Chalk Welcomes William Sitwell

‘Five stars – a model of great service and flavourful food’

The team at chalk welcomed William Sitwell, restaurant critic for The Telegraph to dine with us.

‘No beating around the bush this week: Chalk is magnificent. It is wonderful in name, simple in five letters that conjure the soft wash of white chalk (with but one tiny, personal, negative connotation; of the memory of dodging flying missiles, hurled at me for good reason by a teacher at my prep school).’

‘So mark your card for Chalk, for a proper stop and a proper lunch or dinner. And within its chalk-painted walls and exposed flintwork, beneath its impressively exposed beamed ceiling, you’ll find a large oval bar under a swirling beam of steel, both artistic and used as bottle shelving, and then simple wooden restaurant tables and cane chairs.’

‘And of course we drank Wiston’s fizz, white and red. Such is their confidence that they don’t force it on you, the manager suggesting some other red wines as better matches, but I insisted on trying their pinot noir which is a triumph. Yes, a pinot noir from Sussex that has fruit, elegance and body. Wiston must be a sun trap in the summer.’

‘So I love Chalk, a model of great service and flavorful food. It fosters a future of rather beautiful possibility.’

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