The tennis star has bought a country house hotel near his home town of Dunblane which reopens today in opulent style, with a restaurant overseen by Albert Roux of Gavroche fame. We get a sneak preview
What, I wondered as I wound my way up the tree-lined drive to Cromlix, swerving to avoid the pheasants doing their best to jump under my wheels, would a Wimbledon champion know about running a hotel? Even one who beds down in five-star hotel luxury for 80% of each year?
Andy Murray's swanky new hotel in deepest Perthshire opened on 1 April. There was no glamorous launch party, no A-listers whirring down to the helipad, no paparazzi and no Andy Murray, in fact. A handful of children from local schools had been invited for a knockabout on the tennis court, a tour of the kitchen garden and a cookery lesson with Albert Roux.
