We are chuffed to bits with our review in the Sunday Telegraph. Excellent comments for our hardworking chefs & front of house team.
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New Year’s Eve lunch & dinner at The Chesil Rectory
Come & celebrate NYE at The Chesil Rectory
Our delicious tasting menus offer ‘A Taste of The Chesil’ & are brimming with luxurious ingredients & local specialities.
Choose from 5 course or 7 course, vegetarian tasting menu also available. Wine flights £45.
5 course Tasting Menu lunch or early supper 6-7pm – £55pp
5 course Vegetarian Tasting Menu lunch or early supper 6-7pm – £45pp
7 course Tasting Menu 7pm- late – £75 pp
7 course Vegetarian Tasting Menu 7pm- late – £65 pp
Click to view our Christmas & New Year menus.
We don’t have a big band & magicians, this is all about the legendary food in historic surroundings!
Heritage Open Days
14th September & 16th September 2018
We are very excited to be taking part in Winchester Heritage Open Days this September!
Hosted by one of Winchester’s professional tourist guides, enjoy a fascinating journey through the history of Chesil Street & beyond including St John’s Church & a visit to the unique Chesil Rectory!
For more information & bookings please visit the Heritage Open Days website.
Staff Vacancies
Kitchen Porter required, fantastic package & benefits!
Please email your CV to james@chesilrectory.co.uk.
Winchester Cocktail Week 2018
The Chesil Rectory celebrated Winchester Cocktail Week in style with the help of Chris Edwardes, renowned mixologist & former head bartender at The Groucho Club, & the fantastic team at Marmalade on Toast, an award-winning creative studio (Winchester based) & creators of the interactive app for our ‘Never Been to University’ quiz.
The interactive app guided each team through a series of fun tasks from guessing jelly bean flavours, spirits & delicious cocktails to uploading their very own hand-drawn cocktail bottle design as well as lots of cocktail-related trivia. This really enhanced the event by creating a unique cocktail tasting experience of fun and discovery!
A special thanks to Adrienne Photography for capturing the spirit of the evening & to all of our sponsors & guests who helped us to raise funds for local charity Helping Hooves UK.
Supporting our local wine Heroes!
We are delighted to be supporting our local wine HEROES Susie & Peter! 🍷🍷
Susie & Peter are offering six people to experience the best of Hampshire wine, history & hospitality (including a sumptuous lunch at The Chesil, accompanied by a selection of fine wines from Susie & Peter’s own cellar!).
Attention (wine-loving) high rollers. @SusieBarrie & I are up for auction with @ChesilRectory & @coatesandseely: https://t.co/qe4m0ZYcXO pic.twitter.com/fVLzMBx9OG
— Peter Richards MW (@wineschools) November 9, 2017
Chesil Rectory Refurbishment
14th August – Friday 18th August 2017
We’re super excited about our refurbishment project. The entire upper floor will be bursting with hues of emerald green & deep blue, with luscious fabrics & marigold silk shades. But more importantly a brand new bar!
Our locally sourced NEW Tasting Menu
To celebrate Hampshire Food Festival, The Chesil Rectory is thrilled to announce its brand new “Local Tasting Menu”.
Taste your way through a whole menu brimming with local, seasonal produce; and creative, modern British flavours. (Available Fri & Sat eves from 7pm.)
Clare Balding’s Walks – Waitrose Weekend Magazine
We’re delighted to be featured in ‘Clare Balding’s Walks’ in the Waitrose Weekend Magazine, as she discovers the beautiful Clarendon Way. We too have walked this charming, ancient route!
The Bath Magazine Feature
We’re excited to be featured in The Bath Magazine – Bath’s biggest monthly magazine.
Jessica Hope goes in search of acclaimed novelist Jane Austen in Winchester ahead of this summer’s bicentenary commemorations of her death…….
Sparsholt Countryside Day
We’re super excited to be joining Hampshire Fare on the 13th May to celebrate the Taste of Hampshire at Sparsholt College Countryside Day.
Our very own Chef Damian Brown will be joining Lainston House, The Pig, Limewood & Chewton Glen Hotel for cooking demonstrations which will celebrate the region’s finest tasty Spring ingredients!
Damian’s on at 11 am, don’t miss it!
Easter – We’re open all weekend!
