The Malt Shovel at Brearton

We had a wonderfully successful opera night on Monday. Six fantastic professional singers entertained a restaurant full of happy diners, one of whom was serenaded with a spectacular Happy Birthday. We have another opera night on the 19th of December, which would make a perfect pre-Christmas treat, plus plenty of other Christmas events to get you feeling festive. Have a look at the events list on our main site.

Have you heard about our new dinner with taxi service? For just £35 per person, you get a gourmet 3-course meal and a taxi from and to home. The menu is available lunchtimes or evenings to customers in the Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough areas, and the surrounding villages. It’s already proving a great success. Call us to find out more.

Lots of new things have been happening at The Malt Shovel. We have a fantastic new chef, Mark Shepherd, who joined us last month and has put his own stamp on our fabulous food. We are so happy to welcome him, and he’s already become a vital part of our team.

With our new chef, we have also added to our menu (although you’ll still find all your old favourites when you visit). We now have a delicious new ‘Comfort Zone’ section, which includes timeless classics, such as fish & chips and our incredible burger, plus ‘Pie of the Day’, with gorgeous fillngs, such as brisket and red wine. As always there are daily fish specials to choose from as well.

Plus, we now have two new fires blazing. To add to the cosy atmosphere, particularly now that the evenings are growing chillier, we have opened up two more of the old fireplaces in our restaurant rooms. Just come and see, they look simply fabulous.

The last week or two has been a bit of a challenge in Brearton. Jurg has been gratefully accepting the help of our friendly local farmer and together they have managed to keep the roads of Brearton salted and gritted. We are now entering our very busiest time and we look forward to welcoming you all over the Christmas period ahead.

Have you tried Jurg’s new sausage? As part of our new set-price menu, Jurg has created the perfect Cumberland- using meat from our own pigs of course! It won’t be there for ever as our menu will be changing again soon, but it is well worth the trip. It is perfect sausage & mash weather after all.

Our set price menu is £12.95 for 2 courses and £15.95 for 3 and is centred on produce from The Malt Shovel farm.

Well it is now well and truly autumnal and we are really looking forward to our opera night this evening. We are being serenaded by 7 singers this evening and 2 pianists! One of our singers, Jaime Laing, is not only an international counter-tenor of high renown- he also happens to be a dab hand at table magic! Prepare to be amazed.