Great time of  year for all things fresh & green. The hot weather in April has brought the growing season forward by about two or three weeks so there are lots of fresh and seasonal ingredients for  Karl and his team of chefs to get creative with.  So recently we have had Wye Valley asparagus, organic rocket,beetroot, wild [...]

Head Chef – Karl Cheetham on stage Abergavenny Food Festival has now been acclaimed nationally but it was a first this weekend for Abergavenny Christmas Food Fair. It was feared that it would not be well supported due to the dire weather conditions but in fact it was a huge success with a very large [...]

Every once in a while some generous individual decides to throw aparty for his or her friends, nothing too unusual about this you might think. But when your host decides to take over the whole hotel for a weekend and treat his friends to what is, in effect, a giant house party – that is [...]

Just like entertaining your friends at home but no cooking and no washing up. Invite everyone for a drink on the terrace or in front of the fire then move through to the drawing room for your dinner party. James, I would like to thank you and your staff very much for the dinner party [...]