LATYMER BY STEVE SMITH AT PENNYHILL PARK

Introducing Latymer by Steve Smith, a Michelin star restaurant located within luxury hotel and spa, Pennyhill Park in Surrey.

Pennyhill Park is well-known for offering exceptional overnight stays with its luxurious, individually designed bedrooms and suites; it’s incredible spa facilities; and for its commitment to providing exceptional food and drink experiences for guests. True to its promise, in 2020 Pennyhill Park relaunched Latymer with Steve Smith and within a year of service, it was awarded a Michelin star. Now with brand new tasting menus, Latymer is ready to be put back firmly on the foodie map.

Steve Smith is widely regarded as one of the most inventive and gifted chefs of his generation, renowned for his modern British cooking, whilst utilising the finest seasonal British ingredients available. Steve has held a Michelin star for the last twenty years, and has also earned Five AA Rosettes, 8 out of 10 in the Waitrose Good Food Guide, and received a Catey Award for Chef of the Year in 2014. Steve’s two ‘surprise’ tasing menus centre on classic combinations refined and reworked in a creative modern way, whilst the ‘surprise’ element provides guests with an exciting anticipation before each course arrives. The four-course lunch Discovery Menu is available from midday on Saturday and Sunday, whilst the six-course Discovery Menu is available in the evening for dinner service, Wednesday - Sunday. The two menus highlight bold flavours within each dish using the very best ingredients on the day, inspired by the seasons, allowing guests to try a wide variety of Steve’s cooking within one setting.

The six-course Discovery Menu could include a variety of snacks, including Spenwood and Australian Truffle Choux Puff – a soft bite that is rich in flavour and the perfect start to the feast, followed by a crispy BBQ Pork with mustard and quince vinegar, Blue Grey Sirloin with nasturtium and capers, and Hamachi, Oyster and Wasabi Tart – all bursting with unique flavours that combine perfectly together.

For starters, guests can tuck into a Brixham crab salad with custard, mango, and coriander, followed by Ventowyn farm egg with peas and girolles calamansi and St. Peter’s ham, Brixham Sea Bass with roscoff onion and smoked eel and mustard. Followed by the third course, Herdwick lamb with artichoke, courgette, and tomato, and then the Honeymoon melon with Ridgeview Blanc de Blanc. The six-course feast comes to an end with Yorkshire rhubarb, with waina and pistachio.

Additional to the carefully curated food menu, diners can add enjoy aperitif cocktails and the Discovery Wine Pairing or Prestige Wine Pairing to their experience. Chosen by the talented Head Sommelier Sergio Dos Santos, who holds a Sommelier Caviste diploma from France and was also a ‘UK Sommelier of the Year’ semi-finalist in 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2018, Sergio has selected organic and biodynamic wines from emerging wine locations and daily pairs each with the dishes on the menu.

Wines that make an appearance include 2020 Grüner Veltliner ‘Nussberg’ (organic) from Hajszan Neumann in Vienna; 2017 Vespa Bianco, Bastianich, Friuli Colli Orientali from Venezia Giulia in Italy and 2019 Monbazillac, L’Ancienne Cure from Dordogne, France (organic).

Latymer is situated in one of the oldest parts of the original house at Pennyhill Park. It has an intimate and luxurious feel with wooden panelling, a beamed ceiling, rich plush fabrics, and a smooth balance of friendliness and formality.

Latymer’s Discovery Menus are now available, with the four-course lunch menu exclusive to Saturday and Sunday only, at a cost of £85 per person, and an additional £65 per person for the Discovering Wine Pairing, or an additional £85 per person for the Prestige Wine Pairing. For dinner, the six-course Discovery Menu is available Wednesday – Sunday evenings at a cost of £130 per person, and an additional £95 per person for the Discovery Wine Pairing.