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Tony Borthwick has been appointed as Head Chef at Macdonald Rusacks Hotel

Macdonald
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Tony Borthwick
Tony Borthwick, former chef-proprietor of the Michelin-starred Plumed Horse restaurant in Edinburgh, is joining the four-AA-star Macdonald Rusacks hotel in St Andrews as executive head chef. Borthwick will head up the luxury 70-bedroom hotel’s three AA Rosette restaurant Rocca, One Under restaurant and Champagne bar. He will work with the established team to develop new menus. The news follows the announcement that planning permission has been given for a £7m extension to the19th century hotel building, which will include 44 new suites, a 145-cover rooftop restaurant, bar and terrace, as well as glass-fronted suites overlooking the 18th green at St Andrews’ Old Course. Borthwick gained a Michelin star in 2001 at the Plumed Horse, the restaurant he ran for 17 years, first in Crossmichael from 1998, and then in Edinburgh from 2007 until December 2015 when it closed due to insolvency. He was named the 2005 Scottish Chef of the Year and Good Food Guide’s 2002 Scottish Newcomer of the Year.
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