Our first National listing!

A very exciting week for the whole team here at the restaurant as we have our first ever national Guide recognition with a listing in The Good Food Guide.  As the Guide is a user led organisation, it’s really pleasing to know that our guests have nominated us, the Guide has inspected us (incognito!) and …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Pear, Endive, Walnut and Stichelton Salad (V)Farm Smoked Loch Duart SalmonPuntarella Alla Romana Mark Hix’s Crispy Duck Salad Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V) Sri Lankan Celeriac Curry with Rice (PB)Whole Roast Plaice, Alouettes and CatalognaRed Thai Roast Duck Curry with RiceCuttlefish with PolentaCorned Longhorn Beef, Champ and Pickled Walnuts Worton Saddleback PorkCountry Pate, Pickled Fennel and RyeCrackling …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Pear, Endive, Walnut and Stichelton Salad (V)Cockle EscabechePuntarella Alla Romana Mark Hix’s Crispy Duck Salad Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V) Sri Lankan Celeriac Curry with Rice (PB)Whole Roast Lemon Sole, Charlottes and CatalognaThai Mussels with RiceCuttlefish with PolentaCornish Cock Crab Worton Saddleback PorkCountry Pate, Pickled Fennel and RyeCrackling with Apple SauceSpicy Tuscan Fennel Sausages with Coco BeansSmoked Bacon …

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Always our first blossom of the year …

A perfect symbiosis – on these bright sunny Spring days, our industrious and hungry bees are busily taking advantage of the earliest hedgerow blossom – Mirabelles.  A late frost may intervene to damage the blossom or stop the fruit setting but at present the bushes which dot our hedgerows are abuzz with thousands of bees …

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Cotswold Lions and St David’s Day

Almost a full 12 months since our first Supper Club, St David’s Day reminds us of the coming Spring!  It may be another 3 weeks till the Equinox and the start of Astronomical Spring, but this Saturday marks the beginning of Meteorological Spring – the Hazel catkins are out, the Wild Garlic is coming up, …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Spiced Ichiki Kuri Soup (PB)Globe Artichoke and Hollandaise (V/PB)Pear, Endive, Walnut and Stichelton Salad (V)Puntarella Alla Romana (V) Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V) Sri Lankan Celeriac Curry with Rice (PB)Whole Roast Plaice, Charlottes and CatalognaCockles with Wild GarlicConfit Worton Duck with Beluga LentilsRoe Deer Chilli Con Carne12 Hour BBQ Cotswold Lion (Sun Only) Worton Saddleback PorkCountry Pate, …

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Valentine’s Day and everything’s pink …

Lots of beautiful, pink, forced rhubarb this week.   Not our own rhubarb yet as we don’t have heated sheds but perfect, pink stems harvested by candlelight in the Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle. Our Rhubarb this week is from the sheds of Robert Tomlinson a fourth generation grower in Pudsey, midway between Leeds and Bradford and …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Spiced Ichiki Kuri Soup (PB)Globe Artichoke and Hollandaise (V/PB)Pear, Endive, Walnut and Stichelton Salad (V)Puntarella Alla Romana (V) Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V) Confit Pumpkin with Mustard (PB)Sri Lankan Celeriac Curry with RiceBraised Cuttlefish with Grilled PolentaWhole Roast Plaice, Charlottes and CatalognaConfit Worton Duck with Beluga LentilsRabbit with Mustard Worton Saddleback PorkCountry Pate, Pickled Fennel and RyeCrackling with …

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A hint of Spring today but still pretty cold!

Beautiful, crisp frosts and clear blue skies.  The sun begins to have real warmth at midday. Snowdrops and Primroses are in flower, shoots are emerging throughout the gardens, buds are swelling on the trees – Nature knows the year is turning!   Of course, for much of the time, it is still very cold, dull …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Spiced Ichiki Kuri Soup (PB)Globe Artichoke and Hollandaise (V/PB)Pear, Endive, Walnut and Stichelton Salad (V)Puntarella Alla Romana (V) Melanzane Alle Parmigiana (V) Confit Delica Pumpkin with Mustard (PB)Goan Fish Curry with RiceBraised Cuttlefish with Grilled PolentaWhole Roast Plaice, Charlottes and CatalognaConfit Goose with Beluga LentilsPheasant “Coq au Vin” Worton Saddleback PorkCountry Pate, Pickled Fennel …

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