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CONGRATULATIONS TO NORBERT 👏🍸

We’re hugely proud of Norbert from our team at The Seafood Restaurant for winning Axia Spirit’s Journey to Athens cocktail competition 🥇

He first had to make it through the semi-finals in London before being crowned the overall winner at The Bar In Front Of The Bar over in Athens – recently included in the prestigious World’s Top 100 Bars list. A really fantastic achievement!

The competition was about creating a cocktail from Axia Spirit – an extra dry spirit made from the resin of Mastic tree from the Greek island of Chios. Norbert’s winning cocktail, “Odyssey”, was inspired by ingredients commonly found throughout Greece – including an Assyrtiko wine syrup and a savoury Kalamata olive cracker.

Congratulations Norbert, you’re a star 🌟

MEET OUR CHEF APPRENTICES 👨‍🍳

At the end of last month, Chef Director Jack Stein kicked off our 2023/2024 Chef Apprenticeship at the cookery school in Padstow, and we’re very pleased to introduce you to six stars of the future – James, Max and Sam (The Seafood Restaurant), Aaron (The Cornish Arms), Alfie (Café) and Laurence (St Petroc’s Bistro).

They will spend the next 18 months learning in our kitchens alongside a day a week at college in Truro with Tony Duce and his team of experts. Jack will be their mentor throughout the programme to help inspire them as new and developing chefs in our kitchens and the industry. This includes masterclasses at the cookery school, supplier trips, dinners at the college and more.

Keep an eye out for more updates about the apprentices on Plaicebook and here in Hooked soon.

ALLERGENS: WHEN SERVING GUESTS

Please remember, when bookings are taken guests must be asked if they have any allergens with this information then being recorded on the booking.

👉 All customers are to be asked if they have any allergens first when orders are being taken. 

👉 Kitchen teams to be made aware of any allergens on the orders.

👉 When the food is served allergens are to be confirmed again.

👉 All team members must know the procedure to follow when someone has a reaction to an allergen.

PETS CORNER 🐶🐈🐹🐴

Meet Senior General Manager Louis from Sandbanks and his duo of pet guinea pigs:

🐾 Names: Bounce (left) and Chip (right), named by his son

🐾 Ages: 2 1/2 years old

🐾 Favourite dinner: Celery!

🐾 Place most likely to be found at the weekend: Depending on the season, at weekends they are either loose in the garden to explore or lounging in the shed surveying the wet grass waiting for spring.

🐾 Fun fact: They've worked out how to get fed twice. They hide the food I give them under the hay, then start to squeak when they see my son so he goes and feeds them.

If you'd like to feature in Pets Corner in the future, please get in touch with freyahill@rickstein.com - all animals considered.