Michael Wignall is to replace Michael Caines as Gidleigh Park's executive head chef, the hotel has revealed.
Wignall will take up his new role with Brownsword Hotels on 4 January 2016, and is set to leave the two-Michelin-starred Michael Wignall at the Latymer at Surrey's Pennyhill Park hotel at the end of December this year.
In addition to leading the kitchen at Gidleigh Park, Wignall will also consult across the food and beverage offering for ABode Hotels.
The appointment is a coup for Brownsword, which has been on the hunt for a replacement for Caines, who himself holds two Michelin stars at Gidleigh, after he announced that he was moving on to focus on the development of Courtland House in Lympstone, Devon, which he has acquired with the help of outside investors.
Caines' final service at the five-red-AA-star, 24-bedroom Gidleigh Park, which he joined 21 years ago, will be on 3 January 2016. Food & Beverage Europe United Kingdom Devon