One-time righthand man of Simon Rogan, Mark Birchall, sets out to open his own restaurant-with-rooms after nine years at L’Enclume in Cartmel. The former exec chef of Rogan’s celebrated former smithy plans to reopen Moor Hall – a Grade II-listed gentry house in Aughton, Lancashire – in early autumn 2016, after complete redevelopment. The mid-16th Century building will […]

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You’ve read our picks for the UK’s best restaurants-with-rooms, now here is your chance to try one of these beautiful country hotels for yourself. We’ve teamed up with Cowan Bridge’s historic Hipping Hall to offer dinner, bed and breakfast to one lucky Harden’s reader and their guest. Dine in this “romantic” 15th century hall, sample […]

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Ramsons was never your ordinary provincial restaurant.  As recently as 2011, the North Western legend was rated 73rd best restaurant in the UK in the Sunday Times Food List (which is powered by the Harden’s survey). Now, the establishment has been reborn as The Venetian House, after proprietor Chris Johnson (who retired on 3 May […]

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