Limewood Hotel, the prestigious hotel in the centre of the New Forest, are to open a brand new restaurant on 11th February. Rebranded, and with an impressive addition to the team, Hartnett Holder & Co, is a new partnership between Angela Hartnett and Head Chef, Luke Holder. Luke is of course known to many in Milford on Sea, as he is a friend of Milford on Sea Food Week and appeared in The Big Cook Off.
Luke has worked in some of London's busiest and most exclusive restaurants including Orrery, The Sloane Club, and the Oxo Tower on the South Bank. Luke then spent a year cooking in the Italian kitchen of Enoteca Pinchiorri, 3 Michelin stars, in the heart of Tuscany, Florence - this experience ultimately changed his philosophy on food forever and firmly placed his focus on cooking locally and seasonally, at the highest level.
Joining Luke in a kitchen partnership is Angela Hartnett, one of the most high-profile female chefs in the restaurant world. She worked under Gordon Ramsay at Aubergine, and then under Marcus Wareing, where she soon became Head Chef at Pétrus. In 2004 she gained her first Michelin star. In 2008 she launched Muranos in Mayfair.
Limewood describes Hartnett Holder & Co as a relaxed, stylish and comfortable upscale restaurant which is full of character, yet unpretentious. Angela Hartnett and Lime Wood’s Luke Holder, with their team, will be creating locally sourced English dishes with a respectful nod to the seasons and to Italian culinary ideologies. This collaboration will be reflected in their fresh, confident approach ensuring that this is "fun dining, not fine dining".
Harnett and Holder’s food is out-and-out British yet comes with the much loved Italian approach to eating - where sharing and provenance is everything. The style will be chefs’ home-cooked food not chefs’ food cooked for restaurants. Both Angela and Luke are famed for their informal, grounded style of cooking and their respect for local produce.
Expect a menu of Italian influenced forest dishes with English classics, pulling together both Chefs much admired signature styles, which will remain constant and other dishes on the menu will change daily with forest and seasonality being the driver.
We are looking forward to trying out the Hartnett Holder & Co restaurant in the next month or so, and of course we will let you know how we get on.
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