Every restaurant needs total focus and direction. Under Alex’s direction, the jetty will be an informal, unpretentious and relaxing place to eat in a setting which is amongst the most beautiful on the South Coast. Right on the very edge of the water at Mudeford with breathtaking views of the landscape and seascape across to Hengistbury Head, the jetty will be a place to meet up, relax, and revisit time and again.  Alex is a ‘home-grown’ chef with a huge amount of food knowledge and experience.  His list of accolades includes the UK’s top food awards but it was his love of local food that made Alex the perfect chef to head up The Jetty.
 
Alex Aitken started his career as a trawler man and this ‘raw’ fishing experience proved invaluable and a culinary asset to Alex during his subsequent career as a chef.  Twenty five years of cooking within the New Forest, including many years running his own highly-acclaimed restaurant, Le Poussin in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, led Alex to his Michelin star in 1995.  Following a move to Parkhill, a country house hotel at Lyndhurst, Alex became a partner and director of cuisine when Parkhill was developed into the luxurious Lime Wood.