A warm welcome to the Hardwick Restaurant
The Hardwick is a country pub and restaurant owned and run by chef Stephen Terry. Who along with his wife Joanna, make it a priority to bring fantastic seasonal menus mostly prepared with local produce, to their customers.
The Chip Paper...
This Autumn we have been mostly...Winning!
We seem to be on a bit of a winning streak here this season and we’ve received several accolades during these last few months.
We were awarded both Penderyn Whisky Restaurant of the Year in September and the Good Food Guide ’Best Use of Local Produce in the UK’.
Stephen was also personally recognised recently by the Abergavenny & District Tourist
Association. At their AGM recently he received a certificate for his “outstanding contribution to tourism in Abergavenny during 2008”.
The team
However, all this cannot be achieved without the whole team that work here; in the kitchen and in the restaurant.
We have a dedicated, hard working staff here and we hope they make every visit you pay here a pleasant and enjoyable one.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
The Abergavenny Food Festival is coming soon (20-21 September), and a great local event it is. If you get the chance to come down, it's well worth a visit.
This year as well as the food festival itself, there is also the Food Festival Fringe (running from the 13th), promoting all kinds of local things. Getting into the spirit will be out good friends at Hunstam Farm who, on Friday 19th Spetember will be hosting a visit to the farm. Huntsham Farm meat is of the very highest standard, featured in the Heston Blumenthal TV series "Perfection", so this is a really rare and special day out. THe vist to Huntsham will be followed by a really special lunch here at the Hardwick. Places are limited so if you would like to attend hurry over to the
booking page and reserve your place.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
As you may well know, Stephen recently came through three stages of the Great British Menu TV competition and win with his stunning fish course which will be part of the banquet to be prepared for the worlds greatest culinary experts and icons at the Gherkin tower in London. To see how it all went down, be sure to tune in this Friday on BBC2 at 6:00 pm. (You'll get another chance on Sunday morning at 11:30 am.)
Watch the banquet show - until 22 June - BBC iPlayer
Friday, May 23, 2008
[Update] Stephen's Salmon 'three ways' with crab fritter and cockle popcorn won the fish course and Stephen will be cooking it for the worlds top chefs at the Gherkin banquet.
[Earlier] Tonight's the night, as they say. The last hour long program to decide which chefs are going through to cook the banquet at the Gherkin in London airs at 6pm (BST) this evening on BBC2.
If you've been following the action you'll be aware that Stephen has had a great week with a first place on his fish course and a narrow miss on first place with his main course.
Don't forget that the BBC iPlayer service lets you see the show for up to seven days after it airs. Here's the list (But make sure you watch 'live' tonight):
Monday's Starter
Tuesday's Fish course (hint: worth a watch).
Wednesday's Main course
Thursday's Dessert course
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
So we're midway through the finals week. Showing on BBC2 at 6pm each night, each chef cooks a course each night, Stephen got off to a rocky start on Monday's starter course, his Asparagus dish lost out on the 'flash' factor against the other dishes. We're sure Stephen will brush this blip aside and deliver the goods in the next rounds.
You can catch up with the BBC iPlayer: Monday's Starter, Tuesday's Fish course (hint: worth a watch). The iPlayer shows are available for 7 days. However, you cannot vote other than directly after the broadcast show.
Scoring for the final week is based on the judges scoring and also a public phone vote. If you want to give Stephen your support watch the show when it is shown live and get phone voting. The phone vote is only open during the hour after the show, so you need to be on the ball. The BBC explain here
Thursday, April 24, 2008
We hope you caught the Great British Menu with the Welsh chefs, and indeed hope you're enjoying the kitchen cut and thrust of the other regional finals.
Make a date in you diaries for Monday 19th May, when the final begins. An hour long show each evening with the last seven chefs battling it out to cook showcase British cuisine at the Gherkin in London.
Monday, April 14, 2008
If you were following the Great British Menu last week you will have seen that Stephen ran head to head with Angela Hartnett for the Welsh 'semi' final, and won with his daring and innovative menu.
Stephen now moves on to the final round competing against the winners of each of the other six regional rounds.
If you missed the action, but want to catch up, you've still got a chance this week with the BBC iPlayer service.
Starter (Today only),
Fish dish,
Main course,
Dessert,
The judging
[Update] The iPlayer links are no longer available.
You can also find the recipes of Stephen and Angela's dishes from the programmes on the BBC Great British Menu Website.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Stephen Terry owner of the HARDWICK has successfully gone through to this years ‘Great British Menu’ competition regional heat. Stephen now goes head to head with Chef Angela Hartnett. The regional heat winner will be competing for the opportunity to cook a dish or dishes for a fantastic four-course dinner to be held in June, at the restaurant at the top of the iconic Gherkin building in London.
The Great British Menu: Monday April 7th 2008 BBC 2 at 6.30pm
The host is a chef who is responsible for putting contemporary British cooking on the global culinary map - Heston Blumenthal - his guests will include top chefs from around the world along with gourmets and celebrities who represent a cross section of modern Britain.
Monday, March 17, 2008
As the BBC web site boasts... "They're back!" It's the third season of the popular food show where Britain's top chefs compete first in regional heats, then if succesful, go on to a final round where the ultimate prize is to prepare a four course dinner for the iconic restaurant at the top of the Gherkin in London.
The big news round here is that our very own Stephen Terry is one of the chosen chefs in this year's competition. As you can imagine this is very exciting for us all and we're going to be glued to the TV on weekday evenings (BBC 2, 6:30pm, stick it in you diaries) to see how Stephen fairs.