Chef Luke Selby has made the long-awaited move to North Wales, as January 2026 marks the beginning of his most ambitious role to date as Chef Partner of Palé Hall hotel.

Luke Selby

As part of a vision to reimagine the hotel’s food and beverage offering and entire guest experience, Luke Selby has joined forces with hotel owners Anthony and Donna Barney to lead Palé Hall into its next chapter. The following year will see the completion of ambitious plans across the 22-bedroom, Relais & Châteaux property - awarded one Michelin Key in 2025 - which is located on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, close to the town of Bala.

New developments for Palé Hall following Luke Selby’s appointment, include an imminent relaunch of The Bryntirion Inn, the 300-year pub with rooms located within the Palé Hall estate, a reveal of the hotel’s newly renovated whisky lounge, the ‘Jockey Bar’, and its recently revamped Hearth chef’s table. A new gym and wellness facility will open early February within a renovated barn on the estate, offering state of the art fitness studios, saunas and treatment rooms to residents and members.

Palé Hall

In the second half of 2026, Luke Selby will open a new fine dining restaurant at Palé Hall set to replace the hotel’s current fine dining restaurant, which will operate as normal until then. Luke Selby’s chef brothers Nathaniel and Theodore Selby, who worked alongside him during his former Exec Chef positions at Evelyn’s Table and most recently at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, will join their eldest sibling as part of his new senior team in North Wales.

The Bryntirion Inn offers simply prepared, comforting dishes and refined twists on pub classics, created by Luke Selby alongside Head Chef Ethan Cleary. Reflecting a culinary philosophy that underpins Palé Hall’s entire food and beverage offering, each dish is rooted in the rich terroirs of North Wales - from the valleys to the sea, farms, forests and the River Dee. Produce is also grown within Palé Hall’s on-estate kitchen garden, which Luke Selby plans to expand and nurture over the coming months. In time, it will supply all hotel restaurants and private dining experiences.

The Bryntirion Inn

Designed by Luke Selby, The Hearth Room - located in the original kitchen of the house - will host a ticketed chef’s table experience from February 2026, taking place on selected evenings throughout the year. The Hearth Room dinners will serve as a prelude to Luke Selby’s new fine dining restaurant, offering guests the opportunity to preview dishes ahead of their debut on the main restaurant menu.

The hotel’s former whisky and cocktail lounge has been reimagined as the Jockey Bar and is decorated with equine artwork and sculptures, in homage to Tony Barney’s love of horseracing and his passion for owning and racing thoroughbred horses. 

Janet Redler, Managing Director of Janet Redler Travel, said: “It’s fabulous news for North Wales that top chef Luke Selby and his team have arrived at Palé Hall and we look forward to introducing this exciting new experience to our clients on their luxury tours.”

If you or your group would like to enjoy a visit to Palé Hall on a tailor-made tour of Wales, please do contact our friendly team today.