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• Travel notes: The Suffolk in Aldeburgh brings glamour to the seaside

  

  The Suffolk and its restaurant Sur Mer bring a touch of London glamour to the seaside town of Aldeburgh. We took a trip to Suffolk for a staycation to check it out.  

• Test Driving Woven by Adam Smith in a trip to Coworth Park

   

  Adam Smith has taken his restaurant in Ascot's Coworth Park to a whole new level. We take a look at the plush surroundings before checking out the brand-new Woven. 

• The Barletta team are opening Sète wine bar and restaurant in Margate

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive. Updated 28/9/22 with opening date

  Down in Margate, the food scene seems unstoppable with loads of interesting places opening up to look after locals and entice Londoners down for the weekend.

  This summer will see the opening of Sète by Jackson Berg & Natalia Ribbe, the team behind well-established restaurant Barletta at Turner Contemporary. The launch will be in two

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• The best places to eat in Deal on the Kent coast

   

  Pretty Kentish seaside town Deal is liberally festooned with lovely places to enjoy a leisurely lunch or long dinner. Here's our pick of the best of them.

• Checking into The Rose in Deal for a Kentish seaside break

  

  This stylish seaside spot boasts the top chef Nuno Mendes' involvement in its menus. We booked ourselves in for a south coast staycation. 

• Jeremy Clarkson manages to open his Diddly Squat restaurant

  

  Jeremy Clarkson has been doing rather well out of his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds. Not only has the show about the farm been a massive hit on Amazon Prime, but his farm shop has been doing pretty good business too. 

  The presenter had been talking up the possibility of starting up a restaurant on the farm ever since the success of the show but, up until now, he'd been met

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• Sandwich Shop's Max Halley has opened The Five Bells in Salisbury

  

  If you've been following the Instagram account of Max Halley - the sandwich king behind Max's Sandwich Shop in Crouch Hill - you'll know that he's gone and opened a pub. Max has joined forces with West Country publican Ethan Davids to open The Five Bells in Salisbury which sounds like the perfect out-of-town destination for any Londoner.

  Intrigued, we caught up with Max to get a little bit more info on his real-life

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• Test Driving The Vineyard at Stockcross - a wine-soaked retreat, both inside and out

  

  We take a trip out of town to Newbury to try both the inside and alfresco restaurants at The Vineyard in Stockcross - and try a fair few of their Californian wines too... 

• Andrew Clarke takes over the menu at Hertford House (in Hertford)

  

  News reaches us of big changes to a hotel/restaurant that's within very easy distance of Londoners fancying a day-trip or night away. And most importantly, it sees chef Andrew Clarke, formerly of St Leonards and who's recently been at Tramshed, in charge of the main restaurant menu there. And there's much more to the hotel that's worth checking out. 

  First up is the main

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• Test Driving the Moor Hall breakfast box - replicating their amazing breakfast feast at home

  

  The two-Michelin-starred Moor Hall is known for its epic breakfast. We see if the at-home version can live up to high expectations.  

• The best new UK hotels for foodies opening in 2021

  

  With every popular hotel booked up till the end of summer; if you're planning a UK staycation (and who isn't) then what you really need to know about are this year's interesting new hotel openings.

• Birch, Zebra Riding Club and Valeries - a review of the new-style hotel and restaurant to de-stress city folk

  

  Barely 30 minutes away from central London, this new Hertfordshire getaway is aiming to shake up the UK hotel scene, pitching itself as a hotel meets festival experience. And it comes with a restaurant from Robin Gill to boot. 

• Checking into Coworth Park for a bespoke menu experience

  

  Five star country hotel Coworth Park has come up with an incredibly personalised restaurant experience for special occasions. We went to try it out.

• Checking into the award-winning Moor Hall - an extraordinary restaurant with rooms

  Mark Birchall and his team have turned this Jacobean manor house into a world class destination for foodies - we checked in for a modern day feast. 

• Test Driving The Mariners in Rock (with a stay in Padstow Townhouse too)

  We do the Paul Ainsworth double - staying in his Padstow Townhouse before popping across the estuary to check out his Mariners pub in Rock.