We’re doing a bit of work on The Chimney House at the mo… In particular The Front Room… The Front Room is used in conjunction with both The Meeting Room and The Pop Up Dining Hall – here’s some of it’s uses! A gathering and meeting room, a welcome and registration room, break-out and focus session room, a lunch room, a cocktail room, a pudding room, cakes room, mulled wine room, whiskey room, log fire room, an exhibition room. Keep very posted for pictorial updates!!
Tried&Tested
‘The Meeting Room’
Daily Snapage – The Front Room at The Chimney House
Friday, November 25th, 2011Daily Snap!
Monday, November 21st, 2011
It’s been a really busy weekend at The Chimney House! We think this shot sums it up well! Tools to eat!! We’ve had feasts a plenty in The Pop Up Dining Hall and we’ve got a really busy week coming up! Happy Monday to Sheffield and beyond!!
Daily Snaps
Friday, November 18th, 2011Those of you who know us know of our fondness for great photography and you’ll also know we have daily stuff going on at The Chimney House – in The Meeting Room or in The Pop Up Dining Hall that we don’t often get to shoot in the haste of daily life… So here’s a mini attempt at a daily pic… We thought of this a few days ago… So here’s a couple to be getting on with!
Summer Chimney House Cheesecake!
Monday, July 11th, 2011Flippin heck… We’ve always taken HUGE pride of the lunches at The CH…As our guests come from far and wide – and we like to treat them! But with our latest addition for a Yorkshire feast this lunchtime… we feel requires a whole pictorial blog to itself.
Presenting The Chimney House baked cheesecake!!
A feast for the eyes and the belly…With supporting role from brownie and tiffin!
A sneak peak around the door…
Happy eating!!!
To get your mitts on our cheesecake and to book your event at The Meeting Room in The Chimney House email sally@thechimneyhouse.com.
Case Study – The Meeting Room at The Chimney House
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
We’ve had a multitude of excellent comments, feedback and testimonials – so we’ve asked one of our National Chimney House customers to tell it like it is in a neat case study.
Internal Communications Manager -Associate
Business Development & Communications
Group Size: 40 Purpose: Away Day
Pre-event planning –
We heard about The Chimney House opening in Kelham Island and being so close to our office, we were keen to check out the facilities for some team away days we were planning. The main purpose for this event was to ensure that we were showcasing ‘the best of Sheffield’ to a national team of marketing and business development professionals whilst delivering an environment that enabled the team to receive presentations and take part in breakout sessions.
As soon as we met Sally we knew that our expectations would be exceeded. Her attention to detail is outstanding and nothing was ever too much trouble. Sally welcomed us to The Chimney House for numerous planning visits and provided a full range of options for various elements of our event – in particular walking us through mouthwatering menus from other local providers that resulted in us opting to extend our stay to make use of the pop-up dining hall in the evening to hold a team ‘feast’.
Challenges –
Our team travels to Sheffield from all around the country so we wanted somewhere that was easily accessible by public transport and straightforward for those unfamiliar with Sheffield to find. We are also quite a large team and in the past we have struggled to find somewhere that is large enough for us all, without us being swamped by some of the larger venues available. The Chimney House provided us with the perfect mix of space yet intimacy for this event.
Solution –
The event was a huge success and everyone was completely charmed by The Chimney House team. From the moment the team arrived, everyone was extremely well looked after and touches such as the flowers in the meeting room and the decoration of the ‘feasting table’ in the evening was noted by all.
The fact that we were able to combine our business meeting with a dining experience to remember has to be one of the clear highlights of the event and something that really sets this venue apart.
What happened on the day:
Guests arrived mid morning and were greeted with comforting mugs of tea and coffee to fuel a day of activity! The day started with a series of presentations in the Meeting Room which was set up theatre style – decorated with platters of maltesers to help delegates through the morning. Our presenter’s fed back that they felt really relaxed in the venue and they felt that this had a positive impact on the way they engaged with the audience!
A number of breakout sessions took place in the afternoon with the group coming back together to present to each other – although not before tea and cake at 3pm – perfectly timed to perk up the traditional afternoon dip and providing delegates with yet another opportunity to sample yet more locally sourced produce.
The formalities were wrapped up by 4.30pm when everyone retired to the The Front Room for drinks and talk of what a wonderful day we had!
