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WELCOME TO THE 2017 insideKENT RESTAURANT GUIDE

Foreword by Mark Sargeant
Having started my career as a chef in Kent and where I have had the opportunity to open my own restaurants , it is with great pride that I have been asked to introduce the 2017 insideKENT Restaurant Guide , a publication that feels as strongly about the stunning produce and the ever-growing restaurant scene that Kent provides as I do .
2016 certainly finished with a bang with the opening of my new restaurant , The Wife of Bath in Wye , and promises to make 2017 a truly memorable year as it develops alongside our three other operations : Rocksalt Restaurant , Bar and Rooms ; The Smokehouse ; and The Duke William Pub and Rooms .
We have always felt so lucky to have such an abundance of local and seasonal produce available to us on our doorstep . Game birds such as quail , partridge and pheasant , combined with winter flavours of apples , pears , cobnuts , beetroot and alexanders , are the stars of our winter larder to be enjoyed either down by the sea in Folkestone or in the heart of the Garden
of England at The Duke . This ethos is certainly something that can be seen more and more across Kent with great new places to dine popping up all over the county . As a result Kent is now well and truly on the national foodie map .
Things are no different at The Wife of Bath . Stunning local ingredients used to their full potential whilst instilling a unique Northern Spanish influence into the cooking . We are acutely aware that our loyal customer base are always looking for something fresh and new whilst maintaining the provenance of ingredients that our county has become synonymous with .
With such a wealth of choice and quality available to us in 2017 there is absolutely no excuse not dive head first into all that Kent dining has to offer .
Happy Eating
Mark Sargeant Rocksalt , The Duke William and The Wife of Bath
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