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Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Well what a star studded week we all had! The Jazz festival bought wonderful music from soul with Carol Brewster right through to foot tapping salsa with T G Collective. Our finale on Friday was Colin Salmon on his trumpet which was truly amazing and to add to all the excitement Dame Judi Dench was dining with us to support her friend and colleague much to the delight of other diners and staff.

Our Monday night Jazz still continues and you will find the listings under events.

Lastly we would like to welcome our newest member of staff Moira to the reception team. Moira is originally from South Africa and we hope she will be very happy here with us.

Cheltenham Jazz Festival

The Jazz festival starts on Tuesday 29th April and finishes on Monday 5th May. The Daffodil is holding four very special evenings from Tuesday through to Friday which are selling out very quickly. Each evening consists of a three course meal followed by live jazz from four spectacular artists.

Tuesday 29th sees Carol Brewster kick starting our week with a mix of cool jazz, blues and gospel. Carol was once a member of Jools Holland Blues Orchestra and since leaving in the 90's has become one of the UK's most outstanding vocalists.

Wednesday 30th is a welcome return to the festival for Sara Coleman who after a sell out performance in 2002 will be playing with her quintet emotional interpretations of jazz standards with evocative originals.

Thursday 1st May is the ever popular TG Collective from Birmingham who will be playing stylish sounds of flamenco, gypsy jazz as well as live dancing.

Friday 2nd May will be a James Bond extravaganza with Colin Salmon who was M's chief of Staff in 3 iconic Bond films playing the trumpet with his quartet. There will be a champagne reception from 7 pm.

If you would like to know more about the festival please click on the link cheltenhamfestivals.com or call the box office to book your tickets on 01242 227979. We look forward to seeing you all in May.

Mondays Jazz

Mondays Jazz went really well with a full house listening to the sultry tones of Cate Cody accompanied by Mike Graver on the piano. Next week sees the return of the ever popular John Beckingham Jazz and Blues trio who never fails to get people's feet tapping.

The kitchen Brigade have lucky enough to hire 2 new brilliant chef De Partie.

Shaun who was born in Cheltenham and has worked for numerous gastro pubs around the Gloucestershire area.

The second is Michael who is Australian and has a wonderful array of experience under his belt including working for the Oxo Tower in London.

Both are blending in well to kitchen life here at The Daffodil and whilst they are still finding their knives and boards we hope they are enjoying being part of the team as much we enjoy having them.

Cheltenham Jazz festival

Easter weekend was superbly busy culminating with Edgar Macias performing on Monday night with his Latin Jazz sounds which were great for dancing to as some guests proved.

As we are sure most of you know, the Cheltenham Jazz festival is starting on 29th April and finishing on 5th May. We are going to be hosting 4 nights of Dinner and Jazz evenings with a very special performance on the Friday evening from Colin Salmon who just happens to be a James Bond actor.

If you would like to know more about the Jazz Festival or book tickets please phone the box office on 01242 227979.

Cheltenham Gold Cup

Cheltenham Gold Cup proved to be very busy and exciting with lots of winners wending their way through the doors for evenings full of Champagne and celebrations. For those who did not go to the races we showed the days events in the Circle Bar on our plasma screens so as well as keeping warm and dry, they had the best seats in the house!

Monday Jazz evening was a sell out this week seeing a welcome return to the amazingly talented Ralph Allin playing his violin. Ralph absolutely captivated both staff and guests with high speed Irish jigs for St Patricks Day to slow evocative tunes such as Over The Rainbow so when he returns we strongly suggest reserving a table.

Next week we have Edgar Macia's K2 band who have not played here before, they will be performing latin and straight Jazz, we have been told to expect the unexpected which has got everyone excited!!

If you would like to book for Monday please use the online reservation system to the right or call 01242 700055.

