Chef Adam Handling MBE has announced a new four-hands dinner series at Ugly Butterfly by Adam Handling in Newquay, opening a summer and autumn run of collaborations that will bring three Michelin-starred chefs into his kitchen over the next few months.

The first dinner is set for Thursday 4 June 2026, when Handling will host Nieves Barragán of Sabor and Legado in London. That opening night will feature a one-night-only menu with snacks, three dishes from each chef and dessert, and guests will be able to chat with both chefs before dinner. Estrella Galicia is collaborating on the first dinner.

The series then continues on Tuesday 21 July 2026 with Andy Beynon of Behind in London, before Simon Hulstone of The Elephant in Torquay joins Handling on Tuesday 8 September 2026. In all, the Ugly Butterfly run will include three dinners and stretch from 4 June to 8 September 2026.

Handling said the idea came from a belief that the most interesting cooking happens when chefs work side by side with people who approach food differently. He said the series is built around that exchange, bringing together chefs he admires and allowing those styles to collide in six exclusive menus, with nine Michelin Stars between them. He added that the plan is to stage three dinners at Ugly Butterfly and three at Frog so guests can join wherever they are in the country.

Later in the year, Frog by Adam Handling in Covent Garden will host special dinners in its Friends of Frog collaboration series from Monday 7 September to Tuesday 3 November, with chefs from Lyla, Orrery and Midsummer House. That second run gives Handling another platform for the same format, but in London rather than on the Cornish coast.

Ugly Butterfly, part of the wider Adam Handling Collection, received its first Michelin Star in January 2026 and looks out over Fistral Bay. The collaboration series is being positioned as a celebration of innovation, sustainability and the limits of professional cooking in Britain, with the first dinner also framed by the Atlantic connection between Cornwall and Galicia.

Leonora Mellish said the partnership is rooted in the shared connection between the Cornwall and Galicia Atlantic coastlines and their exceptional seafood produce. She said Estrella Galicia’s focus on gastronomy made the collaboration a natural fit for exceptional food. For Handling, the summer run is now a clear test of whether his restaurants can turn star power into a sequence of nights diners will remember long after the final course.