About Us
About Us
Claudia Pollinger is the hands-on owner and chef at The Owl Tearooms in Holt. She has an inexplicable compulsion to cook and baking has always been a life-long passion. All her learning has been in the kitchen, through watching, practising and perfecting. After setting up and running an Italian café in Goa in the 1990’s, she returned and worked as a pastry chef for Antony Worrall-Thomson at two of his London restaurants. In 2002, she and her husband, Ben, moved to Corfu and set up a catering business and restaurant on the island. With all the Mediterranean had to offer, they made the most of the unrivalled quality of the food and sunshine for 9 years before returning to England to put their two children through school. The Owl is a veritable institution and is a perfect place for Claudia to express her love of food and to deliver the joy it brings.
As partner in the business, Ben can be found anywhere at The Owl as chef, general fixer, supporter and organiser extraordinaire…