Homps is a must if only for the En Bonne Compagnie restaurant"   Sunday Times, 21 February 2010
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ABOUT US
Craig Charlesworth - Head Chef
Craig left home at 17 to join the foodie gentlemen’s club, Boodles, where he carried out his apprenticeship under a member of the Acadamie Culinaire de France.
Before setting up En Bonne Compagnie he worked in 2 Michelin starred restaurants in London, aboard the Queen Elizabeth II and for several distinguished private clients.
Restaurant En Bonne Compagnie

Restaurant En Bonne Compagnie is run by THE OWNERS - Craig Charlesworth and Valerie Fisk who bought a village house on the banks of the Canal du Midi  in 2002 and converted it into the restaurant which they have slowly built up to what it is today.

 

The restaurant is set in a lovely location with shady terraces and a wonderful view over the canal.

 

The latest exciting development has been a major renovation project to incorporate the barn as THE NEW DINING ROOM with it’s serpentine mezzanine, turning staircase and glass covered courtyard.  This fantastic new space with it’s combination of contempary design and use of original features and the underfloor heating, has proved to be a popular new winter dining destination.

 

We are very proud to be RECOMMENDED BY the following restaurant guides & brands:
- Gault & Millau - 2011 & 2012
- Guide Bottin Gourmand 2010, 2011 & 2012
- Guide Routard - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Guide Champerard 2011
- Club Table et Vin de l’Aude 2010 & 2011
- Quality branding ‘Sud de France/Pays Cathare’ 2011 & 2012
 

From the pressure cooker of some of the great London Michelin starred restaurants. Rooted in classic French technique but not trapped within the boundaries of conformity or mediocrity, Craig Charlesworth is a food lover’s chef. He’s talented, precocious and exacting but above all a master of flavour. You get the sense he could rustle up a plateful of Monet from just about anybody’s kitchen cupboard. His accomplished flavoursome food remains true to the quality of the ingredients but always reaches for something more. You can taste it. There’s flair, but no sense of pretence. There are no tricks and everything is executed with harmony as the goal. The skills are on the plate but it’s not an exercise in virtuoso ego, the real benchmark is in the taste - always deeply flavoursome.”