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We are delighted to feature in the debut issue of Get Stuffed Magazine
Get Stuffed Magazine is a local publication highlighting food news from around Herefordshire and Worcestershire. In an interview, Chris looks back on his five-decade career and shares insights into his culinary journey and philosophy.
He discusses how his passion for cooking, ignited in school, continues to drive his pursuit of perfection at L’Amuse-Bouche restaurant. With a focus on European cuisine, Chris’s commitment to creativity and excellence remains core to his approach in the kitchen.
For the full interview, visit Get Stuffed Magazine
More ‘AA’wards for our lovely hotel and restaurant
We can’t tell you how happy we are to receive yet even more awards. If you’ve ever visited us, you’ll know that our friendly and attentive team constantly strive to provide the very best experiences. And these awards are recognition of the dedication and skill they bring to the table each and every day.
The Cotford hotel – Awarded four AA stars
Chris and myself along with our team are all thrilled that our collective hard work around the hotel has been recognised with a four-star classification and an AA Merit score of 78%.
The AA Hotel Inspector said;
“Following my overnight visit to The Cotford Hotel, the property continues to comfortably exceed AA Quality Standards therefore, I am pleased to confirm a four-star reclassification with an AA Merit score of 78% and a Breakfast Award.”
“Hospitality and service exceeded expectations, the cohesive and enthusiastic team demonstrated bon viveur; attentive and professional throughout my stay at the hotel, and should be commended for their efforts.”
L’amuse-Bouche Restaurant – Awarded two AA rosettes
We love food and it shows, our award-winning restaurant L’amuse-Bouche has been consistently recognised for its exacting quality and creativity over the years and we’re so happy to say it has once again maintained its two coveted AA rosettes for culinary excellence.
The AA Hotel Inspector said;
“Cuisine has developed even greater strengths this year and the confidence in Head Chef Chris Morgan and his team is well founded. The dishes sampled, all showed such creative consistency, underpinned by such intense pride and skilled execution. Characteristic classic simplicity, combined with an innovative twist, demonstrating imagination and allowing for a distinct voice within all dishes.”
The Cotford hotel – AA Breakfast award
We think it’s the most important meal of the day and the AA Hotel Inspector agreed saying;
“Pleasing to see the same attention to detail reflected at breakfast with excellent poached eggs, accurately cooked, vine roasted heritage tomatoes ensuring that the English Breakfast was also a great strength.”
As you can imagine, we’re all so proud of our new awards and we’d like to thank the AA for their time and their very complimentary words, but most of all we want to thank our team for continuing to make our guests’ experiences the best they can be.
To all of our lovely guests and friends
From Chris, Barbara and all the staff here at The Cotford Hotel and L ’amuse bouche Restaurant, Great Malvern,
we await your arrival and to be given the chance to pamper you all .
**WE ARE HERE AND ARE TAKING BOOKINGS FOR
THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT**
Cancellation Policy…….
Upon booking and confirming your reservation in the restaurant with a credit/debit card, a contract between you, the guest and us, The Cotford Hotel and L’amuse bouche Restaurant exists.
With afternoon tea, the full amount becomes payable should should the event be cancelled by yourselves less than 48 hours prior to the agreed date and time of arrival.
For Lunch and Dinner bookings the card given upon confirming your booking will be charged £25 per person for failure to turn up for your table and £20 per person if cancelled within 24 hours of the arrival time and if we are unable to re-let the table.
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We’ve won ‘Worcestershire Restaurant of the Year 2106,2017 and 2019
We’re so pleased and thrilled to announce that we’ve won this amazing award for the third time in four years.
We’ve always aimed to provide the best dining experience for our guests and we love it when they give us positive feedback. But having independent judges support what our customers say to us is fantastic. The judges described their Cotford experience as having the ‘total wow factor from start to finish with amazing attention to detail’.
This means that once again we’ve been judged to be the finest eating-out venue in Worcestershire and now have had the privilege to go on and represent our county in the national finals in 2016, 2017. and 2019
Having just celebrated our 16th anniversary at the Cotford makes these awards all the more special.
On the topic of awards, we’re also proud to announce that we’ve been awarded a ‘2 AA Rosette for Culinary Excellence’ for the 14th year in a row.
These amazing accolades are down to the collective strengths and dedication of the whole team at the Cotford. And we all look forward to continuing to improve and welcome guests that share our passion for great food and service.
Award-winning hotel & restaurant 2016/ 2017 and now 2019
We’re proud to remember that we won Best Restaurant of the year at the Visit Worcestershire Awards for Excellence 2016, 2017 and 2019. And we also came runner-up with a Highly Commended in the Best Hotel category too.
As a result of these phenomenal wins we represented Worcestershire in the Visit England national awards. We’re passionate about what we do and it’s a real testimony to the team here who work tirelessly to deliver the very best experience for all our customers. From the friendly atmosphere of our boutique hotel to producing the highest quality food and dining experience, we all give 100% every day.
We never rest on our laurels though and we’re constantly looking to improve our menu with fresh local produce, innovative techniques and classic flavours so it’s great to get this amazing recognition for our approach in the restaurant.
We had a fantastic night at the awards and are very excited and honoured to represent the county. We’ll keep you informed of how we get on.
Michelin Guide
The Cotford hotel and L’amuse-Bouche restaurant has been recommended in the new Michelin guide for 2025. Our 16th consecutive year!
Restaurant and chef honours
We’ve won ‘Worcestershire Restaurant of the Year 2106,2017 and 2019
.We have the honour of having won these very prestigious awards and intend to persevere with new ideas and compilations to excite our guests and keep us on our toes over the coming months.
AA recognition
We were inspected by the AA and have retained our 2 coveted rosettes for culinary excellence in our ‘L’amuse-Bouche Restaurant’ which we have now held since 2010.
Award winning gardens
After years of perseverance and dedication our gardens were inspected by the judges of Heart of England in Bloom and we were awarded a Gold medal and named as overall Winner of The Hotel Garden of the Year Award
If you’d like further information
please call or email our friendly staff.
01684 57 24 27