Catered Chalet in Tignes, La Plagne and Les Arcs | SnowChateaux

Fine dining

Amazing ingredients

Breads and patisseries fresh from the oven, fresh milk and eggs, flavour-filled, regional vegetables, regional charcuterie and pates, mountain grazed meat and some of the World's finest artisanal cheese and select wines. Ingredients like these are a chalet cook's dream and they inspire our talented team to produce dishes that will make your mouth water and make you want to rush home after a hard day's fun on the slopes.

Culinary delights

To help you sample as many culinary delights as possible and make sure you have sufficient energy to ski the whole Paradiski, we serve three meals a day: breakfast, afternoon tea and a wonderful homemade and lovingly prepared dinner, akin to bistro style dining. A choice of fine wines (2 white, 1 rose and 3 red varieties) are selected to compliment your dinner and are included on an unlimited basis throughout your evening meal in the catered chalet experience price. Your hosts also love good food, so they can make recommendations on the best restaurants to visit during their days off.

Sample Menu

Drink Selection

Selection of 2 white and 3 red bottled fine wines available with every meal, including fruit juice or squash. Unlimited and at no additional cost.

Entree

Spiced pear, endive, walnut and Roquefort salad with balsamic reduction and walnut oil

Plat De Resistance

Pork fillet with a fig and nut farce on creamed chickpea puree with a port sauce

or

Vegetarian option of twice baked Goats cheese soufflé with sautéed beetroot and cherry sauce.

Dessert

Chocolate Fondant with vanilla ice-cream or crème anglasis

Fromage

**A selection of fine local cheeses.

Coffee

Fresh coffee and chocolates to finish around the fire or at the dining table, your choice.

*Please note menus and images are for illustrative purposes only and may vary slightly depending on the fresh produce available on your chosen week.

**Peak weeks only (Dec 22nd - Jan 5th / Feb 9th - 23rd / March 23rd - April 6th).

Everyone catered for.....especially the kids!

We take our food as seriously as our skiing! Happy holiday memories should be shared around the dining table and we will do whatever we can to ensure that everyone is catered for. No dietary requirements, allergies or food preferences are too much trouble.

With kids of our own, we understand how important their meal time happiness is to a relaxing holiday! Younger palates might not appreciate our sumptuous cuisine just yet, so we pay just as much attention to providing nutritious, tasty and familiar foods, with a few holiday specials...ensuring smiles all round.
Celebrate in style

Christmas and New Year weeks see the chalets sparkle with Christmas tree lights and decorations. Christmas dinner is a lavish affair and our New Years' cocktails are legendary! Please let us know of any other special occasions and we will happily make arrangements for cakes, birthday toasts etc to make it an occasion to remember.

Your Catered Experience: What's included

Breakfast*: Freshly baked bread from the local boulangerie, eggs, porridge and the aroma of freshly cooked croissants and pain au chocolate will help raise you from your comfy bed. Combined with a plentiful buffet of cereals, muesli, yoghurt, fruit, jams and juices, you will be fully fuelled for a day on the slopes.

Afternoon tea: A sumptuous spread of freshly baked cake or biscuits, local breads and jams with tea, coffee and juices await you on your return from the mountains.

Dinner*: After relaxing in the sauna, jacuzzi or bars, enjoy a fantastic three course meal paired with a choice of fine wines**, indulge from the local cheeseboard* and top the meal off with fresh coffee and chocolates.

* For Peak weeks (Dec 22nd - Jan 5th / Feb 9th - 23rd / March 23rd - April 6th), we also include two cooked options served 6 of 7 mornings, plus after the evening meal, a gourmet, local cheeseboard (served every other night). These can be included as optional extras for whole chalet bookings for other weeks (£50 per adult, £20 per 2 to 12 yrs old).

** We serve 2 white, 1 rose and 3 red wines throughout the meal and in unlimited quantities! During the summer months we have the enviable task of selecting our favourite French wines from across the whole of France for the forthcoming season. This season we would like to introudce a new range (offered in Red, White and Rose) - the Reserve De La Saurine. It is a Vin Du Pays Du Gard and comes highly recommended:

What wine critics have to say about our snowchateaux wines:

• “... unoaked Rhone satelite with delicious grenache grape dominated fruit” Recommended by Jane Macquitty, The Times.
• “... a warming, aromatic, everyday red” Recommended by Victoria Moore, The Guardian.
• “... this fresh fruity rosé is made from Grenache Noir, Cinsault, Carigan and Syrah grapes grown on gravely slopes near the Ceze river,of the beautiful Gard region of Southern France” Recommended by Tim Curran , Daily Mirror.
• “... a super white... a delightful blend of grenache blanc and clairette blanche” Recommended by Victoria Moore, The Guardian 

Along with the other wines in our collection that are also all available on an unlimited basis throughout your evening meal, there is something for everyone.Different juices are available with your meal for those who prefer.

