The Ark Caterers – Burnley

Its market day again at Towneley Hall today! Why not brave the thick cloud & cooler temperatures & pay the Local Producers a visit.

I am unleashing my new Steak & Ale recipe, using Moorhouses Pendle Witches Brew! Alongside that will be the regular favourites Lancashire Cheese & Onion, Chicken & Mushroom & Steak & Potato.

WITCH Pie Would You Choose

Cakes/biscuits/desserts can be bought from Ma Beans she usually has eggs from her very own free range hens too!

Mouse Enterprises will be there with a wide variety of seasonal jams/pickles/chutneys amongst other things such as local cheeses.

Wynne is also there with her handcrafted cards for all occasions.
Good Luck to anyone participating in the Race For Life at Towneley too!

If you’ve worked up an appetite then head up & see us!!

Thanks & Good luck

Fancy A Brew?!?

Last friday, together with Moorhouses Brewery, The Ark hosted our first ever Pie & Mash night. The stylish bar at the Brewery had been turned into a ‘restaurant’ for the night, comfortably seating our guests for the evening. The night was all about quality pies, quality ales & to raise some money for Moorhouses chosen charity, Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue, who are still tryng to recover from a significant, recent theft.

The Main dish was our signature pie, Steak & Moorhouses Black Cat Ale Pie, locally farmed steak slow cooked in a Black Cat gravy with smokey bacon lardons, baked in a light suet pastry. Guest were also treated to a taster platter with a selection of four other pies, including our two bestsellers, Lancashire Cheese & Onion and Steak & Potato alongside teo new recipes, Chicken & Mushroom and a Kerelan Chicken Curry (an authentic South Indian recipe).

The night was a great success & I am very grateful to all the Moorhouses Barstaff, Chelsea & Jack for their help in the kitchen and Victoria, Dave & Kafia for the front of house service!

A big thank you must be given to Moorhouses Brewery, especially David Grant & Stuart Thompson, who organised the night & are very supportive of myself & other local businesses. Moorhouses do a great job hosting events, putting on brewery tours, comedy nights & other events. Also, a massive thanks to Chef Anthony Muldowney, from Accrington & Rossendale College, who was excellent & organised keeping the food service stress free. He came to help out after a full day teaching,

Try our pies soon, you won’t be disappointed!!

Happy New Year from everyone at The Ark!

Why not pop in & try the new addition to our sandwich menu?

Thick slices of English Cured Ham, home cooked in Coca Cola, to give a subtle sweet flavour.Served on our fresh day baked bread, with real butter(!).
Have it simply on its own, with salad, or try it with our Homemade Coleslaw, Red Onion Chutney, English Mustard or even a Fried Egg!

Give it a try!!

Christmas is fast approaching & we’re sure your festive food for the big day is sorted. Have you thought about Boxing Day though?? You could well be on a high from The Mighty Clarets turning over Liverpool but what are you going to feed your guests?? Everybody loves leftovers, will there be enough cold turkey & breadsticks to go round though?

The Ark are looking to make things easier for you & are now taking orders for our Homemade Plate Pies. Freshly made for you to collect, as arranged, the pies are suitable for home freezing & will be ideal to bulk up your boxing day buffet or just to serve with peas & your choice of tipple!

You can choose from the following homemade pies

Steak & Potato
Cheese & Onion
Steak & Moorhouses Ale

All our meat is locally sourced from Edwards Farm Butchers.

Orders are now being taken. Give us a call!!

Thanks festive best wishes to all!

Monday 18th August finally sees the start of the football season for real as The Premier finally arrives!

We sourced our prime cuts of beef, locally, from Edwards Farm Butchers (shop on Padiham Road), then we asked Moorhouses Brewery if we could use their ‘Premier-Ship’ Ale. The meat has been slow cooked, until it melts in the mouth, with an added ingredient….one that has been largely successful for Burnley Football Club….a bit of Ginger!!
The result is a winner! A real Premier League pie to celebrate the start of Burnley’s season in the top flight.

Pay us a visit at lunchtime….Premier Pie, homemade chips & peas….all at a Championship price of £3!

Good Luck to the Mighty Clarets this season!

The Ark Caterers have 6 x Lancashire Lightning tickets for the upcoming T20 Natwest Blast fixture against Durham!!

Friday July 18th sees the Moorhouses Brewery T20 final taking place at the Neville Gee Recruitment Ground, home of the current Champions, Lowehouse Cricket Club.

An explosive Lowerhouse side are looking to retain their crown against Church Cricket Club, who are appearing in their 3rd final in the last 5 seasons. An exciting final in prospect, in front of a bumper crowd!!

The winner of the Lancashire Lightning tickets will be announced on Twitter during Fridays T20 final.
All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is follow Us on twitter (@thearkcaterers), & retweet the competition post! A winner will be selected at random & announced on twitter!

If you fancy a trip down to Lowerhouse on Friday, gates open at 5:15. Plenty of refreshment available, DJ, Live music after…..& for more thirst quenching competitions check out http://www.lowerhousecc.com…..

Good luck!!

Tonight The Ark Caterers are unleashing their Cornbread topped Chilli Pie on the partying public!
It’s Claire Ferguson’s 30th birthday party tonight & Claire is the first customer to order our new pie. Along with out proven homemade meat & potato pie and cheese & onion pie, a feast awaits!
So, if you’ve been invited, make sure you’re 1st in the queue for the food & give it a try!
We’re also providing the outside catering at The Mix tonight for Jills retirement bash.
Congratulations & Best Wishes to both the party girls tonight!