A celebrated Cumbrian chef has officially opened his first restaurant.
Heft, in Newton-in-Cartmel, is the first venture for husband-and-wife team Kevin and Nicola Tickle
The inn has undergone a significant 12-month refurbishment programme.
The former 17th century coaching inn now boasts a contemporary bar and a 28 cover fine-dining restaurant serving up chef patron Kevin’s take on modern British food, using locally reared and farmed produce in his dishes.
Phase two of the development, which is set to start the coming months, will see the addition of five guest rooms, created with local interior design house Inkwood Interiors, which will feature bespoke fabrics from the likes of Cumbria’s Cabbage & Curtain Rail to complete the transformation of Heft into an inn with rooms.
