Gallery Kitchen Café

	Open: 10am - 4pm, Tuesday - Sunday (same as the Gallery, closed Mondays).
	To book a table please call during Office Hours (9am - 5.30pm) Monday to Friday.
	Please note last orders for hot food* is 2.30pm or for cakes & drinks 3.30pm daily.
	Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free options are always available (see 'Background' below).
	* Sorry to disappoint but we can only offer a limited hot food menu on Saturdays.

GKC Special effects film.

This short film shot here in the Gallery Kitchen Cafe showcases the work of our chef Lorraine King.

Many thanks for permissions to video creators Burger Films and Ross Bugden (music).

News & Updates.

We have just launched a Charity Fundraiser with Jon & Nhene in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. We will be hosting a Gallery Kitchen Cafe ‘foodie’ event on Sunday 1st July, and announcing a Creek Creative Studios ‘art lovers’ auction event later in the year. All proceeds from ticket sales and event purchases will go directly to the charity Macmillan Cancer Support. If you wish to donate before the events, please use Our JustGiving Page (which provides more details).

We have just had our 1st Monthly Draw as part of the Jon & Nhene Macmillan Fundraiser, and the winners for May are…
1) Lesley Sharp (Lunch for two)
2) Brenda Summerville (Hot Drinks & Cake for two)
3) Brian Mead (Hot Drinks for two).

For the very latest Café news, Special Events and Menu updates please see our Gallery Kitchen Café Facebook Page where Lorraine and her team post photos of her wonderful creations, or you can follow the Gallery Kitchen Café on Twitter).

Awards & Reviews.

We hope you enjoyed visiting our Gallery Kitchen Cafe in the Upper Gallery. If you nominated us in any of the following awards we would like to take this opportunity to thank you enthusiastically. Many thanks also to all our customers and visitors for helping to support our Art Centre and the local creative community.

On Tuesday 21st November 2017 we received the exciting news that Lorraine and her team have won a Gold Medal in the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards for 2017! Congratulations to the Cafe team once again for all their hard work this year!
Free From Eating Out Awards MAP highlights the very best UK locations to eat out for Free From diners.

A Small Recent Sample of our GKC Menu Highlights…

Vegan Coronation Butternut Squash & Chickpea with Baby Cos Lettuce	Super Greens, Blueberry, Puy Lentil & Somerset Brie Salad (+ is that Nhene?)	Special guest Milly moulding her own 'Freefrom' Vegan Falafels (not staff!)	Belgian Chocolate Brioche Bread & Butter Pudding made with Bourbon Vanilla Pod Crème Anglais
Super-moist Gluten-free, Vegan Carrot Cake (Kate Samuels plate 1)	Gallery Kitchen Special Gluten-free Fruitcake (Kate Samuels plate 2)	Parlic Fell Scones (Lactose-free), plus Chocolate Brioche Bread & Butter Pudding and Vegan Bread Pudding	Sunday Special Irish Potato Pancakes - Gluten & Dairy free (+Charlotte & Rosie?)

Background.

After a number of impressive guest chefs, special event experiments, and a period of basic, irregular provision, we were very fortunate in September 2011 to discover Lorraine King*, a very talented local Chef. Since joining us our “Gallery Kitchen Café” has become a prime destination by regularly and reliably offering delicious light lunches, fabulous cakes, and quality barista coffee, or Fair Trade and locally-made herbal teas. Lorraine is passionate about using the finest, seasonal, and locally-sourced ingredients where possible, while constantly developing an eclectic, international menu, to mix spicey global influences with reassuringly familiar British conventions and favourites, such as her ever-popular ketchup recipe.

All our food is freshly prepared / cooked to order on the premises, and we always offer Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free options** alongside more traditional or exotic savoury dishes and desserts. The menu usually has something for everyone, although it is limited on Saturdays (booking is advised for parties of five or more all week). Whether visiting the Gallery Café for tea & cake, brunch, or a light lunch, all our customers can enjoy the stimulating yet calm atmosphere, with aromas of freshly-baked cakes, soups or sauces accompanying the frequently changing exhibitions of work by local artists.

* Our Chef Lorraine is Coeliac/Dairy/Lactose allergic and is fully committed to ‘Safe Eating Out & At Home’ principles at all times, and therefore has been highly motivated to initiate and deliver regular ‘Free From’ cookery classes here at the GKC, while additionally hosting a ‘Free From’ Support Group and Mentoring Programme, which is available to all (email Lorraine for more information). The Gallery Kitchen Café has also just been shortlisted in the 2017 FreeFrom Eating Out Awards.

** All our Gallery Kitchen Café team have attained their ‘Coeliac UK Private Sector Module’.