Swinton Park Hotel appoints new Samuel’s Restaurant chef

Swinton Park Hotel in North Yorkshire has announced the appointment of Struan Macintyre as the new chef of Samuel’s Restaurant, following its relaunch.

Macintyre will be leading the team curating menus at the Swinton Estate.

He has worked at some of the top hotels around North Yorkshire, including Aldwark Manor, Grantley Hall, the Principal and Hotel du Vin in York, as well as setting up the Alexander’s Grand Café and Bar in Skipton.

Macintyre’s serves traditional British ‘brasserie’ food with a contemporary twist, built around a core of seasonal ingredients from the kitchen garden and wider estate.

The hotel also features a wine cellar which allows guests to pick wines that complement their food. The cellar features a range of wines from Swinton Estate Pork Wellington to East Coast Cod Loin. A sommelier is also on hand to advise on appropriate pairings of food and wine.

The restaurant, which overlooks the parkland at Swinton Park Hotel, is also known for its Sunday lunch and Afternoon Tea.

Samuel’s Restaurant recently finished installing a brand-new kitchen worth half a million pounds, which features the “latest technology” contributing to lower energy consumption.

Alongside Samuel’s Restaurant, Swinton Estate also includes a fine-dining experience Chef’s Table by Josh Barnes, Terrace Restaurant and Bar, and Swinton Country Club, which offers spa treatments, fitness and wellness experiences to hotel and day guests.

Paul Hunter, general manager at the Swinton Park Hotel, said: “We are thrilled to have Struan leading a new era for Samuel’s here at Swinton Park, and we are looking forward to how he takes forward our estate-to-plate ethos of bringing the freshest, Estate-grown and reared produce to the discerning classic British and European dining audience here.

“We completed work on the kitchens earlier this year, introducing a £500k investment state-of-the-art technology to deliver a significant reduction in energy use.”