MICHELIN-starred chef Simon Rogan has announced that he will open a new restaurant set within a contemporary country house hotel in the heart of the Lake District.

Henrock, the new elegant eatery, will be based at Linthwaite House, in Bowness, and will be opened to the public in October.

With sweeping views across the waters of Windermere, the restaurant will showcase natural, perfectly seasonal ingredients in a relaxed, informal setting.

The name derives from a rocky outcrop on the lake, known as Hen Rock, which is often visible from the terrace of Linthwaite House.

Henrock’s kitchen team will be led by head chef Brian Limoges, who joins Mr Rogan from San Francisco after working in renowned restaurants such as Quince, Birdsong, and Atelier Crenn.

Working together, they will utilise local produce with items from Mr Rogan’s own farm, ‘Our Farm, in Cumbria’.

However, in a step away from Simon’s other restaurants, L’Enclume, Roganic, Aulis and Rogan & Co., where the focus is loyally and deeply rooted in British cooking and ingredients, Henrock will also lean heavily on influences, techniques and produce discovered on the chefs’ travels around the globe, including from Asia where Mr Rogan has recently opened Roganic & Aulis in Hong Kong.

The menu will comprise small plates and sharing dishes, with signatures set to include: Raw aged beef, elderberry and shiso; Halibut baked in cabbage leaf, bay shrimp and pink pepper and fried apple pie, miso butterscotch and cassia clotted cream’.

Mr Rogan said: “Since opening L’Enclume in 2002, it’s been a hugely exciting and humbling journey.

“Today, we have five UK restaurants holding four Michelin Stars among them and have recently opened Roganic and Aulis Hong Kong.

“It feels like the right time to be strengthening our offering in the north of the United Kingdom, a place we call home, with a fantastic team in place and in such a truly unique and stunning setting.”

Linthwaite House is a 36-bedroom boutique hotel set within 14 acres of landscaped gardens in the Lake District. The hotel offers guests exceptional views of Bowness as well as a private tarn within the grounds.