Published on February 17, 2022
Michelin Guide 2022: The Barn is awarded its first star and Moor Hall receives a Green star
The Barn at Moor Hall awarded its first Michelin Star and Moor Hall Restaurant receives a Green Star for sustainability
The Barn at Moor Hall Awarded its first Michelin Star
Two Michelin-starred Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms is also recognised for sustainability efforts with a Green Star
Chef Patron Mark Birchall is delighted to announce that The Barn at Moor Hall has been awarded a coveted Michelin star in this year's Guide for Great Britain and Ireland. The menu at The Barn is overseen by Head Chef Nathan Cornwell who took the helm in 2019. Nathan works alongside Mark to ensure the menu at The Barn, which opened in 2017, celebrates ingredients picked from the kitchen garden or produced within the venue's five-acre estate.
The 65-seat restaurant, featuring original beams, rustic brickwork, and an open kitchen, is situated on the first floor of a converted barn adjacent to the main house and two Michelin-starred Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms. Running the restaurant day-to-day, Nathan has designed a varied menu of seasonal dishes including 60 Day aged Jersey beef tartare, Jerusalem artichoke, nasturtium; Squab pigeon with confit leg parcel, quince purée and chutney sauce and Yorkshire rhubarb with woodruff mousse, rhubarb sorbet and meringue. In keeping with Mark and Nathan's commitment to sustainability and self-sufficiency, the ground floor also houses a small dairy, charcuterie, and meat-ageing room.
This year's Michelin Guide has also bestowed two Michelin-starred Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms, with a Green Star accolade, which recognises the practises that Mark and the team have put in place across the property to ensure the conservation of resources, where possible. Any ingredients that can't be produced on-site or grown in our gardens are sourced from a network of trusted West Lancashire suppliers. Our kitchens also take great care not to waste any food and anything that can't be repurposed is funnelled back into compost, either in the garden or on a national scale. Additionally, it is one of the first venues in Lancashire to introduce charging points for electric vehicles.
Commenting on the accolade, Chef Patron Mark Birchall said: "I'm extremely proud of Nathan and the whole team in The Barn for achieving their first Michelin star and everyone that's made achieving a Green Star possible. The Barn is a beautiful neighbourhood restaurant, offering simple, seasonal, dishes. It's a great reward for Nathan and the team and I know our guests will be as thrilled as we are!"
Further Reading
Lancashire is a land of abundance. Our gardens teem with fruit and vegetables and flowers and herbs. In season here you might eat peas straight out of the pod, so fresh all they need is a touch of salt and nasturtium oil. What we don’t grow we seek out from the amazing produce tended and nurtured by local farmers and artisans.
On site we’re also busy with charcuterie, bread-making and our own micro-dairy. There’s always something interesting to explore or a discovery to be made. And we like to share what we find.
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Mark joins the panel for the prestigious Roux Scholarship
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Mark Birchall joins the judging panel.
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Sundays deserve more time.
More stillness. More space. More moments that feel like they belong entirely to you.
We are delighted to share that Moor Hall has been awarded Two MICHELIN Keys in the new MICHELIN Guide Hotel Selection.
