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Awards Update
Harpers New World Restaurant Wine List of The Year 2010
Awarded with Michelin Star for 4th Year in a Row 2010
Winners of The Imbibe Restaurant Service Award 2010
Roger is honoured with a Fellowship of The Master Chefs of Great Britain
Awarded 3 AA Rosettes for 5 Year in a row 2010
Recent Reviews 4 Stars in The Times There are at least three dishes on the menu that are as good as anything I have ever eaten. The first, a scallop, foie gras and black pudding construction with a caramelised sweet wine; the next, a tuna carpaccio of improbable pinkness, wrapped in nori; and the last, a squid and belly of pork confection, oozing salt and fat and sweetness and everything else you’re not allowed to enjoy eating these days. The Harrow’s USP, incidentally, is its wines – it has won best award of excellence three years running with Wine Spectator, and won restaurant of the year 2007 in Decanter. You can eat your meal here with “icon” wines – that taste like Madonna or Winston Churchill, presumably – but it’ll cost you a few bob. I stuck to an Inniskillin Riesling Icewine, which may have hailed from Germany, or Northern Ireland, or perhaps somewhere in the new world, who knows? It was lovely. Drank so much of the stuff, we drove back in seven minutes flat, maiming three badgers and a muntjac and a horse. Ha, only joking.
Robert Parker.com reviews The Harrow This cosy, rural restaurant showcased what can be achieved when you assiduously source natural, free-range produce from around the country and marry it with a well-thought out wine list. The Harrow has earned a reputation for its comprehensive, but not over-bearing wine list, particularly strong on Australia (for example, boasting several vintages of Moss Wood), New Zealand (Pegasus Bay Riesling 2006 listed at £24 is an absolute steal) and the wines of Lopez de Heredia, with numerous vintages of Tondonia and Bosconia stretching back to the 1920s sourced directly from their cellars. There is also a solid champagne selection, particularly focused upon Krug and Gosset. If only all rural restaurants aspired to the quality as The Harrow does. It makes an ideal destination should you seek a change from the London restaurant scene. Britain’s Finest 2010 This delightful country restaurant is run by chef Roger Jones with wife Sue providing charmingly informal service front of house. The modern split level dining room is painted in warm tones and features leather high-backed chairs and linen-covered tables. Chef Jones is a proponent of “real farming” which translates as free range meat and locally caught seafood which are simply prepared and allowed to speak for themselves. Start with Seared Diver Caught Scallops with Chorizo, Pea Puree or a luxurious Isles of Scilly Lobster and Truffle Salad. Main courses might include grilled fillet of line caught turbot served with wild mushrooms and mash. When weather permits, dine alfresco in the restaurant’s lovely garden.
Taste of England Award of Excellence 2009
Malcolm Bell, Director of South West Tourism, said: "Many congratulations to the Harrow on being a winner at the national tourism awards. This is a great achievement that shows they have gone that extra mile in all aspects of their business and I wish them the best of luck as they represent the region at the awards. "
Roger & Sue collected the Gold Award in the South West Tourism Awards, held on Monday 24th November at Cadbury House Decanter Magazine February 2008 Awarded Restaurant of the Year 2007 “The place looks like a proper country restaurant now, and because Roger and Sue are gloriously daffy about wine, it’s been host to more winemakers than many more celebrated venues. They do wine tastings, food-and-wine matching events, and regular winemaker dinners. There are more than 900 wines on the list. On top of all that, the food’s very good too – mostly free-range, often organic, traceable, even hand-reared.” The 2008 AA Restaurant Guide Three Rosettes. ‘Emphasis on stunning seafood and wine….. ‘Service is friendly and relaxed…..Roger’s approach in the kitchen is equally modern, with much emphasis placed on the freshness and sourcing of quality ingredients…….(his) cooking style is intelligently straightforward, allowing ingredients to shine with clean-cut flavours….. A stunning wine list of passion and high quality, plus an excellent range of cheese, provide exceptional accompaniment.’ Harden’s London and UK Restaurants 2008 ‘It’s no inn! With its superb food and its 60 page wine list, Roger and Sue Jones’s establishment is a country restaurant of the highest order.’ The 2007 AA Restaurant Guide Three Rosettes. ‘Notable Wine List ….. ‘It may look more like a small village pub from the outside ….. but don’t be fooled, this country restaurant is a class act…….Fish is caught on day boats landed at Brixham, while meat is from specialist farmers and butchers and salads and herbs are specifically grown in North Devon. Expect the likes of grilled fillet of line-caught turbot with wild mushrooms and mash, and perhaps a traditional lemon tart with fresh Guernsey double cream to finish.’ Harden's Restaurant Guide 2007 - Star Quality Excellence all round” – including cooking “of outstanding quality”, and a “superb wine list” – is the theme of all commentary on Roger and Sue Jones’s “cosy” establishment, which reporters acclaim as “one of the best country restaurants in England”. In Touch AA Hospitality Awards Winter 2006 Roger & Sue Jones are the proprietors of The Harrow at Little Bedwyn.They bought the derelict Inn in 1998, and spent the following 7 years transforming it into one of the most acclaimed restaurants outside London. The Harrow at Little Bedwyn received the prestigious title of AA Wine Award Overall Winner in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the promotion of wine understanding and appreciation. Financial Times - Jancis Robinson - November 2006 More refined and zesty than this, but with even more obvious botrytis influence, is Tamar Ridge Limited Release Botrytis Riesling 2005 Tasmania (about £12 a half from Lay & Wheeler, Great Western Wines, Cellar Door, The Harrow at Little Bedwyn). This is much lighter and racier, with just nine per cent alcohol and is a recommended partner for treacle tart with apple sherbet by wine-loving restaurateur Roger Jones of The Harrow at Little Bedwy, stalwart of our members’ forum. The Sunday Times - Real Food – September 2006 ‘The owners, Roger and Sue Jones, take food and wine seriously and source ingredients from Britain’s best larders. Along with a corking wine list they serve wild Salmon from Scotland, diver-caught shellfish and Cornish lobsters, caramelised confit of Gloucester Old Spot, alongside hand-grown herbs and salads and local wild mushrooms and truffles in the autumn.’ Mobile Good Food Guide 2007 Roger and Sue Jones have transformed this unostentatious Wiltshire country pub into a Mecca for food and wine buffs and now find themselves on Michelin's list of 'rising stars': a gong is surely not too far off.'Real food' sourced from local and specialist producers across the UK forms the backbone of the menu: Northumberland venison is turned into carpaccio with wild mushrooms, while fillets of line-caught sea bass are paired with scallop and banana won ton. Oriental influences also crop up in – say – a mixed sashimi platter with iced beetroot sherbet, marinated Japanese mushrooms with ginger, soy and black sesame seeds or tempura of Cornish lobster with chilli and coriander noodles, while desserts keep it simple with lemon tart or cinnamon bread-and-butter pudding. New York Times November 2006 England might not be the first country that comes to mind when one thinks of truffles, but Roger Jones, chef at the Harrow at Little Bedwyn restaurant in Berkshire (www.theharrowatlittlebedwyn.co.uk.) is trying to change that view. Working with a local farmer, he has found more truffles than Britain has seen in the last 80 years -- 47 kilograms (more than 103 pounds) of truffles have been picked so far this year -- and they appear regularly on his seasonal autumn menu. Each fall Mr. Jones also offers a truffle hunt followed by lunch. Roger Jones' passion for food is more than matched by his on-going love affair with wine. His stunning 900-bin list, 'the size of a small encyclopedia' has garnered a fistful of accolades (mostly recently Wine List of the Year from the AA, who described it as 'a list you don't want to put down'). The Jones also hold regular tastings and even have their own wine business, Harrow Wine Cellars. English Truffles - The Financial Times - October 2006 ‘ back at The Harrow where Jones had prepared two very different truffle dishes. The first was an extremely delicate carpaccio of ceps (found in local but different woods the day before) and these truffles – a dish that had such an intensity of flavour that it reminded me of a first course in Jean-George Vongerichten’s highly rated Perry Street restaurant in New York. Then something far more robust, a faggot (pig’s intestines prepared here without the liver but with diced apple and truffle and wrapped in caul) served with more truffles, a dish that proved what many chefs believe – that truffles, however expensive, are always at their best when served alongside the least expensive ingredients, or sliced on to mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs or risotto’ . Taste of The West Gold Award 2006 – September 2006 Winners of the Gold Award for the second year running, The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, Marlborough, Wiltshire has been using local and regional food, including fish, herbs and salads, cream and a huge range of local cheese, for the past seven years. August 2006
Feb 2006 Wiltshire Life Awards Chef of The Year
Roger is awarded Wiltshire Life Chef of The Year PRESENTED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF WILTSHIRE JOHN BUSH March 2006 Featured in Spain's top Food & Wine Magazine - The Spanish Influence in the UK Restaurant Market April 2006 Riedel agree sponsorship of The Harrow's Riesling & Pinot Wine Challenge, involving Australia & New Zealand on Tuesday 8th August. May 2006 The Harrow's Seafood Cookery Course is featured in Newbury Weekly News and live on Newbury Live website June 2006 Featured in Wines & Spirit Magazine for promoting Grange 1997 and Krug Vintage 1995 by the glass Featured on the front page of www.wineaustralia.com in connection with the Riesling & Pinot Challenge in August. Featured in the Welsh Speaking Magazine : GOLWG JULY 2006 feature in Country Life re Truffle Hunting in the UK. From Jancis Robinson's top Wine Site: 'a list you just don't want to put down' at a restaurant in the depths of the English countryside'. The recent AA Hospitality Awards gave top wine list prize to Roger Jones who, with his wife Sue, runs the distinctly superior country restaurant, The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, beating allcomers from many fancier, more urban places. Roger is a frequent and of course knowledgeable contributor to the lively your turn forum on purple pages, most recently defending Krug, or rather insisting that it will all come right eventually for the cuvée currently on the market in the cream-dominated label (see my recent report on a blind tasting of current non vintage dated champagnes)’. January 2006 Awarded a 'Rising Star' by the Michelin Star Shortlisted for Wiltshire Life 'Chef of The Year' Roger is asked to become a Full Member of The Master Chefs of Great Britain
December 2005 Wine Article in Caterer Magazine and Decanter Magazine November 2005 The Harrow is awarded One Star from Egon Ronay October 2005 AA Wine Award & 3 Rosette Award Ceremony at The Dorchester September 2005 Meridian TV Mushroom & Truffle Forage Award Ceremony at Highgrove Roger & Sue are awarded Taste of The West Gold Award by HRH Prince Charles at Highgrove. Caterer & Hotelkeeper Wine Award by Fiona Sims
August 2005 Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence 2005
Feb 2005 Meridian TV/BBC Radio Filming of Children’s Cookery Michelin Wine Award 2005
January 2005 Meridian TV Filming of Wine Dinner with Vanya Cullen Carlton TV – Down Your Way Filming of Truffle Hunt
December 2004 Meridian TV Live Christmas Cookery Tips, nightly on News
November 2004 The Food Channel Truffle & Mushroom Forage
October 2004 Meridian TV, Daily Telegraph, Radio 4, Roger finds 30 kilos of Truffles locally!
September 2004 Meridian TV, Harpers, BBC Wiltshire 2eme Prix in Trophee Gosset Celebris
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