Plates by Sarah Manning

WOW. Had the most incredible experience last night celebrating my husband’s 40th. Sarah created an exquisite menu, and the food was unbelievably delicious. She is lovely, and went over and above. Would highly recommend.

Could not fault!! Had the most amazing food for my sisters hen do, all 11 of us absolutely loved it! Highlight of our weekend could not recommend enough!! Thank you so much again

Sarah did an amazing graze table for us for a birthday party - it looked and tasted amazing and took all the pressure off having a do at home. Thank you

Desperately needed freedom from catering and washing up for a family weekend celebration - 20 mixed family group for 80th birthday. Chose centrally located sherwood castle for disparate travellers and Sarah catered for Friday and Saturday dinners. Not easy to cater for vegans and vegetarians and others with dairy allergies, but Sarah flexibly provided necessary meals (and to add, great beers from a local micro brewery). All food good and plentiful, though with smaller appetites, there was wasted uneaten portions. Can't forget Sarah's organisation from two months in advance, acceptance of changes and delivery on time. All good. Highly recommended.

My wife and I spent a long weekend at Hawthorne Hideaway in Derbyshire for our 9th wedding anniversary. As part of the weekend we had Sarah for the private chef experience. I've got to say it was one of the very best experiences! Sarah met us at the doorway to our private yurt with 2 glasses of fizz and welcomed us to the evening with bright chatter and a very warm smile. The food was amazing and cooked to perfection. Starting with seared scallops and wetlands black pudding with a pea puree then on to a fillet steak (cooked how you like) on a bed of mushroom risotto with confit tomato and asparagus then finished off with a chocolate brownie and I especially enjoyed the "I hope you dont mind but I had some bits of honeycomb and caramel that I had leftover" so Ive modified your hand made clotted cream ice cream...(Sarah will get that one). After the meal Sarah didn't rush off at all. She sat and chatted about all things. It was truly a memorable experience and made our day on the wedding anniversary. Thank you Sarah for all your hard work on the night x

Sarah provided the grazing table and dessert platter for our hen weekend in Woodborough last weekend, and wow it was absolutely amazing! The presentation was great, she also managed to do the whole table nut free at our request due to an allergy, and catered amazingly well for a coeliac diet too! The desserts were absolutely divine and everything went down a treat. Sarah was professional, friendly, prompt and reliable and the finished product was wonderful. Highly recommend!