RenMor at The Headland appoints new executive chef

The newly-launched £3m Restaurant RenMor at the five-star Cornish hotel, The Headland, has announced the appointment of Gavin Edney as its new executive chef. 

Prior to his appointment, Edney spent almost six years as group executive chef for Castlebridge Hospitality, working with Mike Robinson to develop and open The Elder in Bath, The Woodsman in Stratford-upon-Avon and The Forge in Chester. 

He was responsible for the hospitality group’s entire portfolio and developed and opened Hotel Indigo’s three restaurants and bars, one of which is in Exeter.

Before that, he became head chef at Cliveden House, Berkshire, in 2014. Working closely with executive chef Andre Garrett, he was responsible for food development and food operations. This included the newly launched Restaurant Andre Garrett, which was listed in The Times’ top 20 UK restaurants in its first year.

In addition, he also helped brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin to relaunch two restaurants in the five-star Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Edinburgh, spending some time in their London restaurants to oversee the opening of Pompadour by Galvin, which was awarded AA ‘best new restaurant’ in 2013. 

Edney said: We’ve created an experience with Restaurant RenMor. We want to celebrate British cooking and champion British produce, using fantastic local sources from Cornwall wherever possible. In the kitchen there are so many skills to learn, so many processes to follow, but the most important thing is for guests and my team to feel really relaxed.

“As chefs we like to be approachable and accessible. Everyone who dines with us should have an enjoyable experience and if that means talking to us about cooking techniques while we’re working, that’s fine by me. We want them to feel part of what we’re doing. We want to make Restaurant RenMor the best it can be.”