Seasonal ingredients set to go first class

The catering offer is provided on a complimentary basis to passengers travelling first class. Virgin Trains said the menu offers passengers the "…finest British products" and added that it had researched the ideal menu. New this Spring for the Light Bites menu is a honey-glazed Scottish ham sandwich, which comes from Highland Country Foods. Also on the Light Bites menu is a Salmon and cream cheese sandwich, made in the North Warwickshire town of Atherstone. The poached salmon is Scottish farmed, caught and smoked in Fort William, close to the foot of Ben Nevis. A new addition to the Evening Meal menu is British beef cannelloni, which comprises hot oven-baked cannelloni pasta filled with Somerset Select free range beef with chunky vegetables in a creamy cheddar cheese sauce. The beef comes from a herd made up of Limousin, Charolais, Aberdeen Angus and Hereford breeds which are reared at the foot of Glastonbury Tor. A range of deserts includes Summer mango and raspberry pudding, coffee and mascarpone trifle or chocolate millionaire desert. The selection of cheeses offered on a rotation basis will include Somerset Camembert, Coastal Cheddar, Blue Wensleydale and Smoked Cheddar. Nic Cuthbertson Virgin Trains product development and purchasing manager said: "We have spent many months finding the highest quality ingredients from the highest quality producers, and this concept has been further developed for our Spring menus. We have also worked closely with our staff to develop a range of menus that can be prepared and served in the limited confines of a train."