Food & Drink
Enjoy fresh Heligan produce, the finest home reared meat and locally sourced ingredients in our home-cooked dishes.
There’s Free Entry to the Heligan Kitchen, Garden Bites Takeaway, Shop and Plant Centre all year round so even if you’re not visiting the gardens, we’d still love to see you.
Whether you’re looking to experience some traditional Cornish fayre, or sample the heritage fruit and vegetables grown onsite, the Heligan Kitchen, Stewards House and seasonal outlets can provide the perfect treat for you.
Current Hospitality Opening Hours
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Heligan Kitchen and Bakery
Breakfast and lunch options, with produce from the gardens, hot and cold drinks, Heligan Bakery cakes |
9am-4pm / Breakfast 9am-11.30am (Monday – Saturday) 9am-11am (Sunday) / Lunch 12noon-3pm
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Steward's House
Breakfast and lunch options, with produce from the gardens, hot and cold drinks, Heligan Bakery cakes |
10am-4pm / Breakfast 10am-12noon / Lunch 12noon-3pm
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Meadow Kitchen
Pasties, sausage rolls, ice cream, hot and cold drinks. |
10.30am-4pm
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Foodie events in the Heligan Kitchen
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Sunday Roasts
- 26th Oct 2025, 2nd Nov 2025, 9th Nov 2025, 16th Nov 2025, 23rd Nov 2025, 30th Nov 2025
Our much loved Sunday Roast lunches are back on the menu in the Heligan Kitchen. You're invited to join us to enjoy a homemade roast, comprising of the finest Heligan reared meat and local produce.
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Christmas Lunches
- 1st - 22nd Dec 2025
Join us this December to enjoy a traditional Christmas Lunch with all the festive trimmings in the Heligan Kitchen.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan Food Story
STARTERS
Taster – It all began in 1990 when Tim Smit moved from London to Cornwall and needed somewhere to graze his rare breed pigs.
Sharing Plates – Discovering the ruins of a historic garden and estate, he vowed to restore the gardens in the name of those Heligan gardeners who were lost in the First World War.
Garden Bites – A heritage treasure hunt followed to find the seeds of vegetables, fruit and flower varieties that would have been grown in this Victorian Era. In 1992, after a mammoth restoration project, the gardens opened to the public.
MAINS
Greens – Today there’s only 157 yards from Productive Kitchen Garden to plate. Our produce goes directly to the kitchens to be included in the seasonal menus. The gardens produce 4.5 tonnes of fruit and vegetables each year, If we ever have an abundance of produce, we share this with our visitors who can enjoy these treats at home.
Meat – in 2018 Heligan secured Rare Breed Survival Trust accreditation status, becoming the first and only farm in the South West to do so. We have over 28 breeds of animals, used to work our land, manage the estate and provide high welfare, traditional meats.
Daily Specials - We’ve taken a restorative, low impact approach to growing our soil health and biodiversity too. By farming our land regeneratively we are improving carbon sequestration, helping to mitigate flooding locally, and able to support animal re-introduction projects such as beavers, glow worms and water voles.
SIDES
Foraged Feasts – once a month we create a fine-dining tasting menu, known as Lost Suppers, celebrating the flavours and bounty of each season.
Local Suppliers – If there’s a hungry gap between crops, we work collaboratively with our local suppliers and producers to source our produce. These suppliers share many of our values around sustainability and social responsibility.
DESSERTS
Apple of the Day – the next adventure in productive gardening is happening just around the corner in Lostwithiel, at Gillyflower Farm. The Team behind Heligan and the Eden Project are growing a legacy orchard with over 14 different varieties of apples, cherries, gages, mulberries and more. We’re prioritising quality and flavour over quantity and uniformity, challenging convention as we regenerate the land around us.
Food and Drink events
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200 Acres: A Celebration of Heligan’s Wildlife
- 3rd May 2025 - 4th Jan 2026
Step into the extraordinary world of wildlife at Heligan with 200 Acres, a captivating new exhibition celebrating the natural world at Heligan.
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Sunday Roasts
- 26th Oct 2025, 2nd Nov 2025, 9th Nov 2025, 16th Nov 2025, 23rd Nov 2025, 30th Nov 2025
Our much loved Sunday Roast lunches are back on the menu in the Heligan Kitchen. You're invited to join us to enjoy a homemade roast, comprising of the finest Heligan reared meat and local produce.
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Heligan Rangers: Beaver Detectives
- 30th Oct 2025
- 10am - 11:50am
Beaver lodges, gnawed branches, dams, felled trees, beaver tracks… Can you become a Heligan beaver detective and spot the signs that beavers are living in the area?
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Heligan Rangers: Holiday Club
- 29th Oct 2025
- 8:45am - 3pm
This half-term, your child is invited to become a Heligan Ranger — a unique, enriching day experience set in the heart of the iconic Lost Gardens of Heligan.
Our Trusted Suppliers
If there’s a hungry gap between crops, we work collaboratively with our local suppliers and producers to source our produce. These suppliers share many of our values around sustainability and social responsibility.
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