How to book Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons

Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons is the restaurant of a country house hotel in Great Milton, south of Oxford, now run by Belmond^1,5. Raymond Blanc opened it in 1984, and it became known for two Michelin starred French cooking⁵. The hotel's own site describes it as a pioneer of garden-to-table cooking for over 40 years¹, and the grounds, with lawns, kitchen gardens, orchards, a Japanese tea house and a croquet lawn, are part of the visit^4,5.

Gary Jones ran the kitchen for 24 years before Luke Selby, who had trained there in 2009, took over in 2023⁵. In recent years the restaurant served a tasting menu of six or seven courses^4,5. Guests eat either in the older rooms under low beams or in a brighter conservatory, at tables laid with white cloths⁵.

The restaurant closed in January 2026 for an 18-month redevelopment and is due to reopen in summer 2027^1,3. Blanc has stepped back after 41 years in charge to become founder and lifetime ambassador³, and Selby has left for Palé Hall in North Wales². Arnaud Donckele, who holds three Michelin stars at both La Vague d'Or in Saint-Tropez and Plénitude in Paris, has been named culinary director for the reopening^1,2.