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Come and Dine has been a wonderful success with entries from all over the world. While reviewing your photos, videos, descriptions, and inspiration for your parties we thought it would be a lovely idea to let you all see what we have had the pleasure of enjoying.
It is so rewarding to the amount of joy that Come and Dine has brought to people. It is such a joy to see not only the fun people have had in hosting, but the dedication shown to help raise money .
You can see from all the photos below there have been Downton Abbey themed parties, recipes from At Home at Highclere, dressing up, donations to charity, and amazing use of the materials we have provided on the Community page.
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Thank you for posting these wonderful images. I have been so excited to see photos of our fellow “comrades in arms” parties. This has been such a fun and creative communal event. The smiles on the participants faces are priceless. Thank you again for the inspiration.
It will be hard to choose the winner.they all look lovely.
It is hard!
How exciting to see our music room photo as your 3rd picture!!!!!! And it is indeed a treat to see all the other revelers in fun and finery. This world-wide party, sharing community and providing funds to PBS and other charities has been a brilliant idea! We look forward to the continuing saga . . .
Heather & Walt
What a Beautiful Ladies, Beautiful table! I wish to be there. I know the Castle, I went there but I did not have a dinner it would be so interesting, so…great!
Thank you..
So so fun! I LOVE seeing all the photos and it brings it right back to our fun night too!!! We have all been rewatching our Granthams and enjoying it all over again!! Thrilling to see our photo in the line up!!! Thank you so much Lady Carnarvon!!!!
So exciting to see our photo up! Love reliving that night in time.
Oh what fun and friends from around the world! Thank for sharing the photos, what lovely Lords and Ladies…and servants, too! Our dinner was on Mardi Gras Sunday in Greece, so there we are with masks in the 4th photo. Thank you so much for posting.
How wonderful to see all these photos and think of the special dinner parties that were enjoyed by these friends! It was a real treat to see one of mine included. Thanks for encouraging us to host a gathering and plan a special evening for our friends!
The sense of fun and camaraderie! You were the amazing people!!!
We’ve been checking daily to see any updates, but we didn’t think we would be treated to so many photos at once! Love to see the costumes, food and that beautiful table setting as the last one. Lovely. I have no clue to how you are going to choose. Did you have any idea that the entries would be so varied and fun? Smiles all around………
Such fun to see! I have my favorites, but I’m sure that you’ll do the difficult judging, admirably. They are all great!
“CONGRATULATIONS” to everyone! What amazing creativity – too much fun! Our group of friends(8th photo) have been texting a steady stream of responses, seeing the photo’s this morning; it makes us feel like we are apart of a larger special community… We have also branched out from our “Downton Dinner Club” to create a book club too! We are starting with “Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey”! Thank you…
Thank you and please tell me what you think of it!
I am soooooooo jealous! I know a good time was had by all!
Great fun to see all the work that people have put in to this project !! Wouldn’t be fun to have duplex dining rooms, one dining room a la Downton Abbey and one in today’s world ??
It would !!!
Lady Carnarvon:
I have been waiting for this day and I am not disappointed. I am very impressed, especially with the table settings, food presentation, even the serving of the food, all looked perfect. Much thought and creativity went into preparing even the invitations! I am sure tons of happy memories were made planning and preparing this event and the event itself. Well done all!!!
Best of luck to all the entrants.
Bev
It all began when the Titanic did sink
Humans and canines turned to the drink
We may not have won
But we sure all had fun
For ‘‘twas Downton Abbey done with a wink!
My apartment is less than 400 square feet so I didn’t participate, but it is great to see that so many of you had such a wonderful time. Next year I’ll have to see how creative I might get on a small but grand scale. Thank you for sharing some of the entries, Lady Carnarvon! What fun they are to see!
These are all so amazing! I can’t wait to see more – especially my own. My group had so much fun doing this – it was a night none of us will ever forget!
Wonderful photos! I was particularly impressed by the group who did the Downton Abbey line-up outside the house. Such a clever idea!!
So many amazing entries!
MY DEAR LADY CARNARVON,
WONDERFUL.WONDERFUL.
Unfortunately I was not able to participate I love throwing dinner parties!
Next time!
What a joy it was to see some of the events held by the “Come and Dine” contestants!
I can tell that EVERYONE put such effort into their events — finding costumes, researching and cooking delicious period foods, setting lovely tables, arranging gorgeous fresh flowers… Each group seemed to have such fun! I especially love the six ladies and gentlemen in photo #10, who are trying to achieve the serious posing of an aristocratic family in the post-Edwardian era. But laughter breaks through!
Thank you, Lady Carnarvon, for opening your home and allowing us to continue enjoying Downton Abbey after the series end!
A lot of laughter!
Nice dinner, wish I was there to be a part of it. Saw Downton Abbey reruns recently and miss that show. Will they try another run of it and set it to the latter 1920’s to 1930’s?
We are all hoping they will make a film !
And now it is March 31st………is the announcement of the winners coming today on this site? We are having a great deal of trouble waiting to hear the results of this really fun and creative contest.
I am looking forward to sharing… photos and videos to come!
And now it is May 7, and a wonderful surprise package has arrived in Greece from the UK! Thank you so much for the lovely gifts and the kind note of thanks for our participation in “Come and Dine”. Such a beautiful frame with the photograph of you and the Count, and a stunning watercolor print by Sue Finnes! But most fun…is the Highclere Castle apron, to be cherished and used often! (wish i could send a photo , ha!) Thank you, Lady Carnarvon, soooo much for all that you do!
Thank you and I feel lucky that we salute each other across a blog!