A much loved pub in an historic seaside village has announced when it will be reopening with a green Michelin starred chef taking over the kitchen.
Jeffrey Robinson, one of the UK’s first chefs to have attained a green Michelin star, has announced his new Cornish outpost – Harbour House in Flushing – will be opening in late June.
The former Seven Stars pub was taken over by Jeffrey along with William Speed and Tamara Costin last October and renamed 'Harbour House'.
They set out to revamp the popular local with a complete refurbishment, which proved controversial with local residents who questioned some of the work that had been carried out, prompting the couple to issue a statement.
But now the work is complete and they say the Harbour House will be a pub that is “dedicated to creating and achieving new levels of hyper-sustainability in the hospitality industry.”
Jeffrey and the team will be throwing open the pub doors in late June, inviting lunch and dinner dining guests, and in-between pub snacks and small plates, with an array of dishes that showcase the freshest of produce from the surrounding sea, rivers, fields and gardens.
Daily producers and suppliers will include New Dawn Traders, Sailor’s Creek Shellfish and Soul Food Farm, an organic, regeneratively led market garden. All cooking at Harbour House will be over coals from Tom Kemp of Working Woodlands Cornwall, the only eco-sustainable supplier in the entire country, who use local coppice sourced from surrounding woods.
Harbour House will also pour beers from two hyper local breweries Verdant and Lacuna. Cornish made gins and spirits will be supplied from Loveday, Pocket Full of Stones and other local producers.
Jeffrey says the wine list has been carefully curated using minimal intervention, bio dynamic and organic wines with Ben Mudditt from Wanderlust Wines.
Pub rooms will be added upstairs in the coming months with these expected to open in winter 2023.
The owners say the establishment’s new name, Harbour House, honours the centuries-long history of marine trading Flushing, its seafaring traditions and the building’s former use as board and lodging for Dutch shipping crews.
Jeffrey was one of the first chefs in the world to achieve a Green Michelin Star, one of the most sought-after and forward-thinking awards to be recognised for.
In addition, he has received three rosettes and numerous other awards for creativity, innovation and sustainable practises. Starting the rounds in the St Ives restaurant scene, he left to work in Bath, Bristol and London before returning to eventually head up The New Yard Restaurant and Pantry with his wife Caroline on the Lizard Peninsula.
At New Yard he served food from their own walled garden, food grown using permaculture and no dig methods, alongside truly local line caught fish and pasture fed Cornish meats.
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Jeffrey said: “I can’t wait to throw open the doors of Harbour House, and to bring all of our learnings with us to this utterly idyllic, shoreline pub setting. We’ll be using produce from the top of the hill in Flushing, seafood harvested right outside the front door and imports delivered by sail boat.
“By allowing forward thinking farmers from Cornwall to dictate my menus, I will be honouring how previous generations sourced and traded ingredients from this very location. We’ll be offering a dining experience that is obviously my signature, but in an affordable way.
"This means we can continue to support the local community, local producers and also means we can create year round positions for my invaluable and dedicated team.”
He added: “ ‘Sustainable’ is an umbrella term that perhaps isn’t policed as much as it should be. But for me and my team, true sustainability is our daily graft and craft, and it’s evident in every ingredient, and every single decision we make as a business.
"We will be deeply applying ourselves from the minute we open the doors in late June, ensuring Harbour House is at the forefront of the industry for years to come.”
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