Whilst we had taken the opportunity to treat the team to some exquisite fine dining in the evening, we did have a number of people that were unable to stay due to onward travel and personal commitments. However, they didn’t miss out! Those that had to leave to catch trains back to the four corners of the UK, left with a goody bag to be envied! Portions of homemade pies, salads, cakes and even some liquid refreshment were provided to the travelers to enjoy – ensuring that no-one felt left out. It’s thoughtful touches such as this that will keep us going back to The Chimney House!
Post-event analysis –
I am pleased to report that we have subsequently returned to The Chimney House on a number of occasions – hosting both internal meetings and client events as this unique venue. I think this just goes to show how highly we regard this venue and The Chimney House team.
This case study will be appearing in the June 11 issue of Conference and Incentive Travel.
For more details about planning your event, meeting, away day, training, workshop at The Chimney House please email sally@thechimneyhouse.com
A lunch time interlude
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
We’re taken with the idea of presenting our lovely lunches at The Chimney House in all manor of vessels… so when our toothsome friends The Grind Cafe said they had nice things for us in terms of vessels and food… we figured it was going to be of an excellent nature… so we obliged by arranging a crowd of hungry event types using The Meeting Room this week – and put them through their paces.
Said vessels included blue and beautiful deep salad bowls specially made by hand and shipped over from the emerald isle and an enormous board with a handle – that we’ve got our eye on for cheese for the Pop Up Dining Hall… difficult to steal though – on account of size…
A lunch time triumph was declared by all… we’re just sad we didn’t get to take any snaps of an incredibly beautiful homemade apple and hazelnut cake… which disappeared into the ether… funny that.
Chair Scrubbers
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
You know you’ve arrived when you get hailed as a ‘chair scrubber’ ….
Meant in the nicest possible way I’m sure (?) but a poignant thought for a Sunday morning nonetheless.
Sarah
Friday, July 30th, 2010When house guests arrive at The Chimney House for The Front Room and The Meeting Room we are delighted that people bombard us with chimney questions… what was the building used for… what did the chimney do… is that the chimney (pointing at it)…why have you got an elephant painted on it?
The answer to the latter … ‘because an elephant called Sarah used to live here’… provokes a stunned look followed by an absolute delight… ‘REALLY???? HERE? and then the story unfolds…
But really you have to come here and find out for yourself the next bit…we’ll be happy to tell you all!! But in the meantime… here she is as her fabulous eli self… a true beauty and we love her!
Check out Kelham Island signage in the background and you can just see the chimney of the House!
House Guest Treats…
Friday, May 28th, 2010So what do you get when you are a house guest at The Chimney House?
You should know by now we like our own style… so here are a few bits and bobs that we do for our guests using The Meeting Room at The Chimney House.
We get bitten by a bug… World Cup style
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Naturally we like to inform our guests, customers and anyone else who likes to listen in about stuff we like, things ‘on trend’ and topical… sometimes we even like to spot a trend and make it into a Chimney House fashion… such as using tiles for place mats… just for example… we’ve done other stuff… surely…???
Sometimes there are somethings or occurrences that can’t be controlled – they just are… The buzzing around of footie fervor is one of those times… persistent and constant… ultimately you will get deliciously and unceremoniously nipped by the footie bug… which is where we stumble –I mean elegantly side step into the equation.
So you know we have The Meeting Room yes, yes… booked up by the great and the good for business, training and meetings who really quite love it … but get this…over The World Cup we’re turning it into our Front Room… to watch FOOTBALL!!!
The games will be shown on our huge screen, the room goes completely black-out or you can be pleasantly surrounded by the greenery and foliage of the island.
Here’s the plan.
- There needs to be at least 20 of you (perfect for an office or department escape)
- You must all want to escape to the island (we have lots of parking or easy walking routes)
- You must all want to watch the game
- You must all want to eat amazing food
- Ice cold beers must be brought with you… or champagne … or anything you like really
- You must all be ready for a luxurious and very cool viewing of the beautiful game – privately and just for you (and your guests)
Prices start from £30.00 and include a magnificent feast of Yorkshire-ness from food heroes and Jay Rayner’s latest foodie squeeze The Milestone… including handmade pies, great big sides of honey glaze ham, huge wheels of cheese and the quintessential potato salad and homemade organic breads!
Cheers! To Victory!!
Packages are based on a minimum of 20 people and start from £30 per head. Please contact info@thechimneyhouse.com for more details and your preferred match viewing date.
