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    Hix bows out and passes the baton to Tonks in Lyme Regis
    November 15, 2024November 15, 2024 HardensBytes

    Mitch Tonks (right in picture) is taking over the site of Mark Hix’s (left) Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis, which he will relaunch next year as part of his growing Rockfish group. Mark will close the restaurant after 16 years on 7 December. He lost his London restaurant empire during the Covid pandemic, […]

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    Dorset star Robin Wylde changes tack with new bakery
    December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 HardensBytes

    Certain details in this article have been corrected. Rising star Harriet Mansell has announced her intention in the New Year to reformat her highly rated Lyme Regis restaurant Robin Wylde. She plans to reposition the business with the addition of a bakery to the existing restaurant space. The eight-course tasting menu celebrated in our soon-to-be-released […]

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    Harriet Mansell opens Robin Wylde in Lyme Regis
    October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 HardensBytes

    Harriet Mansell, the chef creator of acclaimed Lyme Regis pop-up Robin Wylde, has opened a permanent restaurant of the same name. The West Country born chef, who competed in the Beeb’s Great British Menu earlier this year, opened the fixture just a few doors down from its original home in a former pottery workshop. Mansell […]

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    Mark Hix to reopen Lyme Regis restaurant – ‘going back to the good old days’
    July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 HardensBytes

    Mark Hix, who closed his entire restaurant group in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, has announced he will reopen the Oyster & Fish House in Lyme Regis, Dorset, on July 28. The restaurateur and chef will reopen at the site of his former Hix Oyster & Fish House, a terraced seafood fixture overlooking Lyme […]

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