Les Caveaux Out And About!!

Hello All,

Another fabulous week of weather! I will not apologise for starting another post with the state of English weather, mainly because I think it is outstanding! This kind of weather exaggerates for me what a truely beautiful place we live in. Especially in around the Holme Valley.

As promised, Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar made it's debut at Honley's outdoor summer street market last Saturday. I have to admit that I had never been to one of their markets before, which apparently also takes place at Christmas. The street market in the centre of bubbly village Honley was buzzing with people and market stalls. Businesses such as 'The Nook', 'The Lemon Tree', 'Chocolate & Dreams', 'Mustard & Punch', 'Gert's Florists' just to name a few of the other businesses present on the day.

The organizers could not have asked for a better day! Les Caveaux sent a team of three to Honely (waiter/waitress Lisa Parnaby & Zak Donlon along with marketing manager Alex Bray) to distribute tasters of our now famous homemade 'Spanish Tortilla'. We also sold glasses of traditional Sangria. As you can imagine, the sangria seemed to go down extremely well on what was a hot, sunny day! It was a great occasion all round and we were rewarded by sitting some tables that evening as a result of the work done in Honley.

The Honely outdoor market has more than wet the appetite for 'Holmfirth Food & Drink Festival 2013' which is due in September!

From one success story to another. As you will have read in previous posts, the week just gone represented Holmfirth 'Art Week'. During 'Art Week' Les Caveaux teamed up with Holmfirth High School to showcase some of the wonderful artwork produced by students. Around 30 of the best pieces of art from all age groups were selected by the art department to be displayed in the restaurant. Our exhibition ran from July 9th - July 14th in which diners and members of general public could come and view the stunning pieces. Any visitor to Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar during the exhibition was asked to vote for their favourite art entry. The artist with the most votes would receive a meal voucher for Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar and the opportunity for their art to remain in the restaurant for a full year.

Its been great to showcase what local talent we have!

The votes have since been counted and I am pleased to announce the winner as Isaac Shepard. Isaac is in year 9, at Holmfirth High School and his picture the ocean waves wowed the majority of voters. Les Caveaux will be visiting Holmfirth High School next Monday to personally present Isaac with his prize. A big well done should also go to any student whose work appeared in the restaurant that week. I would also like to thank all the families and students that visited the restaurant during 'Art Week'. it was a pleasure to see you all and I do hope that you all will return!

Last Friday's entertainment was pianist James Hey. He played in the cellar bar and sounded as great as ever. From a seasoned campaigner like James to this Friday's new kid on the block Lewis Reynolds. The 20 year old musician makes his Les Caveuax debut around 9pm. Lewis in an outrageous talent. Not only has Lewis got a great voice, he plays piano, drums and saxophone (don't you just hate some people!!) Watch the video underneath to give you a taste for his talent. Personally I cannot wait to see him perform come Friday.

That's it for this week, I am too hot to write anymore, I need a drink!! Get yourselves down to Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar this week. To be honest there is literally no excuses. Our '£30 Wine & Dine' offer continues to run and with the outstanding level of entertainment available this Friday there is simply no reason to go anywhere else!

See you all very soon,

Tom Binns (Owner)
Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar
Holmfirth
01484 689003    

Andy Murray, British Lions, The Ashes, Oh & Tapas

What a week to be a Brit!

Early Saturday morning the British & Irish Lions put our friendly southern hemisphere neighbors to the sword with a crushing victory, followed by Andy Murray putting an end to a 77 year wait for a British Wimbledon Champion! Whats more we've had some more great weather and the long awaited Ashes Cricket series has just started.

However Any Murray has much to answer for! Last Friday was a quiet night. In fact the whole of Holmfirth seemed unusually quiet for a Friday. Of course Andy Murray was on court, doing his best to reach his second Wimbledon final and in turn being the main reason for a quiet restaurant (I'm blaming him anyways!). Having said all that, on this occasion I will forgive him. I'm sure you will agree that the performance he put in on Sunday was phenomenal. But I forgave him mainly because he finished his final in three-straight-sets and that did allow for our customers to return on Sunday evening!

