Castle Farm
Just outside Bath, on an organic farm in the hills of Midford, you'll find a small kitchen in an old tractor shed beside its own garden.
This is where my team and I work and cook. Everything begins with understanding taste — why ingredients taste the way they do, and how simple craft can make all the difference.
We cook for family and friends, old, new and those we're yet to meet.
Simple food. Everyday food. Food made properly.
Welcome to Castle Farm.
NEW RELEASE
Beer made
for Curry
Great curry deserves great beer.
For years we talked about giving beer the same care, craft and attention as our curry.
Not louder. Not more extreme. Just equal in craft, balance and intention.
A beer brewed for curry.
Food
Friends
Family
Kitchen and Garden
At Castle Farm, the kitchen, garden and farm all shape the way we work, every single day.
The garden changes with the seasons. New ingredients enter daily. The menus evolve depending on what we have to hand. Nothing here stands still for very long.
We cook, learn, adapt and explore. Some guests have been coming for years. Others travel long distances to visit for the first time. They come for dinner, birthdays, weddings, long lunches or a quick take away.
We have never really thought of Castle Farm as a traditional restaurant. It is a kitchen that happens to welcome people.
“I don’t really cook for guests.”
Pravin Nayar
Everything begins with taste.
Understanding why things taste the way they do, and how small things can change everything.
Good food does not come from chasing perfection. It comes from doing something many times. Again and again. Until you stop following instructions and start trusting your instincts instead.
That is the craft.
Real craft is never perfect. If something is made twice by the same hand, it will always shift a little. That is not a flaw. That is what makes it interesting.
At the end of the day, I don't simply want people to eat better. I want people to become more curious and more confident in their own cooking.
After all, I don't really cook for guests. I cook for the person sitting at the table.