Brockencote Hall Hotel appoints talented Tim Jenkins as new head chef

Brockencote Hall Hotel appoints talented Tim Jenkins as new head chefThe Eden Hotel Collection is delighted to announce the appointment of a new head chef at Brockencote Hall Hotel, Worcestershire. The hotel’s former sous chef, Tim Jenkins, will become head chef of the hotel’s three AA Rosette Restaurant, The Chaddesley, from 1 August, where he will lead a passionate and talented team.

Renowned for serving exceptional cuisine with a backdrop of sweeping countryside views, the restaurant – popular with locals and guests alike – will continue to create mouthwatering masterpieces using only the finest seasonal ingredients. Locally-sourced produce includes freshly-picked wild plants, herbs and fruit from the hotel’s kitchen garden and honey from its beehives, plus the huge bounty available from the finest artisan producers in Worcestershire and the surrounding countryside.

Former sous chef Tim Jenkins has been at Brockencote Hall Hotel for nine years and, for the last six years, has been honing his exemplary culinary skills under the watchful eye of the hotel’s former head chef Adam Brown – previously of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and Le Champignon Sauvage.

Says Mark Chambers, Managing Director, Eden Hotel Collection, “Home-grown chefs are a speciality of the Eden Hotel Collection. We are delighted to celebrate the promotion of Tim Jenkins, whose natural talent has been nurtured well by Adam Brown over the past few years.

“We are equally proud that Adam Brown has been promoted to the role of Executive Chef at Mallory Court Hotel, one of our flagship properties.”

Try Brockencote Hall Hotel’s flavoursome dishes, brimming with imagination and innovation, for yourself. Daily options include the Market Menu Lunch – 3 courses – £32.50 per person and the Market Menu Dinner – 3 courses – £45.00 per person excluding coffee and petit fours.

To book a table, call Brockencote Hall Hotel on 01562 777 876 (www.brockencotehall.com).

Notes to Editors

AA ‘SMALL HOTEL GROUP OF THE YEAR’ 2015: The Eden Hotel Collection won the ‘Small Hotel Group of the Year’ category at the AA Hospitality Awards.

• The Eden Hotel Collection comprises eight luxury hotels, restaurants and spas. They are Mallory Court, Leamington Spa; Buckland Tout-Saints Hotel, Devon; The Kings Hotel, Cotswolds; The Arden Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon; Brockencote Hall Hotel, Worcestershire; The Greenway Hotel and Spa, Cheltenham; The Mount Somerset Hotel and Spa, Somerset and Bovey Castle, Dartmoor.

• The Eden Hotel Collection has evolved over the last 15 years through the acquisition and restoration by The Rigby Group of carefully-chosen hotels, each with unique attributes but all offering the same impeccable standards of service, quality and attention to detail.

• The Eden Hotel Collection is part of The Rigby Group Plc, one of the UK’s largest and most successful family-owned businesses. Founded by IT entrepreneur Sir Peter Rigby, the Group’s portfolio spans hotels, aviation, technology, property and investments.

For more details or to book, visit www.edenhotelcollection.com.

Press: For further information, to interview Head Chef Tim Jenkins, or to visit the Eden Hotel Collection properties (with a suitable commission), call Camilla Colley or Julia Farish at Travel PR on 020 8891 4440 or email c.colley@travelpr.co.uk or j.farish@travelpr.co.uk.