Chalet Holiday Food

Chalet Meals

Whichever chalet you choose for your holiday you will find that the standard of cuisine is consistently high.

For breakfast you can eat as much or as little as you like. Choose from fruit juice, cereals, muesli, fresh French bread with butter and preserves, as well as cooked eggs, porridge or one of the hot options and of course tea or coffee. In our Select Service chalets, croissants are also available.

For afternoon tea, the most informal meal of the day, help yourself to home made cake or scones and biscuits, either eaten at the table or relaxing beside the fire.

Ski Beat catered chalet afternoon tea

For Dinner, one of the highlights of the day, we use seasonal produce and chalet hosts produce a home cooked 3-course evening meal - Please view a sample of a typical dinner menu.

In certain chalets we provide upgraded cuisine - Select Service - if you are interested in staying in one of these chalets please view the link. Select Service is limited to certain chalets, which are run by more experienced cooks and chefs.

Wine

To complement your meal we serve free and unlimited good quality Red and White wines during the course of dinner. After dinner fresh ground coffee or decaffeinated coffee are served in the lounge. In our Select Service chalets we serve bottled wine. Please click on Ski Beat chalet wines to see the selection we offer. Additionally, Ski Beat has teamed up with its wine supplier Le Cellier to offer a wine delivery service giving you a greater selection of wine while on holiday. If you would like to order additional wine you can do so direct with Le Cellier. (Minimum order 6 bottles & orders must be placed at least 2 weeks prior to arrival. Free delivery to your chalet. No discount is given if you do not drink the chalet wine)

Special Food Requirements

On the Booking Form there is a section for special food requirements. This section ensures that the chalet hosts are aware of any special dietary needs prior to your arrival. If you are a vegetarian, coeliac or are allergic to, or have a strong dislike for certain common foods, please inform the office at the earliest opportunity.

Children's Food

Unless you are booking a whole chalet children aged 11 and under will be served High Tea at 6pm. Please tick the box on the Booking Form giving an indication of what you might like them to eat. If you are travelling with children over 11 years of age who require high tea please indicate this on the booking form. This is provided at no extra cost and ensures that your child's normal routine is not disturbed. Soft drinks or milk are served with the meal.

Special Occasions , Christmas and New Year

Ski Beat would be delighted to help with the celebrations for any special occasion. Birthdays and anniversaries can be made even more memorable with a special cake and a glass of bubbly.

An alpine chalet is a wonderful place to spend the festive season. We provide Christmas trees and decorations. On the day itself, you can look forward to aperitifs, turkey with all the trimmings, flaming Christmas pudding, mince pies, and of course Christmas crackers.

For New Year most of our resorts will have torch lit descents, fireworks and other celebrations. Alternatively, you could just enjoy New Year's Eve dinner in your chalet with a glass or two of fizz.

Ski Beat Menu Plans

Several years ago we introduced menu guides within our chalets, allowing the chalet hosts to choose from a selection of suggested recipes from Ski Beat's own recipe book. This has proved to be very successful resulting in the vast majority of our guests classifying chalet meals as excellent in their holiday questionnaires. We believe this improvement was due to a good effort on behalf of our resort staff and the introduction of the Ski Beat Menu Plans. These were designed by Fiona Williams, one of our overseas Directors, who has recently published her second cookery book called "Cooking for Friends to Enjoy Yourself". This book is published by Foulsham and is available at most good book stores (ISBN: 0572030169).

Cooking for Friends to Enjoy yourself, by Fiona Williams