Paul Johnson is now heading up the kitchen at Beadnell Towers, while his wife Kelly keeps the home fires burning at their pub, The Ship Inn, Wylam, where head chef Michael Elliott leads the kitchen team. “The opportunity to join Beadnell Towers and shape its food offering was too good an opportunity to pass up,” says Paul, who spent three years in Cornwall working for double Michelin-starred Nathan Outlaw before returning to Northumberland to take on The Ship.
Beadnell Towers The Wynding, Chathill, NE67 5AY, tel 01665 721 211, www.beadnelltowers.co.uk
