Having been awarded a Licence to perform Civil Ceremonies in the early nineties, The Blazing Donkey has grown steadily as a popular wedding venue. One look around the grounds of The Blazing Donkey and it is not hard to see why. Breathtaking gardens, opulent marquee, picturesque gazebo.

If you are looking for the perfect venue for your wedding then look no further. Don’t just think of The Blazing Donkey as a summer wedding venue, with stunning licensed marriage rooms your winter wedding can be perfectly catered for.

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Aldo Zilli Opens Restaurant in Ham, Sandwich!!

Celebrity Chef, Author & Restaurateur Aldo Zilli Open’s New Restaurant at
The Blazing Donkey Country Hotel, near Sandwich in Kent

Samphire at Ham, a new restaurant situated at the charming Blazing Donkey Country Hotel near Sandwich in Kent, takes it’s name from the now-fashionable ‘sea vegetable’; it’s an apt title for a restaurant serving exciting modern food based on locally sourced ingredients. The result of a £150,000 “facelift”, the restaurant was officially opened by London-based Italian celebrity chef & restaurateur Aldo Zilli on Saturday 2nd February 2008.

Zilli took time out of his busy schedule (he has just launched his autobiography “Being Zilli”) to join 60 invited guests and The Mayor of Sandwich to celebrate the opening of the stunningly appointed new eatery. He spent much of the early evening in the kitchens with Steve Hogben-Lambert (Head Chef) and after addressing invited guests he signed copies of his new autobiography.

“Richard & Sherry’s vision and their obvious passion for food and wine is really evident here-they have created something very special at The Blazing Donkey and I’m thrilled to have been invited to officially open their new restaurant-the fit out of the restaurant and menus look fantastic!”. He added, “I’m looking forward to working with Steve too as he has invited me to create some guest dishes for the menu!”

“We were really excited that Aldo was able to be here and now even more so as he says he loves the place-he’s even offered to put on some AN EVENING WITH ALDO ZILLI events which would be great” said Richard after the event.