The Bath Priory

Spring into Summer

Spring into Summer

Tips on spring & summer gardens from Jane Moore, our award-winning head gardener at The Bath Priory

Now we’re all staying at home and undoubtedly cooking more often, sow a few herbs to add some extra interest to your dishes. Most of the best ‘fines herbes’ grow easily from seed and the perennial favourites in my home garden such as rosemary and sage are supplemented in summer with parsley, basil and dill. Sow in situ or in bedding plant cells and then plant out. If you’re struggling to find seed then buy some ready grown pots at the supermarket, harden them off as if you’d grown them yourself and then plant them out as usual. Bon appetit!

Introducing the first and only Spa by L’OCCITANE in the UK

 


Our new spa is the only Spa by L’OCCITANE in the UK and features exclusive treatments, including bespoke therapies created in partnership with the luxury, Provençal brand.
 

 

The spa will offer a full range of spa treatments and spa days using L'OCCITANE products. Each contains ingredients with proven effectiveness fused with traditional therapies, to offer a true voyage of the senses designed to rejuvenate body and soul. The signature treatment at The Garden Spa by L'OCCITANE will be the calming, nurturing Verbena Relaxing Massage.

The new spa features four refurbished treatment rooms, including one dual room, each themed to reflect key L'OCCITANE ingredients such as verbena and lavender, designed to offer a taste of Provence in the heart of the City of Bath. 

There is also a brand new relaxation room with double doors opening onto the award-winning gardens, ideal for relaxing before or after treatments, a luxurious nail bar offering manicures and pedicures in peaceful surroundings and a retail space dedicated to L'OCCITANE's aromatic products made from only the finest natural ingredients.

Visit www.thebathpriory.co.uk/spa to find out more. 

Introducing our Guest Chef at The Bath Priory


We are delighted to welcome Adam Simmonds as our guest chef at The Bath Priory until the end of the year.
 

Named by the Good Food Guide as one of the decade’s ‘chefs to watch’, Adam Simmonds has built a remarkable reputation leading some of Britain’s finest kitchens, earning a coveted Michelin star twice. His food is led by the seasons, combining classic cooking with modern techniques to enhance flavours and craft dishes which are both delicate and fresh yet intensely flavoured.

“Dining out should be an experience which engages all of your senses. You eat with your eyes first, then the aroma and burst of flavours hit you. But as a diner your experience is enveloped in the ambiance and service, and I look forward to working with the team at The Bath Priory to deliver all components to serve memorable meals during my time as guest chef”

Adam will be introducing a special menu encapsulating his signature dishes during his time with us alongside hosting a series of special events giving guests the opportunity to get to know the chef and his approach to cooking a little better. 

Guests can expect to enjoy mouth-watering dishes such Roasted langoustines, oyster puree, celery and horseradish, Roasted veal sweetbreads, cockles, cauliflower cous-cous and girolles or Beef fillet, watercress and nasturtium purée, bone marrow and red wine and Lemon parfait, fennel pollen ice cream, fennel granita, and olive oil jelly. 

Find out more about Adam Simmonds.