Jamie Porter, one of the UK´s brightest young culinary talents, has taken up the position of head chef at the St Moritz Hotel in Cornwall.
At the age of just 26, he has amassed a wealth of experience, much of it alongside some of the nation’s best known chefs. One of his mentors is Cornish legend Rick Stein, under whom Jamie trained at St Petroc’s Bistro, before he went on to hone his skills at the internationally renowned, 3 Michelin star Waterside Inn alongside chef-patron Alain Roux.
The lure of Cornwall proved too strong however and he eventually moved back to Padstow for a position at Stein’s celebrated Seafood Restaurant. Jamie’s appointment at St Moritz sees himcome full circle, having worked there previously under head chef Elliot Kettley.
Jamie has developed a very individual style: he adopts a deceptively simple approach to his dishes, stripping them back so that the flavours come to the fore. Thus the new menus at the St Moritz will include signature creations of the calibre of Whole Camel Estuary lobster with shellfish sauce, tarragon, parsley & chervil and Cornish pork fillet, cheek & crackling with cauliflower purée, spinach, cauliflower & Swede slaw & local cider.
His various stays in Cornwall, not to mention his heritage as the son of a fisherman, have also given him an innate understanding – and appreciation of – local produce. Jamie will change the menu daily, publishing his dinner options by 5pm once he has purchased his fresh fish, brought ashore by the day boat fishermen, together with his locally sourced meat and vegetables.
St Moritz Hotel, Trebetherick, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6SD
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