Five years in and the dynamic trio behind the success of the Staith House, in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, are setting their sights on the future of the gastropub, which has come a long way from its beginnings as a ramshackle quayside boozer.
Young chefs battled it out in an Oxfordshire kitchen earlier this month for the chance to be crowned the UK’s Young Chef of the Year at the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).
The cook-offs for the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards Chef of the Year competition were held this week in Didcot, Oxfordshire, where five chefs battled it out for the title of the UK’s best chef.
The group executive chef talks huge changes in customer viewpoints, why the Burger Shack will continue to draw crowds this summer and how every Young’s pub now has a vegan option.
TV and radio presenter Chris Evans is finding recruiting a chef for his Surrey pub difficult, he told listeners on his Radio 2 breakfast show this morning (25 April).
Pub kitchens are traditionally cramped, hot and stuffy but this doesn’t stop well-known figures making their foray into them or, chefs becoming celebrities for their outstanding work.
Double Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge has featured on The Morning Advertiser’s sister title Restaurant magazine’s 2018 Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards.
The Oxford Blue represents the skills and passