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 […]
Established in 2001, Obsession is Northcote’s (Langho) annual homage to the finest food and wine, and features guest chefs travelling in from all over the world. Each chef takes over the Northcote kitchen for the night and challenges themselves to produce a unique Obsession Menu for the evening’s guests in a food festival that celebrates […]
Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo 24-27 December Packages from: £395 pp Christmas Eve: Afternoon tea will be served on arrival from 3 pm for you to recover from your journey followed by a five course, French-themed dinner. Christmas Day: Start the special day with a light continental breakfast in the dining room. A four-course lunch of traditional British fare will […]
Today (26 August) saw the unveiling of the Waitrose Good Food Guide’s top 50 UK restaurants with Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume in Cartmel taking pole position for the second year. So far, so good. We wouldn’t begrudge Mr Rogan the top spot, he was within a hair’s breadth of topping our survey last year and – without […]
[huge_it_slider id=”2″] Wine, dine and then recline. It’s a perfect combination. After all, how often have each of us wished we weren’t facing a car ride or train journey home after a great meal? But ‘restaurants-with-rooms’ are more than just convenient, they are destinations. A way to get out of the city or to celebrate […]
Messrs Bancroft and Haworth’s fabulous Langho manor house, Northcote, will celebrate its 30th birthday in January together with the 15th year of its annual gastronomic event, Obsession. If you’re obsessed with food the gourmet evenings, running from Friday 23 January – Saturday 7 February, could be the place for you. The starry roll call of […]
It was the most popular competition we have ever run here at Harden’s (so popular in fact that our server nearly went into meltdown) but there can only be one winner. So let’s all congratulate (and envy) Bill Hebblethwaite from Cornwall who is off to enjoy dinner and a night’s stay at celebrated ‘restaurant-with-rooms‘ Northcote in Langho, Lanchashire. […]
Golly! That fabulous Northcote competition proved so popular it nearly sent our servers into meltdown. Please don’t worry though, dear readers, everyone who entered the competition has been safely included in the draw. Despite the fact that some of you may have received error messages telling you our editorial mailbox was full, we actually received all your […]
In this week’s newsletter we’ve rounded up many of what, according to last year’s survey, are the best ‘restaurants-with-rooms’ in the country, so we’re delighted to be able to offer you the chance to win not just dinner for two, but a night’s stay too, at one of these fabulous destinations: One lucky Harden’s reader, […]
Wine, dine and then recline. It’s a perfect combination. After all, how often have each of us wished we weren’t facing a car ride or train journey home after a great meal? But ‘restaurants-with-rooms’ are more than just convenient, they are destinations. A way to get out of the city or to celebrate an occasion […]
