Luxury Boutique Bed & Breakfast Accommodation in East Sussex

Food & Dining

The food is a highlight of staying at Old Whyly. Sarah is a passionate cook who trained in Paris and has continued to adapt and modernise her cooking over the years.

Locally Grown Food

Produce is local, if not homegrown, with eggs laid by her prize-winning hens and ducks that wonder through the garden. The honey for her famous breakfasts is from the bees in the orchard.

Dinner is served in the elegant dining room. During hot summer days meals can take place under the vine covered pergola on the terrace.

Sarah explains a few of her well guarded kitchen secrets in an issue of Waitrose Food Illustrated (pdf).

The menus below are just examples.

Spring Menu
Tuna Carpaccio with Ginger and Rocket
South Down Spring Lamb with Baby Vegetables
Lemon Tart

Summer Menu
Freshly picked Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce
Skate Wings with warm Salsa
Vanilla Cream Terrine with Raspberry and Blackcurrant Coulis

Autumn Menu
Wild Mushroom Risotto
Roast Fillet of Pork with Mustard Sauce on Mashed Potatoes
Hazelnut Meringue with Red Autumn Fruits

Winter Menu
Spicy smoked Haddock and Saffron Soup
Duck Breasts with Red Cabbage with Port Wine Sauce
Tarte Tatin

Typical Hamper Menu
Parma Ham with Fresh Figs
Poached Salmon with Home Made Mayonnaise
Ginger and Lime Creme Brulee