Yorkshire Philosophical Society

Event Information

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the President’s Evening on Wednesday 19 October 2016 at Hotel du Vin, 89 The Mount, York, YO24 1AX

The President’s Evening is the Annual Dinner of the YPS, which this year will be a semi-formal evening consisting of good food, good company, a reflection on YPS and an entertaining address from our principal guest and speaker, Dr Charles Lane.

Dr Charles Lane is senior scientist of FERA’s Plant Clinic, the largest in the UK.  As an expert on fungal plant diseases, Dr Lane has spent the past twenty years identifying both indigenous and alien plant diseases and has some fascinating stories to share with us in, “Rust, cankerous and warty – life and times of a Plant Doctor”.

Catherine Brophy (Chair)

Format of the Evening

Dress code

Dinner jackets or lounge suits for gentlemen, evening dress/trousers or Cocktail dress for ladies.

Programme

Members are welcomed from 6.30pm at the entrance. A bar is available for purchasing drinks.

Dinner will be served in the Conservatory Restaurant at 7.30pm.  A seating plan will be placed near the entrance of the restaurant. We will have our own wine sommelier for the evening, who will be on hand to advise you on wines and take your drink orders, which you purchase.

To enable members to have more opportunity to speak to other members, arrangements to move to other tables will be announced on the evening.

Coffee and tea will be served at the end of the meal.

The Chair will then give a very brief address and introduce our guest speaker.

Carriages may be ordered from 10.30pm. The hotel will arrange for taxis on request.  Hotel du Vin can provide rooms for guests wishing to stay overnight. Please contact them directly on 01904 405260.

Getting there and access

Hotel du Vin, 89 The Mount, York YO24 1AX  Tel. 01904 405260

Leaving York from Micklegate Bar, Hotel du Vin is situated approximately 500 yards up the Mount on the left.  Turn in and follow round to car park behind. There is ample parking.  Access is good for wheelchair users.

About Hotel du Vin

Hotel du Vin has a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere.  It is tastefully furnished and very clean with a large car park.  The restaurant, bar and toilet facilities are on the ground floor.  There is level walking from the car park and easy access for wheelchair users.

We do hope you will be able to come and enjoy this special occasion. Please telephone or email me if I can help with any information or particular requirements.

Sharon Lusty (Organiser)

Tel. 01904 630275/ 07961 585806

sharon.lusty@btinternet.com

Menu

To commence

S1        Breaded crab fish cakes with spiced tomato tartare

S2        Chicken liver parfait, raisin chutney and toasted brioche

S3        Tomato and basil soup (V)

S4        Prawn and crayfish cocktail with crisp iceberg lettuce, cocktail sauce and brown bread and butter

To continue

M1       Confit duck leg with Puy lentils

M2       Slow roast belly pork, Meaux mustard dauphinoise, Agen    prune sauce

M3       Roast cod, buttered leeks and salsa verde

M4       Beetroot risotto, walnut pesto (V)

A selection of seasonable vegetables is available on each table

To conclude

D1       Sticky toffee pudding, clotted cream ice cream

D2       Grilled pineapple with black pepper & coconut sorbet (V)

D3       Chocolate fondant, hazelnut ice cream

D4       Creme brûlée

Tea and Coffee to follow.

V = vegan and vegetarian

To download this information as a pdf,

please click here:- presidents-evening-2016

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Booking Form

The President’s Evening

Wednesday 19 October 2016

Please complete and return to:

Mrs Sharon Lusty, 66 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RQ

I/We would like to attend the President’s Evening Dinner and my/our menu choices are:

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(If necessary, we will remind you of your choice on the night.)

 

I/We enclose a cheque for £45 per person made payable to YPS and a self addressed envelope.

Cheques will be returned to members who need to cancel before 1^st October.

We hope to accommodate all who wish to attend, but early booking is advised to secure a place and to assist the Organiser with the arrangements.

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RSVP by 1 October