TV chef Tim Bilton opens first freehold pub in Yorkshire

By Lesley Foottit

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Bilton: opened pub in Yorkshire
Bilton: opened pub in Yorkshire
TV chef Tim Bilton has unveiled his first freehold site.

He previously ran Enterprise Inns lease the Butchers Arms in Hepworth, West Yorkshire, which is less than a mile from new site the Spiced Pear, which is also
in Hepworth.

The 120-cover former restaurant is twice the size of the Butchers Arms and has been handed a £70,000 refurbishment.

A vintage tearoom offering a Yorkshire menu for £13 for two courses will feature at the outlet, along with an open-plan kitchen, and Bilton has approved plans to add bedrooms at a later date.

There is a bar area for people wanting to drink without eating, as well as a fine-dining restaurant that will offer a tasting menu.

Other plans include adding a kitchen garden, raising livestock on-site, including pigs, chicken and sheep, and opening a farm shop.

"I want to step the food up a gear at the Spiced Pear," said Bilton. "We’re looking to put three to four high-end boutique bedrooms in, starting in September, so they should be done by — or soon after — Christmas. I can see us being here for 20 years."

Bilton’s Butchers Arms staff have moved to the new site with him.

Meanwhile, his own TB-branded sauces and chutneys are going strong and will be on sale at the new site after a tweak to the design to remove Butchers Arms branding.

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