Harden's survey result
Summary
Darren Brown’s paradisiacal Wiltshire kitchen (est. 2016) is “a magical place” that “perfectly celebrates the unique local produce” which is sourced from its own three-acre plot and then cooked up in the fire pit to “sublime” results. Alongside serving lunch from Wednesday to Saturday, they’re now open for dinner on Saturday evenings from November to February, and there are also long-table ‘Savour the Season’ suppers around each Equinox and Solstice, plus Sunday lunches, where individual joints of meat are cooked to order and brought to the table to avoid wastage. If you’re keen to linger, beyond the orchard at the bottom of the garden is a glamping village with six bell tents.
Summary
“In a beautiful setting in the Wiltshire countryside”, Darren Brown’s “most wonderful” venture occupies an eighteenth-century walled garden and “makes full use of the produce grown” there in its “wholesome, creative fare”. “The fire pit conjures smoke, fire and primal appetites” which are ably slaked by the “superb” meats and “imaginatively done” vegetables – limited mostly to lunch, plus the odd Equinox-themed dinner. In summer they also run the ‘Slow Food Kitchen’ from Thursday to Sunday, while you can overnight year-round in their Shepherd’s Hut.
Summary
This “gorgeous gem of a place, set in beautiful Wiltshire countryside”, serves “superb and creative vegetable dishes made from home-grown produce” by chef Darren Brown in the eighteenth-century walled garden of a property at lunch or (more occasionally) at communal ‘long-table’ suppers. Fans say it’s a “must-visit if you are in the area” (it also hosts weddings and glamping).
Summary
The “outstanding” meals produced in the walled garden of a Wiltshire estate, using vegetables grown on-site and locally sourced meat, generate consistently upbeat ratings (as well as visions of an earthly paradise from national newspaper critics: The Daily Telegraph’s William Sitwell declared it “incredibly splendid... all sublimely natural, skilfully cooked and presented with a deft artistic bent... a bucolic English paradise deserving of global fame” while Giles Coren of The Times was moved to quote John Milton’s Garden of Eden from ‘Paradise Lost’).
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West Hatch, SP3 6PA
Restaurant details
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Always | £37.50 |  |
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| Lunch | £45.00 | |
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| Cost | Availability | Courses | |
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| Menu1 | 55.00 | Always available | 4 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £30.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
West Hatch, SP3 6PA
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑4:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑4:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑4:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑4:30 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑4:30 pm |
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