Heritage is the first solo project for chef-director Matt Gillan, the brains behind South Lodge Hotel’s The Pass, which earned a Michelin star soon after opening and created a huge amount of buzz around the young chef. Following his high-end restaurant project Pike and Pine in Brighton (since closed), and a recent stint at The Foresters Arms in nearby Horsham, Gillan set up a crowdfunding page to enable him to acquire and refurbish The Chequers, a large 18th-century pub in Slaugham. Currently, the restaurant is open Wednesday to Sunday and serves a choice of five, seven and nine-course tasting menus, although there is talk of a casual bar menu being introduced in the future. Decisions and deposits have to be made at the time of booking; I’d opted for the five-course menu, paying a £25 deposit towards the £37.50 total in order to secure the table.
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