Da Da Da Da Delias – – Delias Canary Catering

at Norwich City Football Club

Delia Smith is without doubt a British legend 6 decades in the food business and top of her game with over 20 published best-selling cookery books. Countless times on television and now a power house in football – who would have thought.

At 79 she’s been a hairdresser, a pot wash, a model and now an Icon.

She works endlessly at Norwich City Football club, putting her name to the Catering there isn’t where it stops, she is hands on at every stage – working endlessly. 

I was invited along as a food blogger and writer on a press night to see what they are doing there and to taste some fine American cooking down in Yellows. 

Delia formed Delia’s Canary Catering 21 years ago with the Terrace top restaurant serving up fresh food from her recipes. It’s since grown in to a banqueting hall with function after function. The place to go for big events and corporate get-togethers. 

Delia has an OBE and CBE starting her life in catering at the age of 21. 

Her husband Michael Wynn Jones was the editor of the Daily Mirror, the first paper Delia wrote recipes for. They never had children but had huge love for Norwich city football club later becoming major shareholders. 

Everything was going swimmingly turning over thousands on events until covid struck – as the country went in to lockdown, the doors were closed and the vast spaces empty.

They’re keen to get everything back up and running and have been awarded the go safety ahead by Visit England.

They prioritize over safety and have extensive measures in place. 

Like form, QR entry, temperature checks, masks, sanitizing stations, and pleanty of space to spread the tables out. 

They have 17 event rooms, 41 executive boxes available for private dining hire with your own waiter including the Terrace restaurant and Yellows American Grill and Bar. 

Here is what’s on offer – 


✅private dining in one of their executive boxes overlooking the pitch with own waiter from £250 for 6 inc. 3 course dinner and welcome drink. (Bargain £40pp)


✅The Gunn Club – room for 20 self-distanced for meetings food and more.


✅Top of the city /Terrace  – overlooking pitch room for over 100 seating self-distanced event space room. 


✅Yellows American bar and grill – opens Tue 27th Oct with live sports in Yellows Food served tue-sat 12-10pm 


✅Delia’s workshops – Masterclass in food and wine, Q& A plus 3 course lunch with goody bag. From £120 pp


✅Cakes to order – click and collect cake selection. With Delia’s famous Christmas cake in decorative tin or Christmas pudding to send nationwide. £12 – 25


✅Christmas Wreath making workshop inc afternoon tea or 2 course lunch.


✅Christmas lunch & Dinner menu from 28th Nov 


✅1st for Delia’s – Christmas Day lunch £125 pp 5 courses 


✅New Year’s Lunch.


✅Sunday lunch on the Terrace is coming soon – £29.95 4 3 courses from 12-3pm 



✅Delia’s adding on Thursday night dinner from 5th November – plus the usual Fri & Sat 


✅Dine & stay – from £150 for 2 inc dinner.

So lets talk about the food – Delia herself told us that they don’t buy anything in like chain restaurants, they use local Norfolk produce when they can like Archers butchers for their burger meat in yellows, Bullards Gin for their bars, and seasonal where possible. 

They have their own patisserie section. Where all their click and collect cakes are made. 

Delias has been awarded the GOOD TO GO by Visit England. So you can  Dine out and stay safe, Delias is a massive place that social distancing is no problem.
Book yourself in and enjoy a host of things to do – get out and feel safe. 
You don’t even have to like football – I don’t, I’ve never ever been to a proper match – my Auntie used to make me watch my uncle play for Lowestoft – I hated it and since then have avoided it like the plague. 

Delia’s Restaurantopen Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.

Sunday Lunch 10-3pm £29.95 for 3 courses. 

Yellows – Tuesday to Saturday 12 – 10pm

Contact

Delias Restaurant and Bar

Book a table on 01603 218704 9-5pm Mon-Fri

deliascanarycatering.co.uk 

Website and Cake orders  – www.deliascanarycatering.co.uk

Norwich City Football Club – Carrow Road – Norwich – NR11JE