Jersey-born chef Joe Baker is to open a wood-fired grill restaurant celebrating the island’s seafood and produce in St Helier, the capital, later this month. Pêtchi – which means ‘try to catch a fish’ in Jèrriais, or Jersey French – will occupy the first and second storeys of the historic Liberty Wharf building overlooking Liberation […]

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Mark Jordan, whose cuisine has always inspired hugely enthusiastic reports in our survey, is to leave the Ocean Restaurant at The Atlantic Hotel in Jersey after almost 14 years. Will Holland will take over as executive chef  from October 2017. Will joins The Atlantic from his position as head chef at Coast Restaurant in Pembrokeshire, Wales. He brings experience […]

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Luxury boutique hotel Flemings Mayfair is offering cut-price overnight packages from January until spring 2016 as it goes ‘under the knife’ for the second stage of its £14 million refurbishment project. This summer the 150-year-old hotel will unveil a new look, as well as an 80-cover restaurant by chef Shaun Rankin of Jersey’s famed (although these […]

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