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MEET THE CHEF

Winding down the hill towards Carbis Bay Hotel & Estate, it’s hard to picture a more perfect Cornish setting. The emerald bay, glinting in warm shimmering sunshine, dominates the vista as the horizon reveals itself like blue-green pages of a book falling open. The steep valley sides are dotted with white-washed homes and verdant foliage and Carbis Bay Hotel & Estate sits snug right in the centre of this cosiest of Cornish nooks.

A presidential enclave

Privacy is one of the hotel’s calling cards, not least because the luxury coastal boutique hotel hosted the2021 G7 Summit. The presidential motorcades were quite the sight as they rumbled into the quiet Cornish hamlet last summer yet it’s easy to see why the estate was selected as the venue to showcase to the world the beauty of Cornwall.

We, like Macron, Merkel, Johnson and friends, stayed in the extraordinary beachfront lodges. The chic, neutral-toned desirable residences wisely makes the most of the sea views at every opportunity, spanning three sweeping floors. The hot tubs and roof terraces overlook the surf, and spiral stone staircases lead down

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