An exciting new restaurant concept in the heart of Kent

Celebrity TV Chef, Richard Phillips has joined forces with Chapel Down wines in Kent to launch a restaurant with a menu that perfectly fits with the best award winning English wines in the country. Richard who can be seen regularly on 'Ready Steady Cook', and ITV’s Daily Cooks, is looking forward to establishing ‘Richard Phillips@Chapel Down’ as one of the premiere eateries in the South East.

The restaurant, a £1m investment on the site of Chapel Down’s famous vineyard in Tenterden, Kent, sees the introduction of state of the art kitchen facilities along with the very best in dining comfort in a spectacularly beautiful setting. The food and wine aims to bring a new dimension to eating out in Kent with customers encouraged to experiment and enjoy a completely original Kentish experience.

Diners will also have the opportunity to eat and drink at the new ‘Chef’s table’. The Chef’s table is unique experience for patrons to enjoy a personal service from the chef and his team.

Richard, who already runs two highly successful restaurants with Thackeray’s in Tunbridge Wells and The Hengist at Aylesford, sees the opening of the restaurant at Chapel Down as an opportunity to accelerate the trend towards great British cooking, using local products and premium English Wines in creative and mouth-watering combinations.

Richard commented. “Good restaurants outside London remain few and far between. Kent, however, is going through a significant transformation. What we are creating at Chapel Down will be a catalyst for an acceleration of the trend towards great local food, imaginatively prepared and served and complimented by Kent’s own wonderful Chapel Down wines. It’s a restaurant for the whole of Kent to feel proud about.”

Richard Philips @ Chapel Down opened last week (31st July) and is now taking reservations.

For more information, log on to Thackerays-restaurant.co.uk.