Celebrating Autumn Dinner

Friday night was such a great success celebrating the food of Autumn.

We kicked the dinner off with a lovely piece of infinity walnut bread with goats cheese and my honey roasted pear.

Second course was a recipe given to me by my brother, the famous Andy Logue - figs with Gorgonzola and prosciutto baked in cream. OMG!!

Main course was a roasted scotch fillet from Cape Grim. Tender and succulent with a mountain of forest mushrooms on top and a lovely red wine jus.

Then for dessert I served a classic apple pie with crumble topping, vanilla bean ice cream and cinnamon anglaise.

What a night!

Roll on celebrating winter, I say! :)

Happy eating,
Simmone x

Mother's Day

Victoria sponges and chicken finger sandwiches remind me of my grannies, although, I thought they would be a special addition to our Mother's Day offering this year.

It's been a long time since I have posted a blog. It seems there are never enough hours in the day! Anyway, here I am to tell you all about how we are celebrating Mother's Day this year and the plans we have to spoil our mums.

I'm so excited about the new cake in my repertoire, the Victoria sponge, which I've decided to launch on the Mother's Day weekend. It is a beautiful and buttery vanilla pound cake with lashings of my home made strawberry jam, softly whipped cream, and fresh strawberries. The large size is only $58.00 and cuts into 12 slices beautifully. The small size is more suited to 6-8 people and only costs $32.00.

I am also offering my gorgeous little chicken finger sandwiches in a box of 24 for the special Mother's Day price of $60.00. I just thought they would be a lovely pass around item before lunch or dinner or a nice picnic idea if you are going to the park with the family.

I am having my family over to the house for shared platters down the middle of the table. This is such a hassle free way of entertaining as I can prepare it pretty well the night before so I can spend the day with my mum.

I can make platters for you too if you would like the Simmone Logue fairies to just show up at your house and drop it off. All you need to do is add in the champagne. The selection consists of herb crusted roast sirloin, poached ocean trout, rocket salad, homemade potato salad, sourdough bread rolls and petit fours. This buffet menu only costs $60.00 per person.

We look forward to seeing you in store to pick up your cake. Make sure you call our team at head office on (02) 9519 3680 and place your booking to ensure you don't miss out! The finger sandwiches and shared platter menu can be ordered through our head office on that number too.

My Double Bay and Cammeray stores will be open all day on Mother's Day for brekkie and serving beautiful coffee and patisseries so come on down with your mum and join us for a lovely day.

Happy Mother's Day and bon appetite!

Simmone x

The Party Season

The party season is in full swing and the team at Simmone Logue know how to get down and deliver delicious and innovative food to the private, corporate, and conference catering audience in Sydney.

Here we keep it fresh and simple with beautiful little Sydney rock oysters with a shallot and red wine vinegar dressing.

Salt and pepper squid in cute little tin buckets.

....and my favourite; the delicately cured salmon with dill mayonnaise served in a shortcrust tart case.

If you are requiring a caterer for a private home event, Simmone Logue and her team are the best little foodie fairies, slipping into your kitchen, creating effortless and delicious food with ease and panache. Besides delivering gorgeous food, we are also experts in delivering a great range of local imported beers, wines and champagnes cold to your door with ice buckets, glassware, and top bar service people.

The best bit? We do the washing up too.

Happy eating,
Simmone x

Jenny Sages' Birthday Bash

It was a night when all the planets were lining up ever so beautifully. It was Jenny Sages' birthday party! Jenny is one of our most clever and renowned artists so I needed to create a dinner which was going to compliment the elegance of both Jenny and her beautiful and intricate works of art.

 



We started by delicately placing the freshest king prawns on a tangle of piquant green mango, fresh mint and fragrant coriander. A creamy, though subtle, dressing of a lime and chilli spiked coconut cream was drizzled over the top, finished with jewel-like super fresh pop-in-the-mouth pearls of salmon roe.

 



The main course we served poached trout on kipfler potato, preserved lemon mayonnaise and water cress.

And the dessert went down a treat as an old favourite known as the Eton Mess. Parfait glasses with almond meringue, berry compote and mascarpone cream.

Sam Holt with Eton Mess and Sages' Paintings

Happy cooking,
Simmone x

Marjorie's 90th Birthday Party

When a strikingly good-looking woman walks into my store requesting to see Simmone Logue, I jump.

Marjorie came to visit me at my store in Double Bay about a month ago to ask if I would cater for her 90th birthday party. I was instantly captivated by this fantastically charming lady. My response? "Of course I would!"

I had my catering consultants book the day out in my diary. Then I set about creating a beautiful menu for Marjorie and her friends for what was going to be a memorable day.

Last Sunday was the big day so my colleagues and I arrived at a lovely home in Mosman to help Marjorie celebrate her special day. With 100 guests there, the champagne was flowing and the sun was shining. Everyone had a great time! Marjorie loves the opera so there was also an opera singer there to perform some of her favourite arias.

For her menu, Marjorie chose my lovely little chicken finger sandwiches along with the Peking duck crepes to start.



As the day ticked along, I served our prawns wrapped in wonton with chilli jam and - one of my personal favourites - the pan seared scallops with nam jim.

 

We also served our gorgeous little chunky beef pies with tomato sauce. Millie, the resident Golden Retriever, loved my pies too.

 

 

Marjorie's birthday cake was fun too!

I fell in love with Marjorie and at the end of the day invited her to my place this Sunday night for roast chook. Her response? "Oh darling, that would be simply fab!!!"

 

My catering brochure is available in both Simmone Logue stores or view online at www.simmonelogue.com

 

Happy cooking and may we all get to 90 with as much style and panache as Marjorie.

 

Simmone x







Valentine's Day

With Valentine's Day just around the corner we thought it would be cute to don the top of our cupcakes with little red hearts.

With only nine days to go why not plan a little picnic and let the Simmone Logue team put together a basket of goodies to help bring the romance your way thick and fast! All you need to do is grab the champagne, pick a nice spot, phone 9519 3680 and let us take care of the rest!

High Tea will be available in both Simmone Logue stores as well, so spoil that someone special with our dainty cakes, delicious finger sandwiches, great coffee and beautiful quality tea. $18.50 per person.

Happy Valentine's!

Simmone x

Catering Adventures

I've been catering now for the past 20 years and still get so much joy out of coming into people's homes and cooking beautiful food for them and their friends........ and last Saturday night was no exception.



We bumped into the most gorgeous French-style country kitchen and got stuck into the cooking immediately. I had serious kitchen envy the whole night and if asked, I would have moved in within a split second!

Blackie and Goldie helped with the food preparation and even managed to woof down a few lamb burgers with eggplant relish and tahini sauce in the process.

We started with mojitos for everyone on arrival and my scallops on spoon with nam jim.

Next on the menu were the corn fritters with avocado mash and chilli jam, crispy king prawn wrapped in wonton, and our famous Peking duck crepes.

A good gluten free option is always the fresh Vietnamese rolls with the freshest prawns we can find in the market that morning.

This is lovely Rob Flynn who supervises most of our events... great service, great looks.

Another successful night came to a close. We packed up the van and cleaned the kitchen like good little catering fairies and disappeared into the night. Leaving all as we had found it except the doggies weren't hungry anymore.

I would love to come into your kitchen one day soon? See our beautiful catering menu on our website or phone us on (02) 9519 3680.... it's that easy!

Simmone x