Red Carnation Hotels

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

• Named in the Condé Nast Traveller Gold List 2010 as one of the best three hotels in the UK for food.
• Named Most Outstanding Hotel for Service at the Condé Nast Johansens 2010 Awards for Excellence for UK and Ireland.
• Voted 'Restaurant of the Year 2009' in the Taste of Dorset Awards
• Winner of Wine Spectator's “Best of Award of Excellence” 2009/2010 for an interesting wine list with choices appropriate to restaurant's menu and widely appealing to a range of wine lovers.
• Listed in Tatler's '101 Best Spas of the World' 2009
• The Times Top 100 Hotels 2008
• Winner of the ‘Restaurant of the Year 2007’ in the Dorset Business Awards
• Voted 4th ‘Best Place to stay in England’ by Canada’s Edmonton Journal
• Four Red Star rating from AA
• A Member of Relais & Châteaux
• 3 AA Rosettes for dining
• Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report Grand Award Winner 2007
• Eric Zwiebel, Master Sommelier at Summer Lodge has been placed as runner up at the Best Sommelier of the World Competition 2007.  He was previously voted ‘Third Best Sommelier in Europe’ at the 2006 Ruinart Trophy Awards.  Tatler 2005 Restaurant Awards included Eric on its short list (five nominees) for Best Sommelier.  In the same year he won Sommelier of the Year in France and represented France at the 'Best Sommelier in Europe' Competition in 2006.   Eric fought off stiff competition to become France’s only representative in the ‘Best Sommelier in the World’ competition in 2007
• Harpers & Queen placed Summer Lodge on its Top Ten list of English Country Houses and Homes for 2006.
• Wine Spectator accorded the hotel its “Best of Award of Excellence” for 2005.
• One of the 8 best restaurants in the UK in Harden’s 2007 Restaurant Guide