La Creme Patisserie Blog

Breakfast patisseries for St.Loyes

On wednesday June 11th we were asked to supply breakfast patisseries and coffee for the official opening of St.Loyes Foundation satellite operation based alongside the Shaw Trust centre in Llandarcy, Neath.

Sian prepared a wonderful selection of danish pastries and mini patisseries, perfect for a beakfast meeting.

St.Loyes is a charity which specialises in training disabled people and those with long term ill-health problems in preparation for work. The charity has been training disabled people on a campus in Exeter, Devon for over 70 years and has now set up a satellite operation to work alongside Shaw Trust in Neath.

Shaw trusts role in the partnership will be to source job opportunites and provide support for individuals who have undergone training. Follow this link to read the press release for the event.

The guest speaker at the event was Simon Weston. It was an absolute pleasure and inspiration to hear Simon talk. He was an excellent speaker, articulate, intelligent, funny and inspiring.

He spoke from the heart and stressed the value of self worth and self esteem. He talked about his determination to succeed once he had found a role in life. He talked about the need to recognise the individual and he praised the role of both St Loyes and the Shaw Trust in providing support to people with disabilities. He also emphasised the fact that making a person more independant had a wider impact not just for the individual but for the family and the community.

Simon made everybody laugh when he talked about his injuries and his journey home from the falklands. Having been so badly injured that the medics didn't think he would survey a plane journey home he was taken aboard a ship for the long journey back. He kicked up such a fuss that eventually it was agreed to put him on a plane. He had lost half his body weight, had septicimia and was being given blood constantly to stay alive. The plane took off and just as it was about to leave the ground - the engine fell off. At this point in the speach Simon said " I know you think my nickname is lucky".

A truly inspirational gentleman, a wonderful role model and a proud Welshman.

La Creme caters for 135 at the Pontardawe Twinning event

Saturday 10th May saw La Creme Patisserie catering for 135 guests at Cwmtawe school for the Pontardawe twinning association. Guest visitors from France were treated to an evening of entertainment and fine food to celebrate the 22nd year of exchange visits between Pontardawe and Lochmoyne.

La Creme catered a menu of assorted canapes, cold meat platters, quiches, cous cous, Greek salad, potato salad and homemade bread. For dessert we prepared raspberry and lemon roulade, chocolate truffle torte and pear frangipane tart. Watch the following video to see Sian talking you through the evenings fare :

One french guest was so impressed by Sian's desserts that she demanded to know who Sian trained under in Paris. Her husband was a trained patisserie chef and she was adamant that Sian's level of skill and presentation could only have been learnt under one of the great Parisian Masters! Praise indeed.

To see examples of our innovative outside catering menus please visit our website. We specialise in providing bespoke menus to cater for all occasions. Family parties, summer buffets, wedding breakfasts, corporate events or a takeaway for two - La Creme can design a menu to suit.

A full copy of the menu for the evening is available for download in pdf Download pontardawe_buffet.pdf

Tangent Club book Private party at La Creme

Thursday 1st May we hosted a private party for 21 members of the Neath Tangent Club. The evening started with speeches then we served a three course meal, menu as follows :

  Starters : Watercress & Celeriac Soup or

Smoked Salmon Roulade or

Leek & Blue Cheese Tartlet

Main Course :

Chicken Breast stuffed with sausage meat with a mustard veloute sauce,

or Goats cheese & roasted peppers on a puff pastry base

   Dessert :

Chocolate & Amaretto Torte,or

Raspberry Bavoise, or Bread & Butter Pudding

The cafe looked lovely laid out as a restaurant with two large tables. We borrowed table decorations from Daisy Chain Wales (a new florist which has opened in Angel Street).

La Creme is a good size venue for groups up to 30 people looking for a more intimate setting. Menus are tailor made to suit the occasion, we are a licenced premises with a good selection of wines.