Andrew Brownsword Hotels announces the appointment of Paul Shanahan as General Manager of Gidleigh Park, with Paul due to take up his new position on November 23, 2016.

Paul joins Gidleigh Park from his previous role at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, where he was Operations Manager for nearly five years.

On his appointment, Paul commented: “I’m delighted to join Andrew Brownsword Hotels and the team at Gidleigh Park. With Michael Wignall attracting brilliant reviews for his new menus, I’m excited by the challenges and opportunities ahead to present Gidleigh Park to both new and existing clients. After a total of 12 years at Le Manoir, Gidleigh Park offers an opportunity for an exciting new chapter, which I’m delighted to embark upon”.

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Paul has been in the hospitality industry since 1994. Within that time Paul has been Restaurant Manager at L’Ort0lan, as Diamond Club, Restaurant Manager for Delaware North Companies and as Restaurant Manager at Le Manoir.

Paul replaces Federico Aresti who stepped down from the role for personal reasons and joins Gidleigh Park as it celebrates being named ‘Rural Hotel of the Year’ and overall ‘Hotel of the Year’ by readers of Food and Travel magazine.