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Sophie and Mark Craddock have been running Sophie's Restaurant in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire for eight years. Sophie, a Fine Art graduate, making use of the culinary skills gleaned from her French mother, Mark calling on all his marketing and specialist wine knowledge.
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The Priory a beautiful grade II listed building housing Sophie's Restaurant and our shop Le Midi.
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One of the three dining rooms in the Good Food Guide recommended Sophie's Restaurant
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The corridor from the restaurant to the shop is used as a gallery displaying paintings, photographs and prints.
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Their central philosophy is that the food used should be of the highest quality, be it Free Range, Organic or Real Meat Products, and that it should be cooked without fuss or pretension to bring out its true flavour. A new menu is created every day to take advantage of the freshest produce available – fish is a particular speciality. Wines served with the meals are specially selected to complement the food and the atmosphere of the café restaurant is reminiscent of the very best found in rural France.
Sophie's Restaurant was a great success within a few months of opening. So much so that after giving birth to triplets Sophie relocated the business to The Priory in Minchinhampton High Street, a grade II listed 18 th century building, with a large kitchen, vast cellars, three dining areas and a wealth of extra space. After extensive renovation it was reopened in May 2003 and customers old and new greeted it with approval. In 2004 Sophie's Restaurant has been included in The Good Food Guide. |
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All items shown on Le Midi can be bought at our shop – Le Midi .
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Sophie and the triplets on a visit to the Cité in Carcassonne.
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Before another wine tasting session with a local vigneron Marks stops to examine the quality of the grapes used.
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The idea for Le Midi came to Sophie and Mark when they were in France one summer. They were much influenced by the fact that they had bought a house in Cuxac Cabardès in the Montagnes Noir 20 minutes drive from Carcassonne. It seemed obvious to them that the regional products they and their children enjoyed so much on holiday: the wines, the patés, the olives, the oil, were of such high quality that they could be brought over to the UK to be made available to their many Francophile customers. They now had the room to set up their own French Shop in The Priory and so Le Midi was born. The shop opened its doors in November 2003. |
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If you want to visit our shop in person or have a meal at Sophie's Restaurant we will be very pleased to see you. .
Tuesday – Friday Coffee, Pâtisserie and Lunch
Saturday – Coffee, Pâtisserie and Selected Evenings
Other Evenings By Arrangement
(Please telephone) Tel: 01453 88 51 88
Monday – Friday 10am to 4pm
Saturday 10am to 2pm
Tel: 01453 88 99 10
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