New chef joins team at Mid Wales restaurant
Globetrotting Jamie Tully has been appointed executive chef at a popular Mid Wales training restaurant with rooms, just days after its four star grading by Visit Wales.
Jamie has joined Chartists 1770, at The Trewythen in Llanidloes, where he is working closely with head chef Paul Fox and four other chefs, including three apprentices
One of his first jobs was to devise a mouth-watering Christmas menu which features traditional turkey as well as seasonal game dishes influenced by his trademark international flavours.
Chartists 1770 at The Trewythen, which has seven en-suite bedrooms and a 50-cover restaurant, is owned by Cambrian Training Company, Wales’ leading apprenticeship provider to the hospitality industry.
The business is developing apprentices to become the next generation of chefs and front of house staff for the hospitality industry.
Mr Tully, who is originally from Builth Wells, said: “My focus at Chartists 1770 is to cook great food using the best seasonal, Welsh ingredients to create a casual, gastro-style dining experience.
“Our new menu offers refined Christmas food with turkey and a selection of game – venison, duck and rabbit.
“Customers can expect the same international flavours that were so popular at Teulu Restaurant and which offer something completely different to any other restaurants in the area."
Future plans by Jamie, who has cooked for the super-rich and famous around the globe, include a taster menu for private dining events in four outdoor dining pods at Chartists 1770, with the food cooked over a charcoal barbecue.
Arwyn Watkins, OBE, Cambrian Training Company’s managing director, said: “Jamie has expressed what he wants to achieve now he is back home in Mid Wales and I am more than happy to provide a platform for him to deliver that ambition and take Chartists 1770 to the next level.
“Hopefully, he will inspire our apprentices with the skills and knowledge he has gained whilst working in different countries around the world. He joins a talented team whose hard work and attention to detail helped secure the four star grading for Chartists 1770 at the Trewythen.”
