A new seafood restaurant has opened in Padstow, Cornwall, from chef Alex Aitken, who started his working life as a trawlerman. The Jetty, in the Padstow Harbour Hotel, will focus on local Porthilly oysters, Padstow lobsters and fish caught by day boats. A self-taught chef, Alex made his name with Le Poussin in Brockenhurst, which […]
Former Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons head chef Dorian Janmaat is to open his first restaurant next month – Ardor in St Ives, Cornwall, where he will combine his love of his twin childhood homelands, Spain and Cornwall. The restaurant occupies an old house in Fore Street, with seating over two floors as well as at […]
Newquay clifftop hotel The Headland has launched a new flagship restaurant to showcase the best Cornish produce and day-caught fish. RenMor – which means ‘Restaurant by the Sea’ in Cornish – represents a £3million upgrade on the venue’s previous incarnation as The Samphire. Head chef Fred Goodrich has linked up with local farmers, fishermen, smallholdings and micro-businesses […]
Chef Hylton Espey (pictured) and his wife Petronella will open their first restaurant, Culture, on Custom House Quay in Falmouth next month, with a hyper-seasonal menu focused on local ingredients sourced from people he knows. Hylton, a South African-born surfer, has made himself at home in Cornwall in his six years working at Rastella restaurant […]
