Heckfield place is an elegantly restored georgian house in a 400 acre oasis of rural hampshire where both inside and out, you experience a sense of the natural world handwoven baskets hang on the walls, flowers picked from the garden fill vases in the rooms. Heckfield place is a georgian family home lovingly restored from its classic. Chef skye gyngell the acclaimed chef behind spring at somerset house and marle at heckfield place, who won a michelin star while at petersham nurseries, gives us a peak into life at her shepherds bush home. Her father was bruce gyngell, an australian television executive. Sensational heckfield place, hampshire tripadvisor. In the past decade, chan has assembled a dream team of designers, architects, chefs, woodworkers, gardeners, and arborists to realize the vision for heckfield place. Originally from australia, skye gyngell is now one of britains most respected and acclaimed chefs. She first trained as a chef in france, and afterwards moved to britain.
Kitchen garden experts features the chefs and gardeners at twenty of the uks most exciting restaurants, hotels, pubs and cafes, focussing on how they produce the best fruit and vegetables to appear on their menus. Thompson and his team were initially asked to revive a derelict country pub close to the estate the idea being that guests could make their way across the 400 acres to the inn. Gyngell arrived at heckfield place quite recently, and was fortunate enough to inherit quite a wellestablished kitchen garden. Heckfield place, hampshires highend hotel, that feels like a home by editorial team published 31 may 2018 at 08. Their first venture into the industry, heckfield place is a true passion project. Michelinstarred chef at petersham nurseries, heckfield place, london luxury manor houses, luxury london, luxury manor houses, marle restaurant, spring in somerset house heckfields marle by. Alongside spring, skye is culinary director for luxury hampshire hotel heckfield place, which opened in.
Culinary director is skye gyngell who won a michelin star at cafeinaconservatory petersham. Everyones talking about heckfield place, the hotly anticipated hampshire hotel that opened its doors this week after 6 years of stalling. Skye is culinary director at heckfield place, a 400acre luxury hotel and spa, long in the refurbishing. Her signature style of dishes created using local, fresh ingredients underpin all that is served at heckfield place, with skye working closely with. In marle and hearth restaurants and the magical moon bar, we prepare food and drink that celebrates simplicity, the seasons, and a sense of place.
More recently, the acclaimed chef skye gyngell is heckfield places culinary director, working with two dozen gardeners, to ensure that the food is not only deliciously simple and seasonal, but also sourced in large part from the houses grounds. The freshly sandblasted exterior of heckfield place at dusk. A tour of englands most anticipated hotel opening this summer. Chef, however, is not a title that sits comfortably with australianborn skye gyngell i dont relate to it, she says, im a cook. Skye gyngell born 6 september 1963, is an australian chef who is best known for her work as food editor for vogue, and for winning a michelin star at the petersham nurseries cafe. Located in the new wing of somerset house, spring encompasses skyes signature style of cooking, led by seasonal ingredients. Heckfield place nonresidents are already coming from london, about an hour away, for special events. She trained in paris and spent the 1990s working in london, at the dorchester with anton mossiman and the french house with fergus henderson, before cooking. The wait is over as heckfield place really is the english country house you would aspire to. Skye gyngell had signed on as culinary director after leaving petersham nurseries, her acclaimed west london. Heckfield house, a georgian mansion in hampshire, opened earlier this year after being renovated it boasts its own private cinema, along with two restaurants run by foodie favourite skye gyngell. The dining room of marle, which offers seasonal fare from the propertys farm. The hotel serves gourmet farmtotable food, which is overseen by skye gyngell.
Born in australia, skye has worked as a chef in sydney, paris and london. See great photos, full ratings, facilities, expert advice and book the best hotel deals. Away from london, gyngell is culinary director of hampshire hotel heckfield place, where she has planted a. The daily mails inspector calls on heckfield place in. Heckfield place offers bedrooms, including the signature suites, in the main 18 th century house and 31 bedrooms in the upper and lower corridors. The interiors have been designed by ben thompson, the 34yearold former director of studio ilse. The acclaimed chef has made sure heckfield places kitchen garden is attuned. The georgian red brick house has been transformed into a contemporary hotel in the most modern sense. We pay a visit to skye gyngell at heckfield place to talk to her about home cookin, her approach to food and get a recipe for hazlenut meringue. As skye herself said last night, popping out from the kitchen, were here for 25 years, so make sure you come back.
Skye gyngell cookbooks, recipes and biography eat your books. This entry was posted in hotel and tagged chef skye gyngell. Heckfield catering limited registered in england and wales company registration number 07205404 registered office. Heckfield place is an 18th century georgian manor house in heart of hampshire.
For maximum preening potential, book the ochre room, which has a. Skye gyngell named female chef of the year at squaremeal. Skye gyngell makes hazelnut meringue with raspberry ice. The minibars, with skye gyngellapproved snacks and housemade soft. Theres also a discreet wellness spa, and the authentic and delicious cooking of celebrated chef skye gyngell at the marle and hearth restaurants. She will oversee the three restaurants there when heckfield place reopens next year, and will continue to work as chef proprietor of spring. Skye gyngell had signed on as culinary director after leaving petersham nurseries, her acclaimed west london restaurant. Spring, somerset house, lancaster place, london wc2r 1la, 020 3011 0115. Currently culinary director at heckfield place in hampshire, the australian chef has authored three cook books including a year in my kitchen and how i cook. St brides house, 10 salisbury square, london ec4y 8eh. After initially training in sydney and then paris, skye moved to london to work at the french house and with a number of highprofile private clients before taking on the role of head chef at petersham nurseries.
Our estates biodynamic home farm, walled gardens and orchards feed chef skye gyngells epicurean alchemy, bringing the. Australian chef skye gyngell returned from london this week to cohost two good cos equitable dinner in melbourne, a fundraiser and chance for the women two good supports to spend a night enjoying fine food and the company of others. A look inside heckfield place, an english country palace. Heckfield place which opened earlier this summer and sits at the heart of a sprawling 400acre estate has already been a hit with the style set everyone from liv tyler to derek blasberg. Rooms are homely yet stylish, skye gyngell is onhand as culinary director and. In october 2014, skye opened her muchanticipated london restaurant, spring. Skye is the most beautiful and generous spirited, creative genius and as the lady to put petersham nurseries on the map. At hearth, everything is cooked in front of you, while marle looks out. Six years on from its originally touted opening date, heckfield place in hampshire launched in late summer 2018 and the consensus is that it was worth the wait. When heckfield place was built in the 1760s, the gardens and estate, which were originally planted by english horitculturalist william wildsmith, would have fully supported the house, she writes. Its a slight but revealing distinction and one that speaks to the paredback simplicity of her approach, which first won favour in the lowkey charm of.
Another name that appears frequently at heckfield place is that of chef skye gyngell. Take a candlelit walk through their winter wonderland to find the minstrel. Previously the michelinstarred chef at petersham nurseries, gyngell then went on to open spring in somerset house before overseeing the menu and kitchen at heckfield s marle. The overall impression is that tens of millions yes incredibly has been spent during the last six years in trying to turn heckfield place in to the place to go.
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