New Year’s Eve Dining Plans Announced by the Adam Handling Collection

Chef Adam Handling MBE is marking Hogmanay with a series of celebratory dining experiences across his restaurants and bars, including two standout options here in Cornwall. Drawing on his Scottish roots, Adam has created New Year’s Eve tasting menus designed to deliver style, flavour and a touch of decadence as 2025 comes to a close.

Ugly Butterfly 2.0, Newquay

Set inside The Headland hotel with sweeping views over Fistral Beach, Ugly Butterfly 2.0 is offering an indulgent family-friendly New Year’s Eve experience. The restaurant transforms local Cornish ingredients into creative dishes, and its exclusive tasting menu is being billed as a memorable way to end the year.

The £250 per person menu begins with snacks, followed by dishes including ‘Tomato Tea’ and ‘Bluefin tuna, pickled black truffles, elderflower vinegar’. Dessert comes in the form of ‘Nitro’ chocolate, salted caramel’.

At the bar, guests can enjoy Winter cocktails available throughout December 2025. These include ‘In Good Company’, a chocolate twist on a Negroni, and ‘Best Behaviour’, a vodka drink inspired by apple crumble.

Whether visitors stay in the lively bar or head to The Headland’s ballroom for live music from local band The Strutts, it promises to be a standout spot for families and friends. The terrace menu will be available until 4pm on 31st December 2025.

More details are available at uglybutterfly.co.uk.
Ugly Butterfly, The Headland, Fistral Beach, Headland Road, Newquay, TR7 1EW.

The Tartan Fox, Summercourt

For those wanting a countryside setting, The Tartan Fox is offering a tasting menu in its 17th century pub, complete with a fire and produce from its own

kitchen garden.

Diners can enjoy dishes such as ‘Ember-roasted gurnard, lobster sauce, caviar’, ‘Hot-smoked sirloin, burnt swede beef fat onion’ and a ‘Salted caramel tart’. The menu is priced at £100 per person from 5pm to 8pm or £125 per person from 8pm until close.

Live music comes from Josh Curnow, giving guests the chance to celebrate into the night.

Menus and booking information can be found at tartanfoxpub.co.uk.
The Tartan Fox, Carvynick Farm, A3058, Newquay, TR8 5AF.

About Adam Handling MBE

Michelin-starred Adam Handling MBE owns the Adam Handling Collection, which includes venues in London, Windsor and Cornwall. His restaurants focus on British food, sustainability and reducing food waste, with ingredients sourced from British suppliers.

Adam has received a long list of awards, including Scottish Chef of the Year, British Culinary Federation’s Chef of the Year, the Craft Guild of Chefs Restaurant Chef Award and Chef of the Year at the Food & Travel Awards. He earned his first Michelin star at Frog by Adam Handling in 2022 and was named Restaurateur of the Year in the British GQ Food and Drink Awards 2020. In 2024, he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to Hospitality and International Trade.

He is also known for his appearance on Great British Menu, where his ‘Food Fight’ trifle was crowned Champion of Champions in 2023. His Coronation creations, including a Strawberry and Ginger Trifle for HRH King Charles III’s Coronation and the ‘Majestic Chicken Pie’ for The One Show’s competition, were widely celebrated.

Adam works closely with charities such as The Felix Project and Quintessentially Foundation to combat food waste and is an Ambassador for the GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland campaign.

More details about Adam and his Collection can be found at adamhandling.co.uk