Chef Tell's Grand Old House Menu Brochure & Recipe Card Grand Cayman Island BWI

 

There are 3 different items in this lot. A very large 4 page Chef Tell's Grand Old House Menu, a 4 panel brochure with information and map and a 2 sided Recipe Card. Located on  Grand Cayman Island in the British West Indies. Menu measures about 11" x 17" when closed. Has facsimile signatures on the front cover.  Circa late 1980's to early 1990's
Due to the size limitations of my scanner, the entire menu may not show in some of the scans.  

History of Grand Old House Originally designed as a stately Caribbean Great House on the Coconut tree speckled Petra Plantation, the Grand Old House was built by Boston businessman William Henry Law in 1908. The foundations are constructed with locally grown ironwood, an exceptionally tough or hardest wood in the world, which helped the house survive the strongest of storms, including a multitude of norwesters, the no name hurricane back in 1932 and Hurricane Ivan in 2004. When Mr. Law left the Cayman Islands, the Lambert family came to oversee his business and to live in the house. The Lamberts entertained frequently, hosting elegant parties. When the Lambert family left Cayman for Jamaica in 1925, the house remained in the care of Olive Hinds, the family housekeeper, for many years. During its long history, the Grand Old House has been used as a Sunday school for local children, a hospital for soldiers wounded in World War II, a beauty parlour and a shelter for island residents during storms and hurricanes. Old-time residents even tell the story that a doctor once performed an operation on a dining room table. In the 1950s, the house passed into the hands of retired U.S. Army Colonel Pirnie. It was in his time of ownership that Cayman’s first Rotary Club was chartered at the house in 1966. Grand Old House was then purchased by Bob and Jeanne Brenton and other partners, who turned it into a restaurant in 1969. At that time, South Sound Road was no more than a dirt track and the restaurant was lit by oil lamps. Although there were not many tourists in those days, the restaurant became a favourite with residents. For several years in the late 1980’s and early 90’s, Grand Old House was managed by the late Friedman Paul Erhardt, a German who was better known on American television as Chef Tell. Currently, the Grand Old House is owned by a group of Caymanian entrepreneurs who have supported and maintained it in its original form with new additions such as the 5000 square foot, ocean front deck.

in fine condition

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