The Cottage In The Wood

The Cottage In The Wood Boutique rooms, Michelin star restaurant and breathtaking location in Whinlatter Forest near Keswick
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Fall asleep to the babbling of our beck and awaken to the songs of the many bird species found within the forest. ‘The Cottage’ offers a peaceful and tranquil location with a vast array of wild life. We offer a range of boutique style accommodation, from our luxurious Garden Room to quaint Cottage Rooms. Each of our nine bedrooms are decorated individually, have flat screen TVs with Freeview chann

els; DAB radios; telephone and internet connection; Complimentary Wifi (subject to availability) tea and coffee making facilities; Sedbergh organic toiletries; hair dryer. At ‘The Cottage in the Wood’ our philosophy towards our food is to use the best possible produce we can and to combine seasonal ingredients to create simple and appealing meals. The starting point is our suppliers who are knowledgeable and have long established links with farmers and growers. They are our eyes and ears and regularly come up with something special for us to use in the kitchen. Our Chef Director, Ben Wilkinson, was awarded a Michelin star in 2019.

A bitter sweet goodbye to forced rhubarb season, but that means summer is just around the corner!We’re currently working...
21/05/2026

A bitter sweet goodbye to forced rhubarb season, but that means summer is just around the corner!
We’re currently working on something special so what this space!
For now, it’s so ling to the Rhubarb baked Alaska. You’ve been a firm favourite, so you’ll probably be back!

Want to know a secret? Each meal starts with some secret canapés. This is one of our favourites: Dry-aged Belted Gallowa...
02/05/2026

Want to know a secret? Each meal starts with some secret canapés. This is one of our favourites: Dry-aged Belted Galloway Beef tartare, XO, pickles and caviar in an artichoke shell

Monkfish, pumpkin, kumquat, Cafe de Paris sauceThose eagle eyed  fans will have seen the  Cafe De Paris sauce on his fis...
29/04/2026

Monkfish, pumpkin, kumquat, Cafe de Paris sauce

Those eagle eyed fans will have seen the Cafe De Paris sauce on his fish course - You Shall Not Bass. A powerful butter sauce made with paprika, lemon, tomato, and a dash of hot sauce. It’s a perfect 10 from us!

24/04/2026

It’s safe to say we are OVER THE MOON to be included in this years 🌙💫

An incredible achievement for our whole team. It’s been and ‘s dream to be listed amongst other amazing restaurants that we admire. We can’t wait to celebrate in June!

It’s the start of finals week!! Kicking off with the starters, will  make it through to the banquet?
20/04/2026

It’s the start of finals week!! Kicking off with the starters, will make it through to the banquet?

Chalk stream trout, fermented green tomato, apple, pickled mustard seeds, buttermilk
09/04/2026

Chalk stream trout, fermented green tomato, apple, pickled mustard seeds, buttermilk



On Thursday 12th March, we were delighted to win not one, but TWO awards out of the three we were nominated for at the  ...
20/03/2026

On Thursday 12th March, we were delighted to win not one, but TWO awards out of the three we were nominated for at the !

Chef of the year and Service of the year were two VERY happy chappies, bringing these awards home to our sunny cottage!

Thank you to the Cumbria Food Awards, to all our team that makes the magic happen every day and a super duper guests that we love to serve!

Is it time to change your life and live in the forest?We’re on the hunt for an Assistant General Manager to join Beth, J...
27/02/2026

Is it time to change your life and live in the forest?

We’re on the hunt for an Assistant General Manager to join Beth, Jack and the team to start with us this summer.

As you may have noticed we’ve had an exciting few months retaining our Michelin 🌟, Jack winning the North-West heat of GBM (again…) and a flurry of team awards but we’re not slowing down! We need someone to help us achieve our next goals.

Your day to day job will be assisting Beth with the running the hotel and restaurant. Example duties are as follows:

- Managing the restaurant floor team, and assisting with the wider team
-Using the ‘Unreasonable Hospitality’ framework with our guests and team
-Ensuring rooms are maintained to our high standard
-Creating a warm experience for our guests
-Running a smooth Michelin starred restaurant service
-Managing employee reviews and training sessions
-Assisting with staff rotaring and recruitment
-Pushing forward our sustainability initiatives
-Be ‘on call’ when guests are staying over

You will be:

-Empathetic, warm and fair management style
-Detail and process driven
-Calm under pressure and a service superstar
-Experience at Michelin/fine-dining/or a similar calibre restaurant
-Passion & knowledge about restaurants/food/wine/cocktails with a sustainable edge
-Have previous management experience
-Be ambitious, and want the best for them and their team
-Be ready to jump in (sometimes literally) to life in the lakes

On top of your generous salary, you will receive service charge and FREE ACCOMMODATION on site!

Listen to the bear… visit the link in our bio to apply

Who’s ready for part 2?It’s a bit of a rollercoaster for Jack, tune in at 7pm to see how it plays out for him!
25/02/2026

Who’s ready for part 2?

It’s a bit of a rollercoaster for Jack, tune in at 7pm to see how it plays out for him!




𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍!🎥 Tonight’s the night and we CAN’T WAIT to see how Jack and the other chefs represent our wonderf...
24/02/2026

𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍!
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Tonight’s the night and we CAN’T WAIT to see how Jack and the other chefs represent our wonderful region in the GBM kitchen

Tune in to see the North West kicking off this year’s Great British menu! Series 21, we’re ready for you 🍿

7pm
BBC 2 & IPlayer





Address

Magic Hill, Whinlatter Forest
Keswick
CA125TW

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