Their success was well deserved. David Nicholson was always immaculately turned out, but those who thought him rather snooty were well off the mark. I remember being taken aback when I was having lunch there one day seeing him appear in a pinny and he apologised for not being in the restaurant as he had to do the rooms because they were a chambermaid down. My other abiding memory is of the occasion, during a wine tasting in the hotel lounge, of seeing a young waiter enter the room with a full tray of glasses of champagne, trip over the rug and propel about 20 full glasses all over the assembled guests. The ever professional David was able to restore normality with two minutes.
Today I’ve enjoyed my first lunch at Holbeck Gyll since the new owners took over. They have inherited David’s chef, David McLaughlin. I’m relieved to say that the standards of food and service were as excellent as always. This video shows some of the dishes we had today.
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