Robin Hutson
| Robin Hutson OBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 64–65) London, England |
| Occupation | Hotelier |
| Known for | Hotel du Vin, Lime Wood, Soho House, The Pig |
| Title | CEO & Chairman of Home Grown Hotels Ltd and LimeWood Group Ltd |
Who owns THE PIG restaurant in the New Forest?
Lime Wood Group, the business Hutson chairs, currently operates two hotels in the New Forest as well as a hotel and chalets near Courchevel in France. One of the New Forest hotels, The Pig in Brockenhurst, is owned by Home Grown Hotels, a subsidiary of the group.
Who are The Pig Hotels owned by?
KSL Capital Partners
Private equity firm KSL Capital Partners has acquired the parent company of The Pig Hotels with plans to expand the southern-based group. The deal, in partnership with The Pig co-founder Robin Hutson, will see Hutson continue as chairman of the company and retain a stake in the business.
Has the Pig Hotel been sold?
KSL Capital Partners is all about the pork. The private equity firm has acquired the parent company of The Pig Hotels, a portfolio of eight smallish boutique hotels located in the South Coast Counties in England, in partnership with its co-founder Robin Hutson, who will stay on as chairman of the company.
Who owns the LimeWood group?
Jim Ratcliffe
Robin Hutson is chairman and chief executive of Lime Wood Group and Home Grown Hotels. He launched the 33-bedroom Lime Wood hotel, a laid-back, luxury haven in the heart of the New Forest, just outside Lyndhurst, Hampshire, in 2009, on behalf of its billionaire owner Jim Ratcliffe, founder of chemicals company Ineos.
Why do they let pigs out in the New Forest?
Commoners let their pigs loose on the Forest to hoover up fallen acorns which are poisonous to ponies and cattle and can cause internal bleeding and death. The pigs also eat beech mast, crab apples and anything else they can find.
Why do they release pigs in the New Forest?
The pigs are released onto the forest to eat fallen acorns, beechmast, chestnuts and other nuts; green acorns in particular are poisonous to the New Forest ponies and cattle which roam the forest the majority of the year. In 2022, pannage starts on Monday 19 September.
Is THE PIG part of Limewood?
Lime Wood Group – In addition to THE PIG Hotels we are also part of a wider group of hotels. Lime Wood – A boutique 5* country house, is set in the heart of the New Forest National Park, Hampshire.
What was the Pig Hotel before?
Combe House Hotel
The Pig at Combe is in what was the former Combe House Hotel, set in 3,500 acres of lush Devon countryside.
What was the Pig Hotel called before?
The building’s original name was Whitley Ridge Lodge, with its first occupant being a certain George Bright. The property has survived through the ages as a private residence, becoming a hotel in the 1950s.
How many UK hotels are there in THE PIG group?
eight properties
Founded in 2011, The Pig Hotels are a collection of successful rural boutique hotels with restaurants built on a commitment to environmental sustainability. Each of the eight properties is located in the countryside throughout southern England and features homegrown food in a relaxed setting.
Who owns THE PIG and Whistle?
helen burke – owner at pig and whistle – Greater Melbourne Area | LinkedIn.
Who owns THE PIG and Whistle Pub?
Rogan and his partner Penny Tapsell acquired the lease on the Pig & Whistle in September 2012. At the time they planned to run it for locals and visitors to nearby L’Enclume who were looking for a drink. Rogan said: “It has lots of charm, it’s small and quaint and when it came up for grabs we felt we had to have it.
Who owns the pig at Honiton?
Home Grown Hotels, the owners of the Pig Hotel brand, is to open its fifth hotel in Honiton, Devon in April 2016. The Combe House Devon will be extended to 33 rooms subject to planning approval, with a conversion of the stable yard and other under-utilised buildings.
Who owns the pig near Bath?
Robin Hutson, founder of Pig Hotel chain: ‘I have a love-hate relationship with hotels’ Robin Hutson is one of the nation’s most accomplished hoteliers.
Who owns the pig at Harlyn Bay?
Robin Hutson
Robin Hutson, the man behind the Pig Hotel brand and co-owner of the parent company, Home Grown Hotels, said: I have had easier periods of my life, put it that way. We didn’t know what was going to happen from one week to the next and we were making decisions for the business overnight.
Does anyone own the horses in the New Forest?
All the ponies, donkeys, cows and pigs that you will see roaming in the New Forest belong to local people called ‘commoners’ who have the right to graze their animals on the open Forest throughout the year (or part of the year in the case of pigs). The New Forest is really one big farm, and these are ‘farm animals’.
Do pigs turn into boars when released into the wild?
No, but they do undergo morphological changes — probably triggered by epigenes — in response to their environment and living conditions. It’s really quite fascinating. But, they remain domesticated pigs – they do not become wild boars.
Why are there no sheep in the New Forest?
Sheep are not generally seen roaming on the open Forest because the right to turn them out (known as common of pasture for sheep) is attached to only a few properties and is rarely exercised.
Where are the New Forest pigs today?
Bramshaw village located on the North side of the New Forest or near Bolderwood on the South of the New Forest is where you will have the best chance of seeing the pigs during the Pannage season.
Are the pigs still out in the New Forest?
It has been extended due to the amount of fallen acorns across the Forest and will close on 9 December 2022. A few hundred pigs trot around the New Forest every autumn and do an important job of eating many of the acorns that fall at this time of year so it’s vital that people don’t feed the pigs or drop human food.