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Last updated: 30 May, 2023

Celebrity Chef Rick Stein’s Cornish empire now extends to four restaurants, three shops, a cookery school and an assortment of rooms in Padstow; a pub in St Merryn and two eateries in Falmouth.

This award-winning restaurant and Cornwall institution opened in 1975, is the big fish. It serves up an exciting selection of globally influenced dishes such as sashimi of Cornish scallops, salmon, sea bass and brill, palourde clams a la plancha and Singapore chilli crab – using the finest, freshest seafood, caught locally in Cornwall and the surrounding waters.

About the chef

Rick Stein is one of Britain’s most famous chefs, known for his love of seafood. He has written numerous cookbooks and presented a number of television shows, including “Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey” and “Rick Stein’s Food Heroes”. In addition to the seafood restaurant in Padstow, he also owns a number of other restaurants in Cornwall, as well as a cookery school and a seafood deli.

Logistics

Price from: £50
Minimum age: Any
Age suitable: 13+
When: All year around

When to do it

The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner all year round, seven days a week.

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Cornwall

Cornwall, United Kingdom (UK)

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A region of craggy cliffs, sheltered creeks, glorious sandy beaches and quintessential villages – rich in local life, pagan legend and delicious, locally-made food and drink.