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Title: Haddenham and Thame Parkway major station upgrade officially unveiled Post by: JayMac on June 10, 2014, 21:59:26 From Chiltern Railways (http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/haddenham-and-thame-parkway-major-station-upgrade-officially-unveiled-0):
Quote (http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/sites/default/files/ribboncutting2web.JPG) Today, celebrity chef Raymond Blanc OBE officially unveiled Haddenham & Thame Parkway, marking a major upgrade to the facilities at the station. The station building has been completely rebuilt and now has a larger ticket office and coffee shop area as well as brand new toilet facilities. Chiltern Railways has also upgraded the cycle parking, car park lighting and created a motorcycle parking zone. Raymond Blanc, Chef Patron of Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat^Saisons which is a short drive from Haddenham & Thame Parkway station, said: "I, like so many others, rely on a fast and frequent service in and out of London - Chiltern Railways provide that for me and thousands of commuters. Our local station, Haddenham and Thame is just a few miles from Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons.^ The rebuild has been made possible due to a ^500K investment by Chiltern Railways, Network Rail, Bucks County Council and Sustrans. Title: Re: Haddenham and Thame Parkway major station upgrade officially unveiled Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 11, 2014, 22:04:25 Quote Raymond Blanc, Chef Patron of Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat^Saisons which is a short drive from Haddenham & Thame Parkway station, said: "I, like so many others, rely on a fast and frequent service in and out of London - Chiltern Railways provide that for me and thousands of commuters. Our local station, Haddenham and Thame is just a few miles from Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons.^ Blatant self-advertising, or wot ?? :o ::) Title: Re: Haddenham and Thame Parkway major station upgrade officially unveiled Post by: JayMac on June 12, 2014, 00:57:36 Have eaten at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons.
Many moons ago mind. It was a staff do from when I worked for Forte. We had M. Blanc cooking for us on the Sunday we visited. If memory serves me correctly we were there because our Forte Posthouse had come top in some intra-company competition. At the time the Posthouse menu had just been re-jigged by this up and coming chef call Marco Pierre White, and he was a friend and former pupil of M. Blanc. I remember having an absolutely divine Chateaubriand steak. And far too much wine for a Sunday afternoon... M. Blanc was also a close friend of Sir Rocco Forte who at the time we had this staff meal had just lost control of Forte Group to *'upstart caterer' (with an additional very harsh four letter word) was John Cleese's totally apt name for Gerry Robinson. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |