Chalet Meals

Breakfast

A good breakfast is essential on an active holiday, so we provide a choice of cereals or porridge, fruit juices, plentiful tea and coffee, local bread, cold meats, cheeses and preserves, and boiled eggs. This is normally presented buffet-style for you to help yourself. Additionally a daily hot dish, such as sausages and bacon or pancakesis offered and cooked to order.

Light Packed Lunch

All our guests are offered a complimentary light packed lunch five days per week (i.e. daily except changeover day and the staff's day off) comprising a filled roll, bag of crisps, chocolate bar, piece of fruit and a carton of juice.

Children's High Tea

The majority of our guests feel that children under 13 years can inhibit the dinner-party atmosphere at evening meals, especially if they are over-tired, so our youngsters are served high tea at about 5.30pm. We do not then allow anyone under 13 at the adult-only evening meals. High tea provides children under 13 with a healthy menu,but tailored more towards children's tastes than our main adult-only dinner.

Culinary Choice' Adult-only Dinners

Our Chalet Hotels make dinner a highlight of the day, with our 5-course 'Culinary Choice' menus. Dinner starts with canapés and an apéritif, normally served in the bar/lounge area, followed by an appetiser, main course, dessert and a cheese selection to finish.
We offer two or three choices for every course, including a vegetarian option for each, and guests will be asked to make their selection each morning at breakfast-time, so that our chef's team can prepare everything fresh for you that evening.
Youngsters of 13 and over are welcome to join adult dinner, whilst younger children are served an earlier High Tea, and can then adjourn to the fun of Cocoa Club or off to bed, depending on age and energy levels! Children asleep in bed are under the care of our Baby-Listening/Child-Patrol Service.

“The baby-listening was a really good service and we really appreciated the care about security.” - Thomas Family - Belle Plagne, August 2009

Tempt your taste buds with these dishes!

Canapés - Parmesan & Black Pepper Biscotti and White Bean & Basil Dip with Crudites

Choice of Starters - Seared Scallops with a Tomato & Orange Dressing or Seasonal Salad Selection

Choice of Main Courses - Chicken with Lemongrass & Coriander Salsa or Fennel Poached Salmon with BeurreBlanc

Vegetarian Option - White Bean Frittata with Goats' Cheese and Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce

Choice of Desserts - Pear Tatin with Aplle Ice Cream or Profiteroles with a Duo of Chocolate Sauces

- Selection of Regional Cheeses

- Coffee or Tea with Chocolates

- Selection of Red, Rosé and White Wines each evening

Teen Rangers' Meals

Our Teen Rangers have a separate meal together at 7pm on three nights a week and also eat out one night under the supervision of our staff, whilst the arrival meal and Family Barbecue are enjoyed in the company of fellow guests.

Weekly Barbecue / Alfresco Evening

Once a week, normally on Fridays (weather permitting), there are no separate meals for children, as everyone dines together at our Family Barbecue or Alfresco Evening following the Alpies Show. Cocoa Club ensures that impatient youngsters who want to 'eat & go' are well cared for, while parents enjoy a more leisurely dinner!

Special Diets

Vegetarian options are always available if you advise us in advance, and othe rspecial diets can generally be cateredf or at a cost of £25 per personper week..
For further useful information, please see our Booking Conditions.

Staff Day Off

Beakfast will be served as normaland that evening (usually Tuesday) you and your family have the chance to eat out in one of the local cafés or restaurants. Reception will be staffed as normal for your convenience.

Our Chalet Hotel wines

We are very proud of our wine selection for Esprit Chalet Hotels, which combines crisp and fruity whites with medium to full bodied reds, for a variety of palates.

We select our wines in conjunction with our good friends Nicolas and Véronique - the third generation in the Perret family’s fine wine business based in the Savoie. Nicolas is a Master of Wine, having trained at the prestigious Burgundy Wine University in Beaune.

Wine is an incredibly subjective and emotive subject, however the feedback we have received from our guests over recent seasons endorses our aims of providing winesto enhance your meal and to suit most tastes.

New for 2010 we have added a fresh summer Rosé to our wine selection.