Photos of the Rochester Investiture are now available here and there is a write-up in the Investiture 2022 edition of Called to Order.
Note the date – 7 May 2022 – as we return to Rochester, Cathedral, Kent for our next UK Investiture. Timings to be confirmed, but likely to be 10:30 for 11am service. (Candidates for investiture will need to arrive earlier.) Our traditional after-investiture banquet will this year be in the undercroft of the Cathedral – see the menu below!
Accommodation
Please note that we are not making a group hotel booking on this occasion. The Rochester Travelodge is convenient for the venue; attendees are asked to make their own bookings.
THE BANQUET
PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKINGS FOR THE BANQUET ARE NOW CLOSED
Our post-investiture banquet will be in the undercroft of the Cathedral. Tickets £50. The full menu is below – you can make your menu selections when you register.
Starters
- Prawn & crab ball, spiced grilled prawn. Red pepper & cucumber salsa, line & avocado oil dressing
- Roulade of chicken, asparagus & pistachio, on celeriac remoulade and dressed leaves
Mains
- Honey roast saddle of lamb studded with rosemary and garlic on a bed of seasonal cabbage
- Seasonal fish topped with dill, almond and Macadamia crust, oven baked with lemon grass butter sauce
Both served with a puree, vegetable bundle and potato
(For vegetarian / special dietary needs, please select the ‘contact me’ option when booking)
Desserts
- Kentish apple custard tart with cider syrup
- Malibu coconut cheesecake, gingersnap crumb & passion fruit and lemon posset
Tea and coffee to be served after dessert
Pay for investiture banquets
With PayPal/card -please use the button below
By cheque
Please make your cheque payable to ‘UK Grand Priory of St. George’.
Please send your cheque to:
Chevalier Steven Turner GCStG, Grand Treasurer
BM Order of St. George
London WC1N 3XX
United Kingdom
Pay by bank transfer
Please contact the Grand Treasurer for our bank details.
THE PRE-INVESTITURE DINNER
We will be meeting at the Quills Restaurant, 30-32 High St Rochester, at 6.30pm on Friday 6 May 2022 for an informal dinner. If you wish to attend, please select your menu choices here (and desserts here) and email your selection to Nick Hinchliffe, Director of Innovation & Commanderies. You will also need to pay a £5/person deposit, which can be done using the PayPal button below.
