Executive Chef Douglas Balish leads the food offering of luxury boutique hotel, Grove of Narberth in Pembrokeshire

A Welsh hotel chef has taken home the title of Hotel Chef of the Year at the Hotel Cateys 2025. The Hotel Cateys are among the UK hospitality industry’s most respected awards, recognising exceptional talent, creativity and dedication across hotels nationwide and the Welsh-based chef took the title in the Hotel Chef of the Year (fewer than 250 covers) category.

Executive Chef Douglas Balish leads the food offering of luxury boutique hotel, Grove of Narberth in Pembrokeshire, which this year retained its prestigious MICHELIN Key and achieved a standout score in the Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards.

Since joining Grove of Narberth back in 2019, Douglas has shaped a

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