Hit Devon restaurant Thomas Carr 1873 is closing permanently tonight as the ongoing staffing and financial crises cut a swathe through the hospitality industry. The Ilfracombe outfit has struggled to find front-of-house staff in recent months and chef-patron Thomas Carr (pictured, above) said he would have to double prices to reflect rising costs. A message […]
Devon chef Matt Mason has left Jack in the Green after 28 years to oversee a new restaurant opening Exeter. Mason will become the head chef at Winslade Manor Restaurant Bar, which is scheduled to open as part of a wider redevelopment of the Grade-II listen stately home and its parkland. The launch is due […]
Michael Caines has revealed plans to open two new restaurants in Exmouth in March next year. The chef has set his sights on Exmouth’s multi-million pound Sideshore regeneration project, where he intends to launch Mickeys Beach Bar and Restaurant, as Cafe Patisserie Glacerie alongside colleague and pastry chef Sylvain Peltier. Mickeys will contain a casual […]
Chef Thomas Carr will not reopen his Michelin-starred eponymous restaurant at the Olive Room, he has announced. But the chef said his business in Ilfracombe, north Devon, isn’t over. Instead, Carr has plans to open elsewhere. He said: “We can’t give away too much information yet, but we would like to reassure you that it […]
Michael Caines has been revealed as the latest tenant to join a new multi-million pound development on Exmouth waterfront in Devon. Caines, who grew up in Exeter and is currently based at nearby Lympstone Manor, will be opening a restaurant and bar in 2019. The celebrated chef has won plaudits aplenty at his rural Devon […]
Rising star chef Anton Piotrowski has left Devon gastropub the Treby Arms and re-launched his career in a small Plymouth restaurant. He blamed the sudden move on the breakdown of his marriage. Piotrowski turned the modest pub in his home village of Sparkwell into a multi-award-winning destination with an ambitious menu over a six-year period, winning MasterChef: […]
Lympstone Manor, the new hotel and restaurant from distinguished chef Michael Caines, who ran the kitchen at Gidleigh Park for 21 years, opens for business on April 3 and is taking bookings now. Formerly know as Courtlands House, Lympstone Manor is on the Exe estuary near Exmouth, and has been refurbished at a cost of more than £7million. It has […]
Gidleigh Park in Devon has earned the AA’s ultimate five rosettes accolade, exactly a year after chef Michael Wignall took over the kitchen. Only 12 other restaurants in the UK share the motoring organisation’s highest distinction, and for the first time this award has been announced in January rather than waiting until September. Wignall’s cuisine at Gidleigh […]
Mitch Tonks opens Rockfish Exmouth this week, the fifth venue in the mini-chain of superior fish’n’chip shops he has built in south Devon with business partner Mat Prowse. Set beside the slipway on the seafront at Exmouth, it has spectacular sea views. The flagship Rockfish at Dartmouth is hailed by the Harden’s Survey for its “fish ‘n’ chips to […]
Ah the British seaside. Who needs to hop on a plane to the Côte d’Azur when you can have a stay-cation on our own dear coast (weather permitting, of course). One of the best things about the counties of Dorset, Devon and Cornwall is the restaurants, with fresh fish being the highlight you’d hope in […]
