Chefs at Hartnett Holder & Co, the delightful Italian-inspired restaurant at luxury New Forest hotel Lime Wood, have launched a new winter menu, reducing further the food miles between farm and fork. The team are working more closely than ever before with their partners at Four Acre Farm in Ringwood, a no dig farm, market garden, orchard and habitat with seasonal produce aplenty and not a pesticide in sight. It means the menu is only ever really a sample, dishes can change daily - with the seasons and whatever has been caught, produced or is aged to perfection at that time.
(Image: Newsquest / Lorelei Reddin) READ MORE: Meet the chef at the helm of 17th Century New Place Hotel's new eatery I was lucky enough to try it out, hosted at the restaurant's kitchen table by chef director Luke Holder, a champion of local, sustainable produce, and Iain Longhorn, another exceptional chef and the man behind the farm partnership. (Image: Lime Wood) Luke explained: "We're all about going back to basics. In this digital world, there's something really special about knowing the person growing, picking, cooking and delivering your food and we think that will only grow in value.
"We're trying to keep ahead of that curve. AI will be able to take over some things, but it can't offer the human touch. "Four Acre Farm is a community interest company, so it's also about education for future generations.
"We are always led by the produce – things that grow together go together!" (Image: Newsquest /.
