Swinton Park Hotel to undergo £500k kitchen refurb

Samuel’s Restaurant at the Swinton Park Hotel, on the Swinton Estate near Masham, North Yorkshire has recently announced a £500k kitchen renovation. In January 2024, half a million pounds will be spent updating the entire kitchen, equipment and workflows to reduce the carbon footprint and create a new state-of-the-art kitchen for the hotel’s restaurant. The investment is part of the wider estate’s focus on sustainability, and will replace older equipment with the latest energy-efficient kit to further lower the carbon footprint. The restaurants on the Swinton Estate already have a good reputation for using estate-to-plate produce to reduce food miles to an absolute minimum, using estate-reared meat from local farms and with an extensive kitchen garden providing seasonal vegetables, fruit and herbs. Head chef, Ruth Hansom, has extended her six month residency to the end of the year to help steward the refurbishment plans through, and will hand over to senior sous chef and fellow Roux scholar, Nicole Benham-Corlette, who will take over the reins as interim head chef. Hansom will be returning to the Swinton Estate to offer pop-ups and chef’s table experiences. The process to find a new residency or head chef for the restaurant is now underway. Hansom said: ”What a great opportunity working on the Swinton Estate! I have had a fabulous time with the team and look forward to working with them until the end of the year on future projects and in continuing to champion Swinton Estate produce.” Andrew Mackay, general manager, added: “This is a very exciting time for the team at Samuel’s Restaurant, where they will have access to a brand new kitchen in which to prepare the finest Yorkshire food. “We are incredibly grateful to Ruth for staying on to help us see this project through, and we’re confident that our ambitious plans will continue to attract and retain the best established and up-and-coming chefs to the Estate.”