with delicate butterfly wings

British cheese & seeded oat cakes

Our exclusive Cornish Cove mature cheese and classic Red Leicester With Scottish seeded oatcakes

Pressed Windsor apple juice

These beautiful red apples have a wonderful parentage; a cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and Duchess of Oldenburg varieties, resulting in a delicious juice. The fruit is pressed in Suffolk exclusively for M&S.

Pimm’s

Bottle of water

The Patron’s Vegetarian Menu

Pea, watercress & mint pate with tomato chutney

hPea, mint & watercress  pate, hand topped with tangy tomato chutney

Devilled egg salad

Free range Maram Island egg, Wye Valley  asparagus and minted Cornish potato salad with pea shoots and a creamy mayo

‘Posh’ raspberry Royale

Norfolk Tulameen raspberries & a strawberry jelly, layered with a sponge & clotted whipped cream hand decorated with a chocolate plaque

Best of British vegetarian sandwich selection

Pea & mint crush with sliced cucumber, Kentish Claret tomato and pea shoots on soft oatmeal bread

Farmhouse mature Welsh Cheddar with Kentish Claret tomatoes and Windsor apple chutney on soft malted brown bread

Cream cheese with chives & cucumber on soft wholemeal bread

Wensleydale cheese with carrot chutney on malted brown bread

All butter pastry cheese & onion roll

Handcrafted Davidstow cheddar & caramelised onion cocktail roll

Duo of butterfly cakes

All butter mini sponge cakes with lemon sherbet & raspberry frosting hand decorated & dusted

British cheese & seeded oat cakes

Our exclusive Cornish Cove extra mature Cheddar cheese and classic Red Leicester

With Scottish seeded oatcakes

Pressed Windsor apple juice

These beautiful red apples have a wonderful parentage; a cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and Duchess of Oldenburg varieties, resulting in a delicious juice. The fruit is pressed in Suffolk exclusively for M&S.

Pimm’s Bottle of Water

Reading the menu the ideas can definitely be brought into your summer picnics in the parks or cold buffet option to cater for friends and family, either by recreating the items at home or you could pop into Marks & Spencer’s, they are stocking most of the menu items on their shelves.

Wherever you are in the world you could host a Patron’s Lunch, the picnic ware is available online and shipped internationally. The £7 celebratory pack includes 10 paper napkins, 10 paper plates and 3M paper bunting. This is available from the Patron’s Lunch shop.

There is a lot of misconception on holding a Street Party in the UK here is the official in and outs from the governments website Celebrations Across The Nation For The Queens 90th Birthday. Here is a sample of useful information on the site:

Street Party Myth-Busters

• You don’t need to fill in complex forms. For most small parties in quiet streets, all your council needs to know is where and when the closure will take place so they can plan around it.
• You are not required by law to pay a charge for closing your road for small residential street parties in England, so if asked for a payment make sure to check what the charges are for.
• You do not require a music licence at a street party unless amplified music is one of the main purposes of the event.
• There is no requirement from central government to have public liability insurance and many councils do not insist on it.
• The Food Standards Agency has confirmed that one-off events such as street parties aren’t usually considered food businesses, so there are no forms to fill in and you don’t need a food licence.

I hope you have been inspired to host your own Street Party or in the least given you ideas for your next summer get together.