HAPPY HOUR

Enjoy 25% off all bar drinks from 4 pm to 6pm everyday (Tuesday - Sunday)

‘Game for All Evening’

Thursday 22^nd October

Menu

Mini Game Pie

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Venison Bresaola
English Buffalo mozzarella, thyme & juniper

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Pheasant Boudin
sweet & sour cabbage, Bramley apples

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Breast of Partridge baked in an Aromatic Salt Crust
Jerusalem artichoke, salsify, honey sauce

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Warm Chocolate Tart
damson gin & damson ice cream

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Price per person including wine pairing by Olive & Vine: £48

Call 01246 583880 to book. A deposit of £10 per person required at the time of booking.

The Derbyshire Cook Book

Max was delighted to be invited to write the forward for the Derbyshire Cook Book.

We are thrilled to be featured, along with our sister restaurant Fischer’s at Baslow Hall. The Derbyshire Cook Book celebrates the amazing food and drink available right on our doorstep featuring over 40 stunning recipes. Can you spot Rupert on the cover?

Signed copies are available at both restaurants priced at £14.95.

“Steak Night”

Wednesdays 5.30 pm - 9 pm

Come and try our 28 Day Dry Aged “Denver” Steak from locally farmed Beef - char grilled to your liking, served with French Fries, Rowley’s House Salad and Garlic & Herb Butter.

6oz - £14.50

8oz - £17.00

Reserve your table by calling 01246 583880.

Rowley’s Gift Vouchers

An ideal gift for Christmas, a Birthday or an Anniversary for a family member or special friend…

Our popular gift vouchers can be requested for any monetary amount to cover the cost towards a memorable lunch or dinner.

Ring 01246 583880 to request yours today….

Max opens Centre for Food and Hospitality Innovation

This afternoon, Max Fischer has been invited to the new Centre for Food and Hospitality Innovation at Sheffield Hallam University. After a tour of the Centre, Max will be using the state-of-the-art facilities with a special cookery demonstration. A 5 course meal with wine pairing will be prepared and served by students at the university on the 12th floor of the Hallam building before Max officially opens the facilities.

In November, Max was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Sheffield Hallam University for his dedication to the hospitality industry. Don’t miss his cookery demonstration at the Sheffield Food Festival on Sunday 25th May at 11 am.

Sheffield Food Festival

“Taste Moor”

Visit Sheffield’s free urban food festival on Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th and Monday 26th May 2014.

The event celebrates tastes from home and around the world. Join in with growing, harvesting, buying, cooking and of course eating! A host of events over the weekend include demonstrations, competitions and interviews in ‘The Festival Kitchen’ on The Moor in the city centre, artisan food stalls and the new Moor Market. In the Peace Gardens, dine at one of the pop-up restaurants and enjoy live entertainment.

Both Rupert and Max will be demonstrating at the event - don’t miss Rupert at 1 pm on Saturday and Max at 11 am on Sunday.

For more information, visit their website or follow them on Twitter @FoodFestSheff. Pick up the flyer - Rupert is on the cover!!

Please Vote for Rowley’s!!

Nominations open for “The Waitrose Good Food Guide Readers Restaurant of the Year 2015″ on Monday 3rd March. These annual awards celebrate great food and good service at restaurants, pubs and cafes throughout the UK.

We would like to invite our customers to nominate us at www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/awards between Monday 3rd March and Monday 12th May 2014.

Also check out Rupert Rowley’s interview on their website - please click here.

Thank you very much for your support!!

Wednesday is now “Pie & Pint Night” at Rowley’s

Join us on Wednesday evenings from 5.30 pm until 9.00 pm for a homemade pie and pint of ale for only £12.75.

The A La Carte menu will also be served during the evening. Limited availability. Book your table by calling 01246 583880.

Max is delighted to be given an Honorary Doctorate

25 years after establishing Fischer’s of Baslow, chef Max Fischer will be given an honorary doctorate by the Sheffield Hallam University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Philip Jones on Friday 22 November. Max will be joined by a number of other inspiring figures including Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon and Hathersage-based designer Corin Mellor, at graduation ceremonies held at Sheffield City Hall next month.

Max was born in North West Germany on 31st August 1951. He was brought up in a rural part of West Germany, very close to the river Elbe which at that time divided East and West Germany. His father was a painter and decorator and his mother a housewife. In the rural community people were still very self sufficient, growing their own produce and keeping a small amount of livestock.

At age 16 Max left school and took an apprenticeship to be a chef in his home town of Luneburg. In 1970 he moved to the famous Erbprinz hotel in Germany’s Black Forest, at that time a flagship amongst the world’s gastronomic hotels. This is where his standards for excellence developed. Working in the larder there he learned the fundamentals of food preparation and went on to win a gold medal for Larder work in the Salon Culinaire competition.

The Erbprinz had contacts in Paris and two years later he moved to Paris to broaden his experience in the family-owned Restaurant Nicholas. Nicholas held a coveted Michelin Star and set the standards to which Max has since aspired.

In 1975 Max moved again to take a position as Demi Chef at the well known Bell Inn at Aston Clinton (again a Michelin Star establishment) and one of the first Relais Chateau members. It was at the Bell Inn that Max met Susan, his wife. In the Summer of 1976 he made his next move, to Stockholm, Sweden. It was here that he had his first opportunity to cook for royalty. Time in Sweden also presented opportunities for culinary exchange visits, including one at the very famous “Maison de la Bouche” in Brussels.

In 1977 Max returned to his native Germany as Head Chef at the Schlosshotel Kronberg. This hotel was a historic castle built by Dowager Empress Victoria, widow of Emperor Friedrich III. The descendants of Victoria still lived on the estate but the hotel was run as a trust. Here Max cooked for royalty, politicians and celebrities on a daily basis. Dinners, working lunches and grand banquets for the likes of Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher, Nixon and Rockerfeller were regular events.

Max had always coveted the idea of eventually owning his own restaurant. In 1980, at the age of 29, he and Susan returned to England where they took over a small café in Bakewell, Derbyshire. They renamed the premises “Fischer’s”, and started by serving simple lunches and cream teas. They gradually introduced a new style of cooking. The impact of this change was soon recognised in the region and very soon by the most critical of food critics and national food guides.

In 1989 “Fischer’s” moved to the beautiful Baslow Hall, previously a family home which they converted to Country House Restaurant with Rooms. In 1994 (and every year since) they earned their first Michelin Star.

In recent years Max has stepped aside from the Baslow Hall kitchen which is now run by Head Chef Rupert Rowley and his team. Max continues on an advisory basis at Fischer’s and has been working at Rowley’s during 2013 as well as pursuing his interest in gardening, particularly growing produce for use in the restaurant. Max says, “I am absolutely thrilled to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Sheffield Hallam University, in recognition of my career in food. Cooking has always been my passion and immensely rewarding in itself, but nevertheless it feels very nice to be commended with such a prestigious qualification.” Watch the video of Max at the award ceremony here.