Food and wine play a major part in life at The Old Rectory, we relish sharing our joy of great food, drink and entertainment with others.

The starting point is a great love of food and the desire to provide the very best that the local community and the wider county can offer. We have spent time researching and sourcing the finest produce from our free Range Eggs delivered on the day of laying, to our local free range bacon.

The Old Rectory ethos is a total commitment to forge good trading relationships with local farmers, producers and suppliers. To strive to reduce the food miles of everything we serve to our guests to reduce food waste by buying better quality food that is bought and cooked freshly. It is our belief that it is every individual’s responsibility to look for ways to reduce the distance, cost and environmental impact of bringing produce to the table.

Breakfast is a special treat at The Old Rectory. Our Menu offers some of the very best that Herefordshire can offer. We strive to maintain organic selection and seasonality where possible. We have award winning sausages, home cured and home smoked bacon from Wallers of Ledbury. Mirrorbrook Small Holding provides the most excellent same day eggs, some are even triple yolks! The finest Scottish Smoked Salmon, Manx Kippers and Unsmoked Haddock. To compliment this we have our breakfast vegetables from Box Fresh Organics, Apple juice from Jus, Blackcurrant Cordials from Pixley Berries and cheeses from Mousetrap. After which our guests can enjoy a lovely selection of homemade jams and marmalades and scrumptious locally baked bread to complete the feast.

We also have a vegetable garden from which guest enjoy the very best of our homegrown crop. From this we also produce pickles, preserves etc and in the Winter months a warming shot of our own Sloe Gin or Damson Vodka ( Chase of course and locally sourced fruit) go down a treat in front of the fire.

Our belief is that embracing local trading takes us back an era or so to the days when local trading benefited everyone and served to keep the rural economy thriving. There are many farmers and producers that are totally at the mercy of large conglomerates. In our small way we hope that our enthusiasm for embracing local produce is passed on, not only to our customers but also to other local businesses through shared information about where to source and buy excellent fresh produce directly. This in time would go some to way remedy over use of mass transportation of foods, a reduction in food miles, give the people at the core of the production better financial gain and would see a reduction in the environmental impact of such trading.

We are happy to accommodate all special dietary requirements and always stock Gluten free products including sausages, breads and breakfast sauces.

We also offer pack lunches for walkers and lifts to and from the Malvern Hills. Find out more about what to do close to our bed and breakfast and in the surrounding Malvern area.

List of Suppliers

D T Waller & Sons, Jus Fruit, Mirrorbrook Small Holding, Church Stile Farm, PW & LJ Hodgkiss, Cradley Stores, Stonehouse Farm, Box Fresh Organics, Frank Skinner’s Herefordshire Honey, Pixley Berries, Mousetrap Cheeses, Lightwoods Cheeses, Whyle House Farm, Rachels Organics, Dunkertons Cider, Ivans Honey Mustard, Hereforshire & Worcestershire Farmers Markets, Roots.

Below are examples of the type of food offered.

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Starters

Pea and Ham Soup with a Mint Drizzle
Roasted Red Peppers with shallots, baby plum tomatoes and feta, served with Tsatsiki
Asparagus with Olive Oil & Parmesan Shavings or with Fresh Hollandaise
Seared Salmon with Oriental Salad and Sweet Chilli Dressing
Gooseberry and Elderflower sorbet

Main Courses

Navarin of Monkfish with Spring Vegetables and new potatoes
Pancetta wrapped Chicken Breasts stuffed with Sundried Tomatoes served with Roast Sage Potatoes and a selection of seasonal vegetables
Calves Liver and Black Pudding with Bacon and Apple Wedges served with mashed or new potatoes and seasonal vegetables
Seared Fillet of Beef with Balsamic Shallots on a bed of Mash and seasonal vegetables
Chick Pea, Aubergine and Mushroom Tagine served with Cous Cous and Flaked Almonds
Simple Grilled Spring Lamb Chops with New Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Pork Chop with Roasted Apple, Sage and Calvados Sauce with new potatoes and seasonal vegetables
Broad Bean, Pea and Asparagus Risotto

Deserts

Rhubarb and Custard Panacotta
French Apple Tart served with thick Cream or Crème Fraiche
Strawberries & Homemade Ice Cream
Boozy, Gooey Chocolate Pudding
Selection of International and Local Cheeses
Coffee and Chocolates served in the Drawing Room

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We are very keen on using organic foods produced locally near Malvern where possible. We have a vegetable garden from which guests will enjoy the very best of our homegrown produce which are used to create pickles, preserves, homemade cakes and in the cold winter months a warming shot of our own Sloe Gin or Damson Vodka.

Breakfast is a special treat, we have everything from full English, eggs Benedict, smoked haddock or a lighter option of fresh fruit muesli's and French pastries. Why not try our special pork and black pudding sausages. Homemade jams, marmalades and scrumptious fresh breads complete the feast.

We will try to accommodate any special requests.

We are happy to offer pack lunches for walkers and lifts to and from the Malvern Hills. Find out more about what to do close to our bed and breakfast and in the surrounding Malvern area.