Roses News
March 2010
Well its been a very busy few months for us all here! there has been a plethora of happenings, new staff joining and other staff leaving for sunnier climes!!!the weather has kept us on our toes and we saw a very interesting winter with great demand for our winter warmer Eddisbury farm apple and cinnamon or apple and ginger juice served hot!
the new year has started with new inspiration for us and from that we have developed a couple of new ventures: our Afternoon tea @ home experience and our Floral afternoon tea dances! check these out by clicking on the links here or from our home page!
May 2009
ROSES TEA ROOMS WINS THE PRESTIGIOUS TEA GUILD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2009 – given in recognition of achieving the very highest standards in the service of tea and complementary foods.
We are honoured to be the recipients of such a prestigious award and have been working towards this recognition for nearly four years.
The UK Tea Council’s team of Tea Guild travel the country to seek out the annual winners of the “Top London” and “Top Tea Place” awards. The Tea Guild team of tea experts have, and always anonymously, taken tea in hotels and tearooms in London and across Britain to find the finest tea experience.
The judges awarded points for the variety, excellence and knowledge of the teas offered, together with excellent food, service, décor, ambience, and presentation. As Michelle Foulia says “We are proud members of The Tea Guild and are absolutely delighted and thrilled to receive this marvellous and prestigious award. It is a real honour and means everything to us. We have all worked extremely hard and put a huge amount of effort into creating a place where the quality of food and high standards of customer service are paramount.
Inspecting afternoon tea venues might seem like a dream job, but an anonymous Tea Guild inspector says that it's not all plain sailing. "It requires a certain amount of skill to ask sufficient questions, in order to get the information we need, but without leaving the suspicion that we might be inspecting the premises" he revealed. On an average visit, what do the inspectors look for?
The ultimate afternoon tea experience should make you feel like you want for nothing with welcoming staff in attendance.
As well as reporting on the variety, quality, freshness and colour of teas served, inspectors give marks in fifteen categories which include the venues' cleanliness, the food on offer, value for money, staff attitude and knowledge of the teas available and ambience and decor.
Bonus points can be gained if a tea room or hotel is particularly outstanding (perhaps if there are magazines on hand for guests to read or a pianist playing). Marks are lost if there are scratched skirting boards or scruffy waitresses.
After the inspection a comprehensive 2 page report is submitted to the Tea Guild, with all the details of their visit and an overall points score. Each member of the Tea Guild will be visited twice to build up an average score.
A love and understanding of tea is important part of the job, but enjoying eating finger sandwiches isn't the only requirement. All the inspectors have been Directors of tea companies, now or in the past, and have finely tuned palates so they can appreciate and judge a tea's freshness, strength and colouring.
Michelle says “As you can imagine after such scrutiny from undercover Tea Guild Inspectors, we are delighted to receive this amazing accolade which will be displayed in the Tea Rooms for all to see”. You can watch the Liverpool Echo interview with Michelle following the award.
ROSES TEA ROOMS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORAL PAVILION, NEW BRIGHTON
We are delighted to announce details of an exciting new partnership with The Floral Pavilion, New Brighton when we shall launch “The Floral Tea Dance” taking place on Friday, 12th June 2009 at 2.30pm.
This event will be a very special afternoon tea dance which will be held at the new Floral Pavilion, New Brighton. You can dance to live music and enjoy a lavish vintage afternoon tea provided by the award-winning Roses Tea Rooms. This promises to be a beautifully elegant afternoon where you will enjoy hand-baked food created from locally sourced ingredients including Roses Tea Rooms’ famous flavoured homemade scones!
Tickets: £17.50 (on sale from 1st May 2009)
To Book: 0151 666 0000 (The Floral Pavilion Box Office)
On-line at: www.floralpavilion.com
MEZE NIGHTS ARE RETURNING TO ROSES TEA ROOMS
We are happy to announce that due to popular demand from our customers, our very special Greek Meze Evenings will return in July. We’ve updated the menu and will be introducing a brand new selection of authentic alcohol options to accompany each course.
In addition to speciality Greek wines there will be an exciting new range of authentic aperitifs, liqueurs and dessert wines on offer to complement the excellent food.
Our Greek Meze Evenings will take place on the following dates:
- Saturday, 11th July
- Saturday, 25th July
- Saturday, 8th August
- Saturday, 22nd August
- Saturday, 5th September
- Saturday, 19th September
As always – early booking is essential to avoid disappointment.
MICHELLE FOULIA JUDGES AT THE REAL FOOD FESTIVAL, EARLS COURT
Michelle Foulia was recently one of the judges at The Guild of Fine Food’s - Real Food Festival at Earls Court, London for this year’s Great Taste Awards 2009. A prestigious event indeed which was both challenging and enjoyable for Michelle Foulia who says “Being asked to judge at such an event is a great indication of how Roses Tea Rooms is becoming more and more well-known and respected within the food industry.”
