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Paul Hart, Head Chef at Cringletie House Hotel in Peebles has been awarded Hotel Chef of the Year at the Scottish Chef Awards 2006. This is the first time such an award has been presented to a Chef in the Borders region.

The award, which was presented at the tenth anniversary gala dinner of the Scottish Chef Awards in Glasgow on Sunday 7 May, follows Paul’s recent highly commended award from Hotel Review Scotland as ‘The Scottish Hotel Chef of the Year’.

Paul has been at Cringletie House since 2004. His classical French training has been gained at Michelin star restaurants including Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons in Oxfordshire and The Moody Goose in Bath where he worked as Sous Chef prior to joining the team at Cringletie House. Paul said: ‘I am delighted to have been presented with this prestigious award and am really grateful to my team for their support’.

Hotel proprietor, Johanna van Houdt commented: ‘We are thrilled for Paul. All his hard work and attention to detail has really paid off. It is great for him to be recognised in this way and provides the whole team with increased morale and a sense of pride.’

Cringletie House is set in 28 acres of gardens and situated in the heart of the Scottish Borders only 40 minutes drive from Edinburgh. This romantic baronial mansion was also recently awarded three red stars from the AA, making it the only hotel in the Scottish Borders with such an accolade and is listed amongst the AA’s Top 200 hotels in Great Britain and Ireland with its restaurant retaining two AA rosettes since 2003.

In the recent Hotel Review Scotland Awards Cringletie House was very highly commended in ‘The Scottish Country House Hotel of the Year’ and ‘The Scottish Hotel Chef of the Year’ categories. It was also a finalist in the ‘Scottish Hotel of the Year Award 2006’.

For enquiries or reservations please contact:
Cringletie House
Peebles
EH45 8PL

e-mail: enquiries@cringletie.com
Phone: 01721 725750
Website: www.cringletie.com

For further media information please contact:
Fiona Vernon or Caroline Smith
Niche Works
Phone: 0131 467 4241
email: fiona@nicheworks.co.uk /caroline@nicheworks.co.uk