It’s always a sign that Spring is here when we pull the first Radishes in the Glasshouse. Often under-rated, there is little better than the very first Radishes of the season – fresh, crisp and with a peppery warmth you can eat them straight from the ground just as they are. In the restaurant we …
The Spring showers keep rolling in and although it’s definitely been a little warmer, the rain doesn’t stop. The ground is soaking, the planting is delayed but the weeds are already growing vigorously. High time then that we started incorporating the weeds into the menu again! From tomorrow, we will be serving our “famous” Weeds …
Eggs galore this week at the farm! All our birds seem to be happy – all are in full feather, all are eating well and enjoying the spring sunshine, all are laying furiously. So many eggs from the Chickens, the Ducks, the Guineas and the Geese. So eggs across the menu, in the shop and …
The Equinox today and Easter next week – the year is racing onwards! The days are much longer now and even if the slightly grey spring weather lasts for a few more weeks, there is also more heat. Let’s hope the rain stays away so the team can get back on track with raising our …
It’s the middle of March already – time to celebrate St Patrick’s Day! What better choice than a smorgasbord of Seafood up from Cornwall? So, from tomorrow and for as long as supplies last we have a fantastic range of fresh Seafood. From Cornwall for the most part – not Ireland itself – but freshly …
Hard to believe perhaps but it’s almost Mothering Sunday. Many of you have already booked tables for lunch on what is normally one of our busiest Sundays of the year! We do have some tables left for lunch on the day itself but the demand is so high that we have decided to open on …
More cold, wet wintery weather again this week – it’s starting to feel like the winter will never end! Of course, nature is much more savvy than we humans. The plants, the insects, bees and the birds all know that Spring is round the corner. We are running a staff competition to see who …
Dragons again this week as we launch our new Supper club – we will be holding our first dinner on Friday 1st March – St Davids Day. Held on the first Friday of each month, our new Supper club will highlight a different ingredient or product each month. The aim is to produce exciting, new dishes with our seasonal …
A return to our favourite meat this weekend in honour of the Lunar New Year … It may be the Year of the Dragon but we’ll be cooking a wide range of pork dishes to celebrate the Chinese New Year … the Chinese are, after all, the largest consumers of pork in the world. They may eat …
Something of a repeat this week but so many people thought that the Cotswold Lion on last week’s restaurant menu was a mis-spelling – surely it should have been “Loin”, they said – that I thought it worth clarifying… So a Cotswold Lion is a breed of sheep. Not just any sheep but, perhaps, once, …
