Aldwark Manor Estate has revealed more details about its plans to introduce an exceptional fine dining restaurant in Spring 2024. The £3 million addition to the North Yorkshire hotel is part of significant, ongoing investment that will further enhance its luxury offering.
The hotel’s owners have so far invested over £18 million in the estate, including this latest development, with more investment in the spa, conference facilities and additional bedrooms yet to come.
The new fine dining restaurant – Chartwell – will offer tasting menus boasting locally sourced, seasonal ingredients, classically and accurately cooked, to deliver an exceptional and memorable dining experience. A team of talented chefs will deliver British cuisine with a modern Savoy twist, influenced by French chef, restaurateur and writer, August Escoffier. The menu will feature a diverse array of dishes, each a masterpiece in its own right, designed to cater to a variety of palates.
As you’d expect with Aldwark Manor Estate, Chartwell’s design will be breathtakingly glamorous, and in addition to the main restaurant there’ll be a mezzanine floor offering an opulent private dining room, a speakeasy, and bespoke wine tasting room where guests can enjoy wines of the highest quality and rarest vintage.
These exciting new details about the forthcoming restaurant come as the hotel has welcomed a new Executive Head Chef, Chris O’Callaghan, who has an impressive background in the hospitality world. With Gravetye Manor, L’Ortolan, The Ledbury, The Fat Duck and Midsummer House just some of the esteemed restaurants in which he has worked, Chris is no stranger to producing stunning plates of food, and is set to lead the kitchen teams at Aldwark Manor Estate to new heights.
Christophe Gitton, Estate Director at Aldwark Manor Estate, says: “This is an incredibly exciting chapter for Aldwark Manor Estate. The owners are investing heavily in the hotel to ensure we can continue to deliver excellence. We can’t wait to introduce this exceptional dining experience to our guests which will capture 1940s glamour whilst bringing the individuality and ‘never ordinary’ stamp that you’d expect from our wonderful estate. We’re also delighted to welcome Chris O’Callaghan as our new Executive Head Chef and there’s no doubt that Chartwell will put Aldwark Manor Estate on the foodie map.”
Chris O’Callaghan, Executive Head Chef at Aldwark Manor Estate, says: “I’m thrilled to have joined the team at Aldwark Manor Estate. I’ve come on board at a time when the hotel has many ambitious and inspirational plans and I look forward to helping create a unique fine dining offering for people in Yorkshire, that those further afield will want to make a special trip to visit.”
Chartwell will enhance Aldwark Manor Estate’s existing dining and bar offerings of two other restaurants, Elements and Bunkers, and the Squadron Bar.
For more information on Aldwark Manor Estate visit https://www.aldwarkmanorestate.co.uk/