During a short visit to Cheshire whilst conducting cookery demonstrations at the Mold Food Festival, renowned AA Rosette and Michelin award winning chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli, chose leading Cheshire hotel the Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa for a sumptuous evening meal and overnight stay.

Conveniently located just a five-minute drive from Chester city centre and set in stunning grounds, the 4-star Grosvenor Pulford – owned and operated by Nelson Hotels – made the ideal location for Novelli’s stay, whilst head chef Leigh Myer’s reputation for first-class cuisine sealed the choice.

During his short stay, Novelli, accompanied by Italian Celebrity Chef Felice Toccini, who assisted him at the festival, enjoyed the superb facilities and outstanding customer service at The Grosvenor Pulford; indulging in an evening meal in one of Cheshire’s finest restaurants, Ciro’s Brasserie.  The magnificent Mediterranean style restaurant serves modern European cuisine, made freshly using only the finest ingredients, all sourced as locally as possibly, and complemented by a choice of fine wines from around the world. 

As a renowned AA Rosette and Michelin award winning chef and restaurateur, Novelli was eager to offer his feedback to the team at Ciro’s Brasserie. To their delight he delivered high praise, scoring ‘excellent’ for quality of service, quality of food, quantity of food, ambience and value for money!

Leigh Myers, executive head chef at The Grosvenor Pulford, comments: “It was an absolute pleasure to welcome legends Jean-Christophe Novelli and Felice Toccini to The Grosvenor Pulford, and in particular Ciro’s Brasserie.  I had the opportunity to take them on a tour, and they had immense praise for the hotel, the service and the food.  It is always fantastic to receive positive feedback from our guests, and when it comes from such an influential culinary figure, it makes it all the more special.”

About Jean Christophe Novelli

Jean-Christophe Novelli is a 5 AA Rosette and Michelin award winning chef, who is also dubbed "the nation's favourite French Chef". He began his exciting career at the age of fourteen as a baker in his home town of Arras, Northern France, before becoming private Head Chef to Elie de Rothschild in Paris at the age of 19.

In 1996, Jean-Christophe opened his first restaurant, Maison Novelli in Clerkenwell, London, followed quickly by Novelli W8, Novelli EC1 and Les Saveurs in Mayfair.

Over his career Jean-Christophe has accumulated no less than four Michelin Stars. Jean opened his own cookery school, The Novelli Academy on April 22nd 2005 and, within three months, was voted amongst the ‘Top 25 Cookery Schools in the World'. In September 2007 Jean-Christophe was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Bedfordshire University for his 30 years of dedication to his craft and outstanding achievements in cooking. Jean-Christophe is only the 3rd Chef in history to achieve this.

Jean-Christophe is also a well-known TV chef having appeared on a wide variety of the UK's most popular cookery programmes in addition to an impressive selection of prime time TV shows.

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