Recipe for future success as restaurant upgrades with state-of-the-art kitchen

Huddersfield-based countryside inn and restaurant, The 3 Acres, has invested £400,000 in a new kitchen as the venue marks 55 years in business.

The restaurant, hotel and wedding venue – which has remained owned by the Truelove family since 1968 – has created an 870 sq ft “super kitchen” to cater for the 60,000 guests it hosts each year.

The venue – whose chefs have prepared food for high-profile guests including Rick Stein, Simon Cowell, and Sharon Osborne – worked with Greens Commercial Kitchens to design and install the kitchen, which includes a £12,000 Josper Basque grill for cooking meat over open charcoal, and a Rotisol professional rotisserie.

Tom Truelove said: “As we mark 55 years in business, investing in a state-of-the-art kitchen allows us to push forward and develop the culinary experience our guests know us for, even further.

“The investment is also a commitment to our hugely talented team of chefs, some of whom have been with us for over 30 years.

Tom Truelove

“It gives them the space and equipment they need to develop and fulfil their talents in the very best and most efficient working environment.

“Developing our team for the future is also very important, and our new kitchen is a space where the next generation of culinary talent can join us to learn from the very best in the industry.”

Bought in 1968 by Truelove’s grandfather, Derrick Truelove, The 3 Acres is well known for its heritage approach to modern hospitality.

In the 1970s, Truelove’s father, Neil, joined the business along with then-head chef, Brian Orme – both of whom are now retired.

Tom Truelove, who is himself a chef, joined the business in 2008, before becoming a partner in 2012. In addition to the 100-strong team, he works alongside his wife, Lauren, who oversees HR and marketing.

He added: “I’m extremely proud that The 3 Acres has remained in our family since 1968.

“I think the fact we’ve developed the business over the last 55 years without any outside investment demonstrates our passion and commitment to everything The 3 Acres stands for, has become, and will continue to develop into.

“The new kitchen is the beating heart of the business, and the whole team is very proud of what we’ve achieved with it.

“The level of investment in this project really does take us to the pinnacle of modern restaurant kitchens.”