Known simply as The Gilpin this Lake District favourite has managed to create the ultimate spa meets luxury hotel and dining retreat with an exceptional chef in the kitchen. Hrishikesh Desai is a talented Indian-born chef with a unique ability to bring freshness and spice into everything he cooks. Trained classically with stints including at The French Laundry in California (a former World’s 50 Best Restaurant winner) Hrishi, as he is fondly known, won a Michelin star recently. When game is on the menu either at the main restaurant or in Gilpin Spice you can be assured it will be perfectly treated.