Catered Service
Good food is an obsession for us, and an integral part of your holiday experience. Our food is fresh, full of good ideas and greatly appreciated by our guests. We only ever employ professional chefs and are confident that you will eat at least as well in our chalets as in any of the local restaurants or hotels in Chamonix.
A typical day will begin with a choice of continental or cooked breakfast; to include: cereals, yoghurts, fruit, fresh bread and croissants; a different cooked breakfast daily accompanied by fresh coffee, tea and fruit juice.
On your return from a hard day on the slopes, afternoon tea will await you, with either freshly baked cakes or home made biscuits.
Before dinner is served there will be an opportunity to unwind in front of a roaring log fire with pre-dinner drinks, a choice of canapés, and home-made dips; followed by a delicious four course evening meal.
Your chalet staff have one full day off during the week (Weds). Continental breakfast and afternoon tea will be left for you to help yourselves. In the evening you will have the opportunity to savour one of the valley’s many restaurants which your chalet hosts will be happy to recommend and book for you, and we’ll even lay on the taxi service to get you there and back.
House Wines
Wine buffs also have a treat in store as we take our wine just as seriously as our cuisine. We could save ourselves some money by offering a more mundane selection of wine, but we see fine, and often unusual, vintages as being integral to the Chalet 1802 experience; and our house wines gain new admirers with every visit.
We have a selection of three paired wines, all from quality domains in France, from which to choose to accompany dinner.
Sample Menu
Thai king prawn skewers with a sweet chili dip
Smoked salmon belinis with mascarpone and dill
Steamed asparagus with quails egg beignets and a wild mushroom foam
Roasted winter salad of pumpkin, beetroot, parsnip and sweet potato served with a hazelnut cream
Roast scallops served with a pumpkin and parmesan risotto
Seared veal carpaccio accompanied by caramelised onion, mushroom and thyme tart
Chocolate fondant served with homemade vanilla ice cream
Raspberry parfait served with a red fruit salad and a berry coulis
A selection of local cheeses
Coffee and chocolates
