Good Food Guide places new UK restaurant John Campbell at Coworth Park in top 50

15th August 2011

John Campbell at Coworth Park, the fine dining restaurant at Dorchester Collection’s country house hotel and spa near Ascot, has been listed at number 23 in its first year of operation in the annual Good Food Guide 2012 Top 50 UK Restaurants. The restaurant has been open since September 2010 and offers a choice of three different menus featuring a unique interpretation of locally sourced classic dishes.

The Shire Menu features seasonal ingredients locally grown and freshly harvested within a 70 mile radius, while the a la carte is a tribute to John’s innovative and outstanding cuisine, with dishes such as suckling pig, carrot and kohlrabi and sea bass, coco beans, coconut, lime and octopus. An eight-course Tasting Menu showcases the very best that John has created throughout his career, for example, scallop, ceviche, pak choi and tomato and rabbit, ragu, ricotta gnocchi and fennel and for dessert hay chocolate, lychee and rose.

John Campbell at Coworth Park is currently offering the three-course Shire Lunch Menu for £25, available Monday – Saturday for lunch and until the end of November 2011. For more information or to book a table, please contact Coworth Park on +44 (0) 1344 630 541 or email restaurants.uk@dorchesercollection.com

Editor’s Notes

Coworth Park

Coworth Park is a 70-room luxury country house hotel and spa set in 240 acres of picturesque Berkshire parkland just 45 minutes from central London and 20 minutes from Heathrow airport. Its location, unrivalled in the UK for the ease and convenience of its transport links, is also enhanced by its own helipad. The estate includes an eco-luxury Spa with indoor pool and three restaurants including the Spatisserie, relaxed dining in The Barn and fine-dining at John Campbell at Coworth Park. The only UK hotel to feature its own polo fields as well as an exceptional equestrian centre, current facilities include stabling for 30 horses together with self-contained accommodation for grooms and a full programme of polo tournaments.

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Dorchester Collection

Dorchester Collection is a portfolio of the world’s foremost luxury hotels in Europe and the USA, each of which reflects the distinctive culture of its destination. By applying its unrivalled experience and capability in owning and operating some of the greatest individual hotels, the company’s mission is to develop an impeccable group of the finest landmark hotels through acquisition as well as management of wholly-owned and part-owned hotels, and to enter into management agreements.

The current portfolio includes the following hotels (in order of them joining the group):

The Dorchester, London

The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills

Le Meurice, Paris

Hotel Plaza Athénée, Paris

Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milan

Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles (re-opening in October 2011)

Coworth Park, Ascot, UK

45 Park Lane, London (opening in September 2011)

Le Richemond, Geneva

www.dorchestercollection.com

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