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    Chef Ben Spalding’s new chef series comes out with All Guns Blazing
    April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 HardensBytes

    Chef Ben Spalding will launch a rather tasty sounding series of dinners next month with some big name chefs from around the world. #AllGunsBlazing starts on 31 May at 4th Floor studios on Commercial Road, Shoreditch. The line up sounds impressive: Paul Foster – former head chef at Mallory Court, he is due to launch his own venture […]

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    Matthew Worswick announced as new head chef of The Latymer
    February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 HardensBytes

    Matthew Worswick has been announced as the new head chef of The Latymer – Pennyhill Park’s luxurious and highly fêted country house hotel dining room in Bagshot. He takes the reins from Michael Wignall who left for Dartmoor’s lauded Tudorbethan manor Gidleigh Park in January. Matthew, who previously led the kitchen team at The Lawn, Thornton Hall […]

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    Guest chef: MasterChef winner Steven Edwards appears at The Latymer
    January 11, 2016January 12, 2016 HardensBytes

    It was big news last year that Michael Wignall, long-time chef at The Latymer in Surrey’s Pennyhill Park, was to leave to take over from Michael Caines at Gidleigh Park in Devon. It is still not known who will fill Wignall’s undoubtedly big shoes – his “fine and complex” cooking helped secure a spot just outside […]

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    Michael Wignall to replace Michael Caines at Gidleigh Park
    October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 HardensBytes

    It’s not often the comings and goings of chefs causes too much excitement here at Harden’s – but this is BIG news. We’ve known for a while that Michael Caines was planning to take a step back from Gidleigh Park after 21 years at the helm, in order to launch his own hotel and restaurant […]

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