In its new guise the restaurant - which is located within the Netherwood Estate and has its own kitchen garden - will remain focused on farm-to fork fine dining.
Sow will be led by Sheridan and head chef Curtis Winstone, whose CV includes Da Terra in London and Lucknam Park near Bath.
Headed by chef Ivan Tisdall Downes, Native closed early last month after less than one year’s trading.
Sheridan will be the fourth high-profile chef to attempt to make the remote 36-cover restaurant work.
The site was launched by Lee Westcott as Pensons in 2019.
Westcott left soon after attracting a Michelin star to be replaced by Chris Simpson.
In late 2023, then Pensons owner Peta Darnley announced the restaurant would close due to ‘relentless inflationary pressure’.
Shortly afterwards it was taken over by Native, which was at the time backed by Andrew Fishwick’s restaurant investment outfit Hestia Hospitality.
The acquisition takes the number of restaurants owned by ORG - which is run by Sheridan and his business partners Sam and Emma Morgan - to eight.
This includes Sheridan’s flagship restaurant 8 by Andrew Sheridan in Liverpool; OXA in The Wirral; and Dishes in Prestatyn.
Other ORG restaurants include The Bracebridge in Sutton Coldfield; and Black & Green, and Cofton on the Green in Barnt Green, Worcestershire.
ORG recently announced it is looking to launch a restaurant in Dubai.
“We are absolutely delighted to be taking over Pensons – this place is unreal, and we can’t wait to get started. We will be focusing on the farm-to-fork dining and the abundant ingredients available in the restaurant’s kitchen garden,” says Sheridan.
A spokesperson for the Netherwood Estate added: “We are really looking forward to welcoming ORG to the Netherwood Estate and we wish them all the best with the reopening of the restaurant and rooms.”
