Porthminster Beach Café unites with Red Hotels to open new seafood restaurant

09-Jan-2012 - Last updated on 26-Apr-2021 at 18:36 GMT

Left to right: Debbie Wakefield (Red Hotels), Mick Smith (Porthminster Beach Cafe), Emma Stratton (Red Hotels), Ryan Vennings (Porthminster Beach Cafe)

Ryan Vennings and Mick Smith of Porthminster Beach Café have teamed up with Debbie Wakefield and Emma Stratton of Red Hotels to open a new seafood restaurant at Bedruthan Steps Hotel in North Cornwall.

The restaurant, set to open in April, will use local and seasonal ingredients with an occasional Asian twist and will embrace the sustainable ethos at the heart of the two businesses.

Stratton, who manages the Red Hotels portfolio with sister Wakefield, said: “We had the idea of creating an iconic restaurant for Cornwall after getting on so well at numerous tourism award dinners that we were lucky enough to attend together.

“Our collaboration allows us to both to bring an exciting new approach to cooking Cornish Seafood and give guests a gourmet dining experience that will shine through on the plate.”

Porthminster Beach Café

Vennings added: “I am looking forward to working in a new environment where I can use local sourcing and sustainable seafood, meanwhile purely focusing on good cooking techniques that have influenced me from across the globe. I am so proud and excited to be associated with this iconic new restaurant at Bedruthan Steps hotel.”

Porthminster Beach Café in St Ives placed 58th in the National Restaurant Awards 2011.

Co-owner Smith concluded, “After meeting with the Red Hotels group it became clear that our future goals are very similar, for me it would be silly not to work together. We are going to create a restaurant that is unique in its ethos and aspirations, I really can't wait to get this restaurant open.

“The ideas formed in this partnership are going to be ground-breaking and exciting!”