Daffodil launch party

Wow what a night. The red carpet was down, the Bollinger flowing and canapes (which happened to be miniature dishes from our menu) served throughout the evening from the wonderful Daffodil Chefs. Laurence bought an amazing celebrity feel to the evening and everyone was thoroughly delighted to be able to talk to him about his creation here
at the restaurant.

During the evening we held a charity auction in aid of the Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal with lots of beautiful and exciting prizes. The total amount raised was £2480.00 which will be added to the   sponsorship money raised by the staff when they do their 10k run in May for the same charity.

The Daffodil is finally ready top open its doors fully

After months of hard work The Daffodil is finally ready top open its doors fully. The Restaurant has been open for the last few weeks but tonight is the official launch party and the celebrities will be out on their masses. The scaffolding is down and the champagne is flowing. Photos from the launch night will be available soon our gallery section.

A fantastic two weeks

We have had a fantastic first two weeks and would like to thank all our guests for their valued opinion about the new look Daffodil.

B.G.Brains the decorators have returned once more to paint the outside of the restaurant so please don't be put off by the scaffolding if you go past, we are open!!!

Monday 25th February Jazz night sees a welcome return to the ever popular Tim Ward playing with Catherine Sykes a London based singer who is considered to be the star a star of the future in what promises to be a very magical evening

If you would like to book a table please do so either by calling or using the online reservation system to the right hand side of the page. Tables are going really quickly.

A big thank you to all our guests for their patience during our refurbishment

Phew.....we made it!

Our first night saw Casey Greene take to the stage creating an electrifying atmosphere with his cool Latin Jazz sounds.

A big thank you to all our guests for their patience during our refurbishment and we look forward to your company at the new look Daffodil very soon.

Opening times remain the same - lunch from Midday to 2.00pm and Dinner from 6.30pm to 10.00 -10.30 pm on Saturdays. To review our new Menus, Cocktails & Drinks please visit the Restaurant section of the site.

Circle bar nears completion

As you can see from the photo, the circle bar is near completion together with a geometric dome on the ceiling which has LED coloured lighting underneath the rim.

The new furniture started to arrive today which has transformed a building site back into a restaurant, oh boy the chairs are comfortable!!

The latest news from The Daffodil will continue on a weekly basis on the new website launching on 11th February so if you have enjoyed our little updates, please do carry on reading so as not to miss the excitement.

Book your table online for our first Monday night Jazz on 11th February

The painters and decorators from B.G.Brain have been doing a fantastic job working seven days a week to make sure all the detail is perfect. As you can see from the photo Laurence came in to inspect their handy work! Hooray they got the thumbs up. The chocolate brown colour together with bronzes has given the restaurant a really warm and intimate feeling even without any furniture.

Don´t forget to book your table online for our first Monday night Jazz on 11th February with Casey Greene playing on our brand new raised stage area.

Reducing our carbon footprint

We are delighted to announce that we will be back to business from 6:30pm Monday 11th February. Our Monday night live jazz will resume, headlining with Casey Greene and his five piece band, entertaining from our new raised stage.

Once the cherry pickers were out of the way our new under floor heating system was put in. Along with our new recycling stations and energy efficient lighting we really are reducing our carbon footprint.

End of the second week

Well the end of the second week has seen some vast changes to the upstairs. The new Bollinger Champagne & cocktail bar is starting to take shape. As you can see, the bar is still a semi circle but back against the wall. This has given way to a larger seating area which will be having sumptuous booth seating and leather chairs, ideal for dinner, afternoon tea or a cheeky cocktail!

Next week will see a general overview of both the restaurant and bar, so tune in on Tuesday for more exciting pictures and news from The Daffodil blog.

Work has started

Works started here at 7.30am on 2nd January which even though early was very exciting and all involved could not wait to get stuck in. The first week has seen a complete stripping of The Daffodil interior; we have lost all the furniture including the banquette seating which used to be in the centre of the room. We had to get two cherry pickers into the restaurant so the painters could reach the ceiling which was a tight squeeze we might add!