“I have always triumphed local produce here at the Inn, so it was a natural progression for us to join ‘Produced in Kent’ - an organisation formed to help promote local produce, and to shout the message that local is best! By eating local produce, you are keeping the local economy alive, and there is no denying that Kent has a lot of fabulous food to offer.  We already utilise a lot of Kent’s best produce, and we aim to increase this as much as possible by sourcing our products from within a 25 mile radius” 
Alex Burden, Proprietor

PLOT TO PLATE

Back in 2013 we began our very own Kitchen Garden and have since managed to produce a good crop of courgettes, beans (runner/borlotti/french), pumpkins, beetroot, tomatoes, leeks, swiss chard, salads and herbs (and many more!) for the chef. 

Now our Head Gardener and her team work together closely with the chefs, cropping daily to provide a steady stream of fresh produce for our dishes all year round.

Garden tours & talks available by prior appointment.

FIELD TO FORK

Our beef comes from our family’s farm at Eastchurch.
We have been farming here since 1968 and
currently have over 2000 cattle grazing the area. 
Our beef is matured for 28 days to ensure it is the absolute best you can get.  

All the game served at the Inn is from our family shoot on the Harty Estate.  We shoot weekly through the season, and always prep the birds ourselves, so we are very proud of the quality of the game on our menus.   Our Head Chef James Pilcher often home smokes game for some dishes too.

All our eggs are certified free-range, again this is a family affair with Alex's 8 year old nephew tending to a flock of 100 birds to supply the Inn all year round from his egg enterprise.

Our edible shoreline and hedges are also a hit with the chefs, who are regularly rummaging around to find the hidden treasures nature has to offer!

grain to glass

As if serving up our own beef, game, and kitchen garden produce wasn't enough... we even serve home grown Gin!

Our family farm grows the grain which is taken down to Chatham's Copper Rivet Distillery to be turned into award winning Gin's & Vodka's.  We proudly serve Copper Rivet's products on both our bar's - the quality of these artisan spirits is outstanding.