Local Tasting Menu at the Black Bull in Sedbergh

Nina Matsunaga, chef-owner of The Black Bull, Sedbergh, a historic coaching inn located on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, recently listed among SquareMeal’s UK top 40 female chefs, serves a seasonally inspired tasting menu, in her double AA rosette restaurant.

The inn’s award-winning restaurant has been renowned for its delicious foodie offerings since Nina and her team took over the reins in 2018. Ever since they’ve worked tirelessly to ensure that their handpicked local suppliers provide the very best ingredients from The Dales and surrounding areas. This central ethos has inspired Nina’s innovative plan to bring a special tasting menu to the table which celebrates all the culinary delights The Dales has to offer. This spectacular new menu serves up tantalising seasonal delicacies with a few little twists added to enhance each dish taken from Nina’s Japanese and German heritage. Many of the dishes she’s created are specifically designed to introduce new flavours and ingredients to The Black Bull’s diners, including things that you might not expect to see on the menu in a historic coaching inn in the Yorkshire Dales. All perfectly finished with an optional Dales Cheese Board featuring a quartet of local cheeses: Yoredale and Yoredale Blue produced in Wensleydale, Fellstone produced in Lunesdale and Stonebeck produced in Nidderdale.

The seven-course tasting menu is served at dinner from Wednesday to Saturday from 6pm to 9pm. A five-course lunchtime version is also available on Saturdays, served from 12pm to 3pm.

Dinner is priced at £79 per person for seven courses and lunch is priced at £59 per person.