Intercontentinental Sanctuary Cove Resort

THE FESTIVE SEASON IS COMING IN HOT AT INTERCONTINENTAL SANCTUARY COVE RESORT

‘Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry … with a hearty side of luxe.

Ho Ho Ho-ooooold the phone. The silly season is almost here and seriously, wasn’t it March, like, yesterday?! This means we need to start thinking about all things celebratory (aren’t we always), especially booking our Christmas and New Year’s soirees stat.

Speaking of, our ‘presents’ is requested at the many festive season events hosted by the ever sleigh-ing InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort. With Executive Chef Hamish Watt at the helm serving up the highest quality cuisine, nothing says happy holidays like a Christmas or New Year’s celebration InterContinental style.

Christmas Eve Seafood Buffet Dinner

If you’re a buffet fan (same), the Cove Café puts on the Balenciaga of buffets. From 6pm9pm on Saturday 24th December, start your feasting with a worldly selection of hot and cold dishes and fresh seafood. Then move into the traditional roast carvery with an assortment of festive condiments, plus in-house Pastry Chef, Chef Dee’s, decadent dessert collection featuring a traditional Bûche de Noël. $169 per adult, $69 per child (aged 5-12), and children under 4 are complimentary with a paying adult.

Christmas Day Degustation Lunch

Kicking off at 12:30pm on Sunday 25th December in the showstopping Fireplace restaurant, this adults-only affair is THE most exclusive dining experience of the season. You’ll be treated to elegant festive theming, and start with decadent canapés like Oysters with Champagne Jelly and Caviar and sparkling wine on arrival. Your five-star four-course menu includes the likes of Gin-cured Kingfish with beetroot gel, sea bean, avocado mousse, olive tuile and French radish, and Woodfire Smoked Beef Tenderloin with foie gras, potato gratin, cherries, root vegetables and pepperberry jus.

There’s intermezzo prepared by the Fireplace pastry chef, and your choice of two desserts including a Warm Christmas Pudding. Wash it all down with a Yuzo vodka truffle shot (if you insist…) and of course a platinum beverage package. For the vegetarians, there’s an equally luxe menu, and to level things up another notch, all guests receive a customised gift. How treemendous! $449 pp with limited seats available.

Christmas Day Seafood Buffet Dinner

Once again, the Cove Café will flex its seafood buffet greatness, this time on Christmas Day! Explore an extensive array of dishes,

expertly prepared by a dedicated culinary team using the finest seasonal Australian produce. The menu is different to Christmas Eve’s, so why not go two nights in a row #tistheseason! From seafood to traditional Christmas meats with modern flare, antipasto, salads, pizzas, pastas and desserts, what’s not to love? $199 per adult, $69 per child (aged 5-12), and children under 4 are complimentary with a paying adult.

New Year’s Eve Seafood Buffet Dinner

The Cove Café is doing it again on New Year’s Eve with yet another ah-mazing buffet menu, and two seatings available from 5pm-7pm and 8pm10pm. With meze, salads, seafood, hot dishes and esteemed Pastry Chef, Chef Dee’s, delicious desserts, what a way to say hooray (as in farewell) to 2022 and hooray (as in YAY) to 2023! $199 per adult, $69 per child (aged 5-12), and children under 4 are complimentary with a paying adult. New Year’s Eve All That Glitters VIP Event

If your New Year’s Eve resolution is to spoil yourself a little more, what better way to start than with a dashing New Year’s Eve event in the grand MacArthur’s Ballroom. Book your babysitter from 6pm on Saturday 31st December, don your finest disco-chic attire, and settle in for an evening of opulent eats, dreamy drinks, and live entertainment. Indulge in a finely curated plated menu paired expertly with a five-hour premium beverage package. Take those designer sequins for a spin on the dancefloor, party like it’s 1999 2022, and soak up all the glamour and good times. The garnish on top is a special celebration lagoon-side at the Resort’s exclusive beach for the countdown, and yes, we likey! $349 per person (adults only) and bookings plus prepayments are essential.

So there you have it. Your big three festive season heavy weights are all going off like a fancy firecracker at the idyllic InterContinental Resort Sanctuary Cove. For bookings and more information, scan below. When: Various activations on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve 2022 Where: InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort, Sanctuary Cove, Manor Circle, Hope Island

Words by Bianca Trathen

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