Lainston House, a charming 17th century house located in 63 acres of stunning Hampshire parkland, have added a wood fired oven to their newly restored Kitchen Garden…
The Kitchen Garden, an ancient, walled garden in the grounds of Lainston House, is located behind an old wooden gate, discreetly sheltered by the grounds of the mansion.
Apart from supplying the hotels award winning restaurant with fresh vegetables and herbs each day, including: tomatoes, salad, cucumber, courgette, lavender, apples, pears, figs, quince, rhubarb and kiwi fruit, shortly be complemented by carrots, onions, runner beans, strawberries and raspberries, the Kitchen Garden is now a charming location for guests to enjoy parties or meals with the help of a Gio Oven by the Stone Bake Oven Company.
David Connell, the general manager at Lainston House Hotel said “At Lainston House Hotel, we are constantly looking at ways to enhance our guests experience and given that we have a magnificent kitchen garden we decided that a stone bake oven would compliment it perfectly so that we were able to host private and corporate parties. In addition we came up with the idea of doing cooking classes where guests could pick their produce from the garden and cook with it there and then – it couldn’t be any fresher! The Stone Baked Oven Company were the perfect choice as to where to buy the oven. Not only are they a local company, based in Hampshire, which forms part of our ethos of using local suppliers wherever possible, but the quality and range of ovens are second to none. Customer service has been exemplary throughout the process and their expertise and guidance has been very welcome. I would highly recommend them to anyone considering the purchase of a domestic or commercial oven and the pizza’s produced are amazing!”
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