Gidleigh Park Wins 'Hotel of the Year' (United Kingdom)
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Gidleigh Park Wins 'Hotel of the Year' (United Kingdom)
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2012-09-10
Gidleigh Park wins ‘Hotel of the Year’ and ‘Rural Hotel of the Year’ at the inaugural Food and Travel Reader Awards 2012
Gidleigh Park is delighted to announce it has been awarded ‘Hotel of the Year’ at the inaugural Food and Travel Reader Awards held at The Royal Automobile Club on London’s Pall Mall on 3 September 2012.
As well as ‘Hotel of the Year’, where Gidleigh Park was up against international hotels such as Shangri La, Paris and La Mamounia, Marrakech and iconic UK country and city hotels such as The Goring, London and The Grove, Pembrokeshire, Gidleigh Park also won the accolade of ‘Rural Hotel of the Year’.
Alex Mead, Editor of Food and Travel says ‘More than 20,000 votes were cast by our readers to nominate the best of the best across the food and travel industries and so we have thoroughly deserved winners. It really was a celebration of some incredible people, places and companies’.
Michael Caines MBE, Executive Chef at Gidleigh Park and Operational Partner and Director of Brownsword Hotels says ‘We are thrilled to have been awarded both ‘Rural Hotel of the Year’ and ‘Hotel of the Year’ at the very first Food and Travel Reader Awards. Gidleigh Park has been my pride and joy since I was appointed chef in 1994 and the team at the hotel work extremely hard to deliver an exceptional and memorable experience for each and every guest. We are delighted to receive such wonderful recognition.’
‘Special mentions must go to the owners, Andrew and Christina Brownsword and General Manager Andrew Foulkes who work hard at keeping the standards high whilst creating a relaxed environment.’
The ultimate in country house escapes, set within 107 acres of mature woodland and grounds within the Dartmoor National Park on the banks of the North Teign River, Gidleigh Park is a beautiful house created in the Arts and Crafts style country with 24 luxurious rooms. Home to Michael Caines (MBE) Two-Michelin star restaurant and an award winning cellar, the hotel also offers an 18 hole putting course designed by Peter Alliss, croquet lawn, bowling green and tennis court. The grounds provide stunning walks and fishing is permitted in the river.
Gidleigh Park Hotel is accredited by Relais and Châteaux
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Brownsword Hotels
Gidleigh Park Hotel is part of Brownsword Hotels, one of the finest collections of privately owned hotels in the UK. Comprised of twelve properties in country and city locations, Brownsword Hotels is owned by Andrew and Christina Brownsword who began the collection with the purchase of The Bath Priory in 1994.
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