Footballer-turned-entrepreneur Gary Neville (left in picture) has signed chef Niall Keating (right) to open a new restaurant at the Stock Exchange boutique hotel in Manchester that he co-owns with Ryan Giggs. Called Tender, it will be the third attempt to occupy the impressively domed dining room since the hotel launched in 2019. Its predecessor, the […]
Whatley Manor, the Wiltshire country-house hotel whose dining room – billed as The Dining Room – appears regularly on lists of Britain’s best restaurants, has promoted Ricki Weston to the role of executive chef following the departure of the acclaimed Niall Keating. Ricki has worked for some of the country’s most adventurous chefs, including Matt Gillan at […]
Ricki Weston has been promoted to head chef at Whatley Manor in Wiltshire. Weston will be working directly under executive chef Niall Keating and will help to oversee all food and beverage offerings at the hotel, including its signature, two Michelin-starred Dining Room, as well as Grey’s Brasserie, afternoon tea, and room service. Weston joined […]
Cliveden House, Taplow Valentine’s Tasting Menu: £97.50 pp Dinner 9-10 & 16-17 February, Lunch & Dinner 14 February “The best view from a restaurant in Berkshire and some of the very best food too from André Garrett” create huge “romantic” appeal for the dining room of this famous mansion. So what better place to celebrate […]
Former Whatley Manor chef Martin Burge has joined the Farncombe Estate at Broadway in the Cotswolds, where he will preside over five restaurants in three hotels. Bristol-born Burge put Whatley Manor in Wiltshire on the culinary map during a multi-starred 14-year reign which ended with his departure last November. The Harden’s Survey praised his cooking […]
Niall Keating has been appointed to succeed Martin Burge as executive chef at Whatley Manor, running the Wiltshire luxury hotel and spa’s two restaurants. It is a first leadership role for 25-year-old Keating, who was born in Staffordshire and has worked under Sat Bains in Nottingham and Corey Lee of three-star Benu in San Francisco. He began his career […]