Our Wines

Here is some information about 5 of our 6 house wines

Features: Colour:            Rosé Vintage:           2010 Degee:            13.5 % vol Packaging:       Bourgogne bottle  75 cl Grapes:           100%Grenache Noir Wine -making process:    Direct pressing (progressive and slow) followed by by a thermo controlled fermentation Conservation:                 To be drunk within the year Bottled by:                     Laudun Chusclan Vignerons
Soil: Laudun Chusclan Vignerons vineyard is located in the south east of France, on the right bank of the Rhône River, 10 miles away from Châteauneuf-Du-Pape. The grapes used for the selection of this wine are grown in the valley on sandy soils.
The winemaker's word: A lovely salmon robe, fine and delicate, In the mouth dense and flavoursome notes of red fruits, raspberry, blackberry and mildly spiced. To be enjoyed as an aperitif or throughout a meal especially with grilled food

Features: Colour:            Red Vintage:           2010 Degee:            13 % vol Packaging:       Bourgogne bottle 75 cl Grapes:           60%Grenache Noir, 40% Carignan Wine -making process:    Grapes are carefully selected on arrival,Fermentation in temperature controlled tanks, Conservation:                 1 to 2 years Bottled by:                     Laudun Chusclan Winemakers
Soil: Laudun Chusclan vineyard is situated in the south east of France on the right bank of the Rhône River , 10 miles away from Châteauneuf-Du- Pape, The grapes used for this wine are grown in the valley on sandy soils
The winemaker's word: A intense red robe. On the nose we find red fresh fruits, In the mouth its well balanced with a soft finish. A great all round wine

Features: Colour:            Red Vintage:           2010 Degee:            13.5 % vol Grapes:           Grenache, syrah, merlot and cabernet sauvignon Wine -making process:    Direct pressing (progressive and slow) followed by by a thermo controlled fermentation Serving suggestion:         A good all rounder including cheese
Soil: south east ardeche mediterannée climate influenced by the famous Mistral strong wind of the south of France
The winemaker's word: A ruby red colour, fruity overtones of blackcurrant and red fruits. Soft and rounded in the mouth, a fine well balanced wine.

Features: Colour:            White Vintage:           2010 Degee:            13 % vol Packaging:       Bourgogne bottle  75 cl Grapes:           100%Grenache White Wine -making process:    Immediate pressing of the grapes (progressive and slow). Fermentation in temperature controlled tank. Conservation:                 To be drunk within the year Bottled by:                     Laudun Chusclan Vignerons
Soil: Laudun Chusclan Vignerons vineyard is located in the south east of France, on the right bank of the Rhône River, 10 miles away from Châteauneuf-Du-Pape. The grapes used for the selection of this wine are grown in the valley on sandy soils.
The winemaker's word: Wine with a beautiful pale golden yellow colour with light green reflections announcing the bright and delicate character of this wine. The nose is focused on an expressive flower notes which is melted with beautiful notes of ripe pear and mineral freshness. In mouth this wine is very pleasant and fresh. To be served fresh (12°c - 13°c) with tapas, shellfish platters, starters, fishes.

Features: Colour:            White Vintage:           2009 Degee:            12 % vol Grapes:           Grenache blanc, Sauvignon blanc and Ugni-blanc Wine -making process:    Immediate pressing of the grapes (progressive and slow). Fermentation in temperature controlled tank. Conservation:                 To be drunk within the year Bottled by:                     Vignerons Ardechois
Vineyard: The vineyard is located in the southeast of the southern Ardeche, and extends the first terraces of the Rhone to Cevennes Piedmont. It is located mostly on clay and limestone, and for a small percentage of sandstone soil. The climate is Mediterranean, with a strong influence of the famous Mistra
The winemaker's word: Harvesting is done at night, the coolest. The wine is made by direct pressing. Fermentation takes place at 14 ° - 16 ° C. fermentation undergo malolactic to retain freshness..