KENT, Pizza Restaurant Guide

Former Gusbourne CEO Ben Walgate’s impressive farmhouse winery sits on a sweeping 70-acre estate, incorporating casual wood-fired pizza joint the ‘Dutch Barn’ and this “delightful dining room with views back to Rye”, where you pick between a two- or three-course lunch on Friday and Saturday, or tackle a five-course tasting menu by night. Zero-waste pioneer Brendan Eades of Silo fame oversees the Green Michelin Star field-to-fork cooking, which is “not fussy but simply super-tasty” (“wow…eaten with them three times in the last few months” and “every time it’s different”). They also have “very comfortable rooms” on site and you can do a “very enjoyable” wine tour and tasting too.

2022 Review: “A good find”, with “surprisingly good pizza” – although perhaps that would come as no surprise to those who know that this pizzeria was the first in the UK to achieve certification from the Associazione Verace Pizza in Naples. There’s also a full list of starters and pasta dishes, and kids get a three-course meal for £7.50. It can be “very noisy when full”… but have you ever been to a busy pizzeria in Naples?