The 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group is celebrating three of our restaurants being voted in to The Sunday Times Food List published on the 30th October 2011. The list, compiled by The Sunday Times in partnership with Hardens restaurant guide is based on food quality alone and created from reports by over 8000 paying customers.

La Bécasse in Ludlow received the highest ranking of the 10 in 8 restaurants placed 24th. Sister restaurants L’ortolan in Reading and Paris House in Woburn were placed 57th and 54th respectively.

Alan Murchison, Executive Chef of the Group said “I am so pleased for the teams that their hard work is being rewarded. This is a great achievement and extremely important list to be included in because it is voted for by the general public.”

On Thursday 9th June 2011, Paris House Head Chef Phil Fanning formally opened the new Food Technology block at the Gilbert Inglefield Middle School in Leighton Buzzard.

During they day, Phil gave a talk to all the children in an assembly followed by two cookery master classes with some of our pupils at the school.

School Govenor Joanne Preston said “The Event was a fantastic success and the children enjoyed so much the talk that Phil gave them in Assembly and then the Masterclasses with them afterwards. The buzz in the school was fabulous. I do believe that it was something that they will always remember, and that it will inspire them for the future.”

To view the photos of the opening on the school’s website, please click here

The 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group is delighted with the announcement that Phil Fanning, Head Chef at Paris House Restaurant in Woburn, Bedfordshire has been awarded a coveted Acorn Award. This comes just five months after being awarded his first Michelin star in January of this year.

The Acorns identify the brightest talents in the hospitality industry, and acknowledge flair and reward good work. Each year, thirty people under 30 are nominated by their peers and colleagues for having made an impression in their field, and have done for the past 25 years.  Previous winners include Marco-Pierre White, Marcus Wareing and Michael Caines, all of whom have gone on to become major figures within the industry.

To read the full press release, please click here.

The team at Paris House in Woburn is today celebrating their inclusion in the 100th edition of The Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland having been awarded a prestigious Michelin-star. Paris House is one of only five new additions to the list of one star restaurants outside London.

To read the full press release, please click here.

Paris House is extremely proud to be an official sponsor of Woburn ARTBEAT 2011.

The non-profit event which runs from 15th April to 2nd May 2011 sees the traders of Woburn and Woburn Abbey join together to promote high quality original art by turning the village of Woburn into an art gallery with a sculpture exhibition.

During this time, Paris House is housing the “Torso of The Onyx Queen” in Red Iranian Onyx by celebrated artist Paul Vanstone.

The 2011 celebration of art was launched last Friday with a Champagne & Canapés reception in the gardens of Woburn Abbey.  We were delighted to join the festivities and provided all the drinks and canapés for the occasion.

To visit the Woburn ARTBEAT website, please click here.

In January 2011 The 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group will rename the Michelin-starred restaurant as “Angélique”. When the group acquired The New Angel, Alan Murchison announced their intention to revitalize and re-establish it as one of the UK’s original fine dining destinations. The group employed the imagination of the residents of Dartmouth to inspire the new name and Murchison said “we were delighted with the hundreds of ideas that we were presented with and are really pleased with this new name”

Richard Pursey, Chairman of 10 in 8, said on announcing the name this week “Angélique has obvious origins to the restaurant’s past but also has a more subtle link to the fine dining industry as Angélique is a type of herb. We all feel this new name is fitting and continues with the French theme of our other restaurants including the Michelin-starred La Bécasse, L’ortolan and Paris House.

Angélique and its new brand and logo will appear for the first time at a grand opening on the 13th January 2011.

The new website for the restaurant will be www.angeliquedartmouth.co.uk

Paris House Executive Chef Alan Murchison is writing a weekly blog about his new healthy living lifestyle which has seen him lose several stone over the past year. To read his blog please click here.

The 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group, spearheaded by Michelin Starred Chef Alan Murchison, is set to acquire The New Angel Restaurant in Dartmouth along with its supporting small hotel’s business. This will be the fourth restaurant in the group’s collection.

To read the full press release, please click here.

During September and October 2010, The 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group’s restaurants will participate in the UK’s leading foodie campaign Fight Hunger Eat Out and invites their customers to fight hunger simply by eating out. For further details, please click here.

We are delighted to be working with The Flower Shop Woburn to offer the first of our exciting ladies lunches.  Guests will have the opportunity to create a beautiful floral arrangement during the design workshop in the morning and then relax whilst the Paris House team take care of you over lunch.  For more details, please click here.