A new restaurant opens in North Yorkshire next month inspired by both Sir Winston Churchill and the great French chef Auguste Escoffier. Chartwell will launch on 8 May following a £3 million investment at Aldwark Manor Estate, a luxury hotel and golf resort 15 miles from York. Former Fat Duck, Midsummer House and Gravetye Manor […]
Fast-rising chef Ruth Hansom has opened the first restaurant under her own name in Bedale, North Yorkshire, having spent much of last year running Samuels at the nearby Swinton Park Hotel. Hansom Restaurant & Wine Bar, where she is partnered by her husband, Mark Hansom-Rigby, promises “a contemporary tasting menu experience, combining only the finest produce from […]
The fire which all but destroyed the 14th-century Star Inn at Harome in North Yorkshire in November 2021 was an accident, a judge has declared at York Crown Court. Arson charges against 27-year-old Helmsley man Charles Birkitt were dropped last week ahead of a trial scheduled for next year when the prosecution accepted evidence showing […]
A major upgrade to The Stafford Collection’s Ribble Valley star has been announced at the same time as the property has released the 2024 line-up for its phenomenally successful Obsession festival. A new single-storey ‘Pavilion’ is to be built in the grounds, to create a 48-cover ‘signature’ destination for Lisa Goodwin-Allen who took over from […]
A cheese-focused restaurant serving pizzas made with local seasonal products is to open near Settle in North Yorkshire next month. Called Rind, it is the result of the friendship between Andy Swinscoe, founder of Settle’s cheese shop The Courtyard Dairy, and Mathew Carver of London’s floating restaurant the Cheese Barge. Housed in a former falconry […]
A man has been charged with arson related to the fire that swept through the 14th-century Star Inn Harome in North Yorkshire almost two years ago. The 28-year-old man from nearby Helmsley will appear in Scarborough magistrates court on Monday. The fire swept through the old pub’s 4ft deep thatched roof in November 2021, leaving […]
Chef Josh Overington and his wife Victoria are to open a new restaurant with rooms in North Yorkshire this summer, less than a year after closing their highly rated Le Cochon Aveugle in York. Mýse (which rhymes with cheese) is scheduled to open in June in the village of Hovingham, almost 20 miles north of […]
The Star Inn at Harome, chef Andrew Pern’s 14th-century gastropub in North Yorkshire, is to reopen next Saturday, 1 October, almost a year after it was gutted by a fire that ripped through its four feet of thatched roofing. Andrew vowed to restore the inn in the aftermath of the disaster (pictured), and contractors have […]
A new motoring-themed restaurant opens in North Yorkshire today, with classic cars parked between the tables. The Arnage, named after a famous corner at the Le Mans racetrack, is part of The Motorist showroom and events space at Sherburn in Elmet, near Selby. The Motorist was founded by Simon Spinks, a fifth-generation bed and mattress […]
The famous Star at Harome in North Yorkshire was “reduced to ashes” after flames swept through its thatched roof on Wednesday night. The fire broke out soon after 10pm in the fourteenth-century building and was attended by nine fire engines, but there was little firefighters could do to prevent the flames spreading through much of […]
