CROWN AT CELTIC MANOR ENTERS
GOOD FOOD GUIDE

Newly opened restaurant among highest new entries

The Celtic Manor Resort has been listed in the prestigious Good Food Guide for the first time with its Crown at Celtic Manor fine-dining restaurant featuring among the highest new entries.

Only opened in April as a ground-breaking partnership with The Crown at Whitebrook, the restaurant has achieved swift recognition from the Good Food Guide 2009, the leading consumer publication produced by Which? magazine.

James Sommerin, who has won and retained a Michelin Star at The Crown at Whitebrook, is now the executive chef at both restaurants while Tim McDougall delivers his vision as the head chef at Celtic Manor, the five-star Resort which will host The Ryder Cup in 2010.

The Good Food Guide commends The Crown at Celtic Manor for its “classic feel” and “deft handling of flavours”.

The restaurant’s general manager, David Hennigan, said: “It is a real honour to have won a place in the Good Food Guide within six months of opening as many fine restaurants have to wait years for such recognition.

“This comes as a result of all the hard work and dedication of the entire team at The Crown at Celtic Manor and is a reflection of how much they have achieved in a short time.

“What is especially pleasing is that listings in The Good Food Guide are not just based on the findings of their own independent guide judges but also on the views of customers who take the time to send in their comments on their experiences of the restaurant.”

The Crown at Celtic Manor enters the Good Food Guide with a cooking score of Five, the same mark awarded to celebrated restaurants such as Gary Rhodes’ W1, a fellow new entry, Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant at Padstow, Marco Pierre White’s Yew Tree and Gordon Ramsay at Claridges.

With a cooking score of Six, its established sister restaurant, The Crown at Whitebrook, is among the Good Food Guide’s Top 40 restaurants in the UK.

Both restaurants have also been shortlisted among the top three in their separate categories for the coveted Wine List Awards for UK and Ireland in 2009.

There is a chance to watch the culinary skills of chefs Sommerin and McDougall up close when The Crown at Celtic Manor hosts a live cookery demonstration on Saturday December 6.

For more information or to book for this event or a meal, call Reservations on 01633 410262.