On Friday Hannah Balmforth sung her heart out to an upstairs dining room. The tables in the restaurant enjoyed her so much they had her doing more than just the one encore.

 "I had to stop in the end as I had run out of material!" Said a very excited Hannah.

I look forward to Hannah's return within the next few months. This weeks live music comes from resident pianist James Hey. James is becoming a local celebrity within the Holme Valley. He can now be found playing at the recently opened 'Spiced Pear', Hepworth as well as various Weddings/Events throughout the Valley and Huddersfield. He will be playing in the restaurant from around 8:30pm. To book you table click here or call 01484 689003.  

Saturday was business as usual. There was more great sporting news in the morning due to the Lions success down-under and even better was the 30degree temperatures all over the Holme Valley. I don't think we have ever sold so much ice-cream!

I should once again remind you all that we are currently bang in the middle of Holmfirth Art Week. As was outlined in last weeks blog we have teamed up with Holmfirth High School and are currently exhibiting 30 different pieces of students art work. The feedback on the art from diners and some local experts has been outstanding! The school and the students should all be very proud of their work! All Holmifrth High School students and their families have be encouraged to come and see the art 'up in lights' so to speak. Every student with art work on display that dines with us will receive 25% off their tables bill. Any Holmfirth High School students that want to come down to see their fellow students work are entitled to a free dessert!

Some fantastic examples of some of the brilliant work we have on display! To see more of the work click here

Away from the restaurant itself Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar will be making it's debut at Honley's 'Street Market' 2013. We will be found on a stall providing appetite wetting tasters from our menu and selling our homemade sangria. My fingers will remain firmly crossed that the weather will be sunny and warm. The market runs from 10am-3pm Saturday 13th July. It would be really great to see you all their!

So next week, what with James Hey, Art Week winners and the Honley market to write about, it should be a packed edition of the Les Caeveaux Tapas & Wine Bar blog. Until then, I hope to see lots of you over the weekend in what should be the perfect weather for tapas.

Kind Regards,

Tom Binns (owner)
Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar
Holmfirth
01484 689003

Long, but brilliant weekend!

Hi all...

This weekend was my third experience of Holmfirth Folk Festival, since taking over Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar. Friday night saw Steph Stephenson and Matt Bentley take to our cellar bar stage. They played to our diners and drinkers in to the early hours. On Saturday Stuart Bray wowed the packed out cellar with his energy and a great sing'along was had by all. It capped off what had been an action packed weekend!

This week sees the return of resident pianist 'James Hey'. He plays from 9pm in the restaurant!

Folk festival is a fantastic opportunity for me to meet lots of new people and get a survey of opion on a whole host of things with in regards to the restaurant. During this weekend a brand new menu was launched for the summer months. The feedback on the new menu was fantastic with dishes such as Spanish ribs and Shoulder of Lamb going down a storm. For recipe informoation contact us direct: info@lescaveauxholmfirth.co.uk

It is one thing I know Head Chef Sean Creamer is very passionate about and that is producing fresh food with new ideas as often as possible. At no time will our menu become stale as he is constantly searching for, and developing his own freshest Tapas recipes. This makes our menu sexy, yet very accessible to all customers. As for our 'Fresh Fish Board' this weekend couldn't have gone any better! We had practically sold every bit of fish in the restaurant by the end of Saturday night which is testament to the quality of what Sean and his team produce!

With summer almost upon us don't waste any time in getting down to Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar. Sunday to Thursday currently sees an offer of 'Any 5 dishes of Tapas for just £25.00', an offer not to be missed. And why not make it a social gathering? Get some friends together and come and get a taste for our wonderful dining experience!

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Hope to see you soon,

Tom Binns
 Les Caveaux Tapas & Wine Bar
01484 689003