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Trencherman’s Guide is the definitive guide to the South West’s most exceptional restaurants, inns and dining experiences, curated by industry experts.

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Each edition features over 100 hand-picked restaurants across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, all chosen for their outstanding food and hospitality.

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The guide showcases detailed write-ups of exceptional restaurants, inns and dining destinations, with insider recommendations, chef profiles and expert insights into the South West food scene.

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Ugly Butterfly by Adam Handling

Michelin-starred dining overlooking Fistral Beach

The Headland, Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 1EW

Chef(s) Adam Handling MBE

enjoy theatrical touches like the ahrelia caviar trolley

Ugly Butterfly is embedded in its new chapter at The Headland, where the Michelin-starred restaurant enjoys sweeping views across Fistral Beach.

Adam Handling MBE has refined his vision of sustainable British luxury here, with exceptional Cornish produce and a low-waste philosophy underpinning every dish.

Guests can choose between the tasting menu, a reimagined Michelin-starred afternoon tea or the new terrace menu, which is centred on lobster and Adam’s own luxury caviar house, Ahrelia.

Signature dishes include hot-smoked Cornish lobster with mussel butter, Cornish crab tart topped with Ahrelia caviar, and Adam’s ever-evolving snacks, crafted using produce grown in the gardens of sister pub The Tartan Fox.

A newly refurbished dining room, outdoor terrace and dedicated afternoon tea lounge complete the experience, making Ugly Butterfly as compelling for a celebratory lunch as for an unforgettable evening overlooking Cornwall’s best-known surfing beach.