A Cornish brewery and an ice cream producer have partnered with plans to open three new hospitality venues in the duchy.
North Cornwall’s Harbour Brewing and Treleavens 海角视频 Cornish Ice Cream have formed a joint venture which will see the creation of a new open-air bar and restaurant at Watergate Bay, the reopening of the St Tudy Inn, which has been closed since December 2020, and a new café in Wadebridge.
Harbour Brewing managing director Eddie Lofthouse said: “We opened The Atlantic bar and restaurant at Polzeath in 2020, and trading since then has been extremely strong. With this in mind and a little down time in lockdown, we started exploring other opportunities to expand our portfolio.
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“The new venues are in such great locations, and the Harbour and Treleavens board members agreed that investing in the Cornish hospitality sector was a very positive step.”
The new businesses will create many new jobs and Mr Lofthouse said: “We are keen to hear from those looking for a new challenge, and have a variety of roles available across each of the establishments, both front and back of house.
“We are also looking to recruit a head chef at the St Tudy Inn, as we endeavour to create a pub with an outstanding food offering.”
The St Tudy Inn has been closed for six months but has a strong legacy as a foodie destination. The Harbour and Treleavens teams will maintain the food focus, while also reinstating the community pub element. The pub will open in early July, initially for drinks only while the culinary team is formed.
The new open-air bar and restaurant at Watergate Bay, which opened in early June, comprises food and drink offerings in converted shipping containers adjacent to the beach.
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Footlong Franks is serving gourmet hot dogs, Nuvola Pizza is offering stone-baked specialty pizza, while Harbour runs the bar and Treleavens serves its signature luxury ice cream.
The Treleavens team, headed by managing director Mark Chrusciak, will take the lead on the new café in Wadebridge, located in a circular building in the heart of the town and to be called Luna. It will open in early July 2021.
Mr Chrusciak said: “Locals will be familiar with the building on Eddystone Road - right in the centre of town, and passed by many Camel Trail users.
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“The café, which we’re calling Luna, will showcase our artisan Cornish ice cream, alongside crêpes, smoothies, milkshakes, and great coffee.”
Lanivet-based Harbour Brewing has invested in a 30bbl, ABE four-vessel brewery containing 22 fermenters, four conditioning tanks, one bottling line and one canning line. It can turn out one-can-per-second.
It also has invested in a 5bbl automated experimental brew kit with four fermenters, two conditioning tanks, three foudres, amphora, and an oak open top fermenter.
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The Treleavens business was set up in 2002 when founder Andrew Treleaven bought seasonal ice cream company Beddoes and set up a small commercial kitchen in Looe.
In 2011 the firm was sold to Richard Rowse who appointed Mr Chrusciak as MD in 2014. A year later the business moved to a new £500,000 custom-built factory at Tretoil Farm in North Cornwall.