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NEW HEAD CHEF AT WOOLLEY GRANGE DEAN WESTCAR, a former Head Chef at Restaurant Hywel Jones by Lucknam Park, is now heading up the kitchen brigade at Woolley Grange.
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oolley Grange Hotel has recently welcomed a new Head Chef Dean Westcar, formerly Head Chef at Restaurant Hywel Jones, Lucknam Park. Dean was born and raised in South Africa. He enjoyed cooking as a child and, after moving to England aged fourteen, took a full time job in catering as soon as he left school. Dean has won a number of prestigious awards throughout his career: South West Professional Chef of the Year in 2014, BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals semifinalist in 2015, the Acorn Award in 2017 (awarded to 30 leading lights of the industry aged under 30) and finalist of the Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year competition in 2017. He has some exciting plans for the food at Woolley Grange: "I have a real passion for local, homegrown, simple unpretentious food. We are very fortunate to have the walled kitchen garden which provides an abundance of freshly grown fruit and vegetables in season plus a range of really good local food producers and suppliers. I have been working on new menus and am particularly excited to introduce the new Market Menu. This menu will change two or three times a week capitalising on what's in season in our walled garden, from our local butcher and fishmonger and from other local artisan food businesses. We will also retain our
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Dean is the new Head Chef at Woolley Grange Hotel
“We are very fortunate to have the walled kitchen garden which provides an abundance of freshly grown fruit and vegetables in season” Orangery menu offering perennial family favourites, beautifully cooked and well presented.
To celebrate Dean's arrival Woolley Grange has just launched a new Sunday lunch offer. This delicious menu features 2 courses for £25 My experience has taught me how (add an extra course for only £6), to produce well curated, local dishes a special children's Sunday lunch to a high standard, but also how for £15 plus and, for those in need, to host ‘chef's table’ style meals. I one hour of free childcare in their want to bring the same ethos to Ofsted registered crèche for children Woolley, ensuring the whole team from 12 weeks up to 8 years old. is knowledgeable and passionate The childcare must be pre-booked about our food and that I get out when booking lunch and is subject of the kitchen regularly to talk to to space availability. Sample Sunday our guests. It is really important to lunch menus can be seen on the Eat me that I get to know our locals page of the website. and regulars and understand more about what it is they are enjoying To book a Sunday lunch please call on our menus and where we can 01225 864705. improve and expand. I look forward to meeting you all." • woolleygrangehotel.co.uk