Enjoying time with friends and family over a four day weekend, and savouring fresh, roasted lamb with a bottle of red wine are some of the great pleasures of springtime. Come and indulge at the Chesil Rectory after all that good behaviour during Lent! Open all weekend for fresh, seasonal, delicious lunch and dinner, not to mention fabulous roasts and supper on Easter Sunday.
Call 01962 851 555 or email manager@chesilrectory.co.uk.
Mother’s Day
THANK YOU to all our customers who dined with us during December
A massive thank you to all our customers who dined with us during December & donated to the fantastic charity StreetSmart. Together we’ve raised £1584 -the funds will help Hampshire’s Step by Step Charity to continue to empower young people facing homelessness – such a great charity!
5 Gold Rings – Woolly Hat Fair @ The Chesil Rectory
The Chesil Rectory is proudly hosting Hat Fair’s #WoollyHatFair! Prepare to be taken by the hand and inducted into an oh-so-secretive society: The Mysterious Society of The Five Gold Rings!
A short immersive theatre event for just 12 people at a time, during which you will be (spoiler alert…) briefly blindfolded.
Booking
Free tickets can be booked via Theatre Royal Winchester Box Office on 01962 840 440 for ritual inductions at 5pm, 5.15pm or 5.30pm.
Walk-up slots will only be available on the day if spaces are available and all tickets have not been booked in advance. We recommend you pre-book to avoid disappointment.
For more information visit – http://hatfair.co.uk/12-days-of-christmas/5-gold-rings/
Last week’s #WoollyHatFair launch was a blast… & this happened… #Mannequin Challenge !
Dine and donate this Christmas!
We’re proud to be supporting StreetSmart charity campaign this Christmas to raise funds to help Hampshire’s homeless people. We will add (an optional) £1 to your table bill when you dine with us in November or December and pass this directly to StreetSmart.
Watch our mini movie!
Step through our ancient doorway & discover our unique & historic restaurant….
A big thank you to Stock Market Films for our incredible video! We absolutely love it!
From water to waiter in 48 hours – 25 Plates of Hampshire Food Festival
Twenty-five chefs have created dishes from some of the very best local produce to celebrate Hampshire Fare’s 25th anniversary.
Throughout July our very own Chef Brown will be showcasing an incredible Chalk Stream Trout Salad, starter dish, that is brimming with seasonal, fresh flavours.
Did you know?
Chalk Farm is located near Romsey next to the River Test. The trout is some of the tastiest, richest and leanest in the UK as a result of their unique natural habitat. Drawn from sustainable farms on the Rivers Itchen and Test, these spring-fed chalk streams with crystal clear water, constant water flows and excellent light and vegetation create havens for the fish. These beautiful chalk streams give the fish a distinct, sensational taste whether smoked or fresh.
The Hampshire Food Festival has grown from a weekend event to a month-long line up of over 75 events.
Win 2 return flights to Cork from Southampton Airport
To enter, you must review your 25 plates experience with images & words. Closing Date Thursday 4th August. Follow the link to enter – http://www.hampshirefare.co.uk/competitions/25plates
Take a #SALFie!
Pop into the Tourist Info Centre at the Guildhall Winchester & take a ‘sALFie’ with King Alf for your chance to win a £50 voucher to spend at the Chesil Rectory.
Post your King Alf selfie on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag #sALFie to enter, or follow the link to enter via Visit Winchester’s Facebook page.
Winners are chosen by the public and entries run from midday on 23rd May 2016 until 1pm on 1st July 2016. Voting will be open from midday on 25th May 2016 and will close at 1pm on 10th July 2016 with a winner being announced the week of 11th July 2016.
The Olive Magazine
Thank you to the lovely Charlotte from Olive Magazine for featuring the Chesil Rectory in an online article about her recent trip to the city; including an overnight stay at the fabulous boutique B&B, Hannah’s.
“Both inside and out, The Chesil Rectory looks like it belongs in Godric’s Hollow… The Chesil Rectory is our favourite place for dinner in Winchester because of the romantic, candle-lit atmosphere (see how many vintage chandeliers you can count) and the delicate style of cooking.” – Click here to read the full article.
The Olive Magazine is an online portal bursting with delicious recipes, restaurant reviews & travel features!
The Sunday Times Best Places to Live – Winchester 2016
Winchester has topped the Sunday Times Best Places to Live 2016 guide. Our very own Eleanor Dodd features in this fantastic article, the second of a two-part series published as a supplement in the paper.
Click here to read the full article.