STAFF at a Torfaen hotel and spa are celebrating after receiving an award for culinary excellence from inspectors.

The Parkway Hotel and Spa, in Cwmbran Drive, Cwmbran, was awarded its second AA Rosette for its food offerings — after scooping the first star in 2013.The accolades are awarded solely by AA hotel and restaurant inspectors and around 10 per cent of restaurants nationwide are of a standard worthy of one rosette and above. Under the AA award guidelines, two rosettes credit “excellent restaurants that aim for and achieve higher standards and better consistency”.

The two-rosette rating also awards “greater precision” in cooking and “obvious attention” to the selection of “quality ingredients”. Around 40 per cent of restaurants / hotels in the AA Restaurant Guide have two rosettes or above.

General manager at the Parkway Hotel, Kerry Jennings, credited the hard work of chefs and head chef Clive Williams, who has worked at the Cwmbran hotel for five years.

She said: “We’re truly delighted to have been awarded two AA Rosettes for our A la Carte menu and especially proud of our team of dedicated chefs. We’re only a small family-owned hotel and to be awarded two stars is amazing.

“Clive Williams is the drive behind the improvements here and it’s his concept, direction and team that have got us this award.”

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