The Gurnard’s Head wins the County Dining Pub award for Cornwall from the Good Pub Guide

Having won the Good Food Guide’s Best Cornish Newcomer award last year, The Gurnard’s Head has again been recognised for providing outstanding food in a relaxed pub environment with the County Dining Pub award for Cornwall from the Good Pub Guide.

The Gurnard’s Head, near Zennor, one of Cornwall’s leading dining pubs with rooms, has been named Cornwall’s “County Dining Pub of the Year” in the 2008 Good Pub Guide.

Sitting astride spectacular west Penwith moorland and overlooking the Atlantic, the Gurnard’s Head is owned, together with the 2008 Good Food Guide’s Best UK Family Restaurant, The Felin Fach Griffin, by brothers Charles and Edmund Inkin. The kitchen is headed by New Zealander Matt Williamson, Head Chef since the Inkins rescued the Gurnard’s Head in 2006.

The Inkins’ belief in “The Simple Things in Life, Done Well” is reflected upstairs in seven comfortable bedrooms and downstairs in its real food of consistent quality, its imaginative wine list, good Cornish beers and the renaissance of live Cornish folk music.

Fiona Stapeley, Editor to the guide said:

The award-winning county dining pubs represent some of the best pub food in the country, with outstanding cooking by dedicated chefs who put enormous energy and imagination into creating delicious meals using top-quality, locally sourced produce. Many certainly rank alongside some of this country’s most respected restaurants.

Charles Inkin, joint owner of The Gurnard’s Head, says

this recognition from the Good Pub Guide suggests we are doing something right in bringing the Gurnard’s Head back to the heart of its community. It is possible to serve serious restaurant food in a relaxed environment where all ages and all backgrounds can feel comfortable. Our team really deserve this award.

The Good Pub Guide, Britain’s best selling pub guide, is published on 16th October. With no payment for entry, it has long been recognised as the leading independent pub guide with anonymous inspections and substantial input from the guide’s wide readership.