ROSES TEA ROOMS WINS EXCITING AWARD FROM THE TIMES ON-LINE
Roses Tea Rooms has been awarded top ten status in the Times On-line "England's Ten Best Places to Eat Out!" We were delighted to come in 8th place on The Times-Online "England's Top Ten Best Places to Eat Out" just check out the link below to read the full review! Times On-line ReviewRoses on the Radio - Radio Merseyside
We are delighted to announce that Michelle will be a guest on Radio Merseyside's Roadshow next week presented by Billy Butler. The live interview will be broadcast from Birkenhead Town Centre on Wednesday, 6th May between 2-5pm and we anticipate Michelle will be on-air at around 3pm. We hope you will be able to tune in!MICHELLE FOULIA TO JUDGE AT THE REAL FOOD FESTIVAL
We are really excited to announce that Michelle Foulia will be one of the judges at The Guild of Fine Food Retailers’ - Real Food Festival at Earls Court, London for this year’s Great Taste Awards. We are sure this will be both challenging and enjoyable for Michelle, and it is a great indication of how Roses Tea Rooms is becoming more and more well-known and respected within the food industry.ROSES TEA ROOMS NOW ON FACEBOOK!
We are delighted to announce that Roses Tea Rooms now has it’s very own Facebook page, so please do join as a fan of the Tea Rooms and you will receive personal notification of special events – so don’t miss out on anything ... join today! Roses on Facebook at www.facebook.com
WAITRESS SERVICE FOR OUR FURRY FRIENDS!
Sadly, we cannot allow dogs into the Tea Rooms but you are more than welcome to sit outside with your faithful friend. You doggie will automatically be served a fresh bowl of water on arrival, together with a complimentary chew stick to keep him/her occupied whilst you enjoy your meal (supplied to us by Heswall Pets). If there is anything else we can do to make your dog’s visit to the tea rooms more enjoyable, then please let us know as we are aiming to make our establishment the most doggie friendly venue on the Wirral!
THE WORMS ARE COMING!
We are always trying to reduce the waste we produce at the Tea Rooms and we shall soon have a team of hungry worms living rent-free in our wormery. They will be waiting to polish off anything left by our customers (that is safe for them to eat of course!) We have been looking forward to this for a long time but we have had to wait for the nice weather to arrive before the worms can be safely settled into their new home!LANDFILL NEWS
B & M Waste Management who dispose of our waste have been working very hard indeed to reduce their landfill quota – which is why we use them as our refuse collectors. They have now reduced their landfill to 2% which is a huge achievement considering the average amount of waste that goes into landfill at the moment is a staggering 40%! So congratulations to them - and what is even better is that the recycling of this waste is now processed locally in Knowsley, Liverpool so we are of course more than happy to support this initiative.November 17th 2008 9pm.
UKTV Food
Watch us on UKTV Food local food hero 2008 uktvfood.co.uk and see how far we got!October 2008.
TMP
On October 22nd 2008 we attended England's Northwest Tourism Awards at St George's Hall in Liverpool and were delighted to win the 'Taste of England's Northwest' category! This means we are now automatically going through to the national 'Enjoy England Awards' in April 2009 to represent the NorthWest, a responsibility that we are taking very seriously and hence will be speeding up our current planned developments.June 2008
Sainsbury's Magazine
The well known national chain of supermarkets has invited us to participate in a special offer for a luxury afternoon tea for two during June-July 2008. Of course we gladly accepted and were thrilled to have been discovered by such a large, prestigious company! Pick up your copy at any of their supermarkets to use the special offer.May 2008
Liverpool Daily Post
Roses Tea Rooms have won the title of 'Taste of Merseyside 2008' in The Mersey Partnership Tourism Awards 2008. Read the ArticleDecember 2007 On the 27th of December 2008 our newest family member arrived at Arrowe Park Hopsital, Wirral! His name is Evangelos (Vangelis for short) and he weighed a healthy 8.1 pounds! Check this space soon for photos!
March 2007
Cheshire Woman of the Year
Last month (February) i was shocked and very pleasantly surprised to receive a letter informing me that I had been nominated to be 'Cheshire woman of the year' by the NSPCC!!The presentation luncheon will take place in Chester on Wed 21st of March 2007. I cant wait, and feel so honored to have been nominated. We are planning some fundraising events over the coming months for the NSPCC as well as for other local charities so please keep checking back for announcements. In addition if there is a charity or cause close to your heart, however big or small, we would love to hear about it and may choose to support it so please email me telling me all about it.
Access audit
We have recently completed an access audit through the Merseyside disability federation. Although the tea rooms is quite small we have tried to make it as accessible as possible. However the access audit has highlighted certain areas of improvement however small and we will be working on incorporating these. We want Roses Tea rooms to be accessible to everyone and are always happy to discuss any issues with our customers. If you have any suggestions or issues you would like to raise on this matter please email or call me.