Delicious dining
It is not enough for hotels to provide a presentable en-suite bedroom with good-enough food these days. With competition for our custom hotting up, the battleground has shifted to the kitchen, with hotels striving to create great restaurants to entice guests. Fortunately, Britain now has a smorgasbord of top chefs to tempt us.
Trevor trained and cooked alongside Marco Pierre White and Jean Christophe Novelli before going it alone in The Gallivant’s Beach Bistro. Expect the best seasonal ingredients, such as Roast Winchelsea salt marsh lamb – and Trevor’s sh soup is a must-taste. A stone’s throw from the beaches of Camber Sands and 10 minutes from Rye, the hotel has 20 chic rooms (two with private deck) decorated in a coastal theme.
Dinner costs around £30 per person in The Beach Bistro for two courses. The Foodie’s Getaway (Sunday to Thursday), an overnight stay, three-course Beachcomber Sharing Menu for two and breakfast, costs from £145 per room for two sharing: 01797-225057, www.thegallivanthotel.com
Larry has worked in Michelinstarred restaurants, such as Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. He o ers modern European, which is light but with intense avour, such as con t Scottish salmon, beetroot, horseradish and apple. Follow with a serving of 70% dark chocolate cream, marinated gs, buttermilk. The Manor has 28 English country-style bedrooms, more than 12 acres of landscaped gardens, and a heated outdoor pool.
A three-course à la carte dinner costs from £50 per person. Standard rooms from £255 per night with breakfast: 01869-350621, www.themanorweston.co.uk
Award-winning chef Nathan Outlaw has trained with several well-known chefs, including Rick Stein. His first London restaurant, Outlaw’s at The Capital, has just been awarded its first Michelin star. Featuring British seafood that’s primarily caught around the Cornish coast, specialities include crispy oysters, cucumber and British caviar. The Capital is a family-run, five-star town house with 49 guest bedrooms, located just minutes from Harrods.
The set lunch menu costs £20 for two courses, £25 for three. On Thursdays, diners can take their own wine, without paying corkage. One night costs from £300 per room, based on two sharing: 0800-089 3929, www.prideofbritainhotels.com
To produce the authentic Italian cuisine, Mattia Camorani works closely with his mentor, Giorgio Locatelli, using seasonal ingredients such as white and black truffes – Camorani’s signature dish, Tagliatelle all’Emiliana, features succulent pork shoulder in traditional ragu sauce. On 19 November, Cucina hosts a Sicilian evening with Giorgio Locatelli at £50 per head. Located in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town, Hotel Missoni has spectacular views over the city and is in an ideal position for many of the city’s attractions.
Dinner costs around £35 per head for three courses, excluding wine. The Hotel Missoni Shop In Style twonight package costs from £225 per room for two sharing and includes breakfast, one cocktail in the bar, a threecourse dinner in Cucina on one evening, and £50-worth of House Of Fraser shopping vouchers each: 0131-220 6666, www.hotelmissoni.com
Contact Wendy at wendy.gomersall@lady.co.uk
DISH OF THE DAY Hotel du Vin and wine expert Olly Smith are hosting four wine dinners: Wine’s Greatest Hits (Birmingham, 3 November); Secrets Of Matching Wine With Food (Bristol, 16 March); Rioja & Beyond (Harrogate, 27 April), and Hidden Gems Of Portugal (Brighton, 8 June). An overnight package for two costs from £269. 0871-943 0345, www.hotelduvin.com/offers
VINTAGE FAIR The Mid-Century & Vintage Fair is being held at the Bedruthan Hotel, Cornwall, on 9 and 10 November: find quirky items and 20th-century designs, with talks by experts and a vintage fashion show. Entry £5; onenight packages from £215. 01637-860860, www.bedruthan.com
SOUK IT UP Fleewinter’s seven-night Moroccan Gastronomy Tour covers simple Berber fare to fine dining. From £895 per person, including a tour of the souks and sh market with a chef, and cookery demonstrations. 020-7112 0019, www.fleewinter.com
B&B BOOK Alastair Sawday’s Special Places To Stay British Hotels & Inns, £15.99, is on sale in good bookshops, or online. www.sawdays.co.uk
TREVOR HAMBLEY
At The Gallivant, near Rye, East SussexTrevor trained and cooked alongside Marco Pierre White and Jean Christophe Novelli before going it alone in The Gallivant’s Beach Bistro. Expect the best seasonal ingredients, such as Roast Winchelsea salt marsh lamb – and Trevor’s sh soup is a must-taste. A stone’s throw from the beaches of Camber Sands and 10 minutes from Rye, the hotel has 20 chic rooms (two with private deck) decorated in a coastal theme.
Dinner costs around £30 per person in The Beach Bistro for two courses. The Foodie’s Getaway (Sunday to Thursday), an overnight stay, three-course Beachcomber Sharing Menu for two and breakfast, costs from £145 per room for two sharing: 01797-225057, www.thegallivanthotel.com
LARRY JAYASEKARA
At The Manor at Westonon- the-Green, OxfordshireLarry has worked in Michelinstarred restaurants, such as Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. He o ers modern European, which is light but with intense avour, such as con t Scottish salmon, beetroot, horseradish and apple. Follow with a serving of 70% dark chocolate cream, marinated gs, buttermilk. The Manor has 28 English country-style bedrooms, more than 12 acres of landscaped gardens, and a heated outdoor pool.
A three-course à la carte dinner costs from £50 per person. Standard rooms from £255 per night with breakfast: 01869-350621, www.themanorweston.co.uk
NATHAN OUTLAW
At The Capital, LondonAward-winning chef Nathan Outlaw has trained with several well-known chefs, including Rick Stein. His first London restaurant, Outlaw’s at The Capital, has just been awarded its first Michelin star. Featuring British seafood that’s primarily caught around the Cornish coast, specialities include crispy oysters, cucumber and British caviar. The Capital is a family-run, five-star town house with 49 guest bedrooms, located just minutes from Harrods.
The set lunch menu costs £20 for two courses, £25 for three. On Thursdays, diners can take their own wine, without paying corkage. One night costs from £300 per room, based on two sharing: 0800-089 3929, www.prideofbritainhotels.com
MATTIA CAMORANI
At Hotel Missoni, EdinburghTo produce the authentic Italian cuisine, Mattia Camorani works closely with his mentor, Giorgio Locatelli, using seasonal ingredients such as white and black truffes – Camorani’s signature dish, Tagliatelle all’Emiliana, features succulent pork shoulder in traditional ragu sauce. On 19 November, Cucina hosts a Sicilian evening with Giorgio Locatelli at £50 per head. Located in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town, Hotel Missoni has spectacular views over the city and is in an ideal position for many of the city’s attractions.
Dinner costs around £35 per head for three courses, excluding wine. The Hotel Missoni Shop In Style twonight package costs from £225 per room for two sharing and includes breakfast, one cocktail in the bar, a threecourse dinner in Cucina on one evening, and £50-worth of House Of Fraser shopping vouchers each: 0131-220 6666, www.hotelmissoni.com
Contact Wendy at wendy.gomersall@lady.co.uk
DISH OF THE DAY Hotel du Vin and wine expert Olly Smith are hosting four wine dinners: Wine’s Greatest Hits (Birmingham, 3 November); Secrets Of Matching Wine With Food (Bristol, 16 March); Rioja & Beyond (Harrogate, 27 April), and Hidden Gems Of Portugal (Brighton, 8 June). An overnight package for two costs from £269. 0871-943 0345, www.hotelduvin.com/offers
VINTAGE FAIR The Mid-Century & Vintage Fair is being held at the Bedruthan Hotel, Cornwall, on 9 and 10 November: find quirky items and 20th-century designs, with talks by experts and a vintage fashion show. Entry £5; onenight packages from £215. 01637-860860, www.bedruthan.com
SOUK IT UP Fleewinter’s seven-night Moroccan Gastronomy Tour covers simple Berber fare to fine dining. From £895 per person, including a tour of the souks and sh market with a chef, and cookery demonstrations. 020-7112 0019, www.fleewinter.com
B&B BOOK Alastair Sawday’s Special Places To Stay British Hotels & Inns, £15.99, is on sale in good bookshops, or online. www.sawdays.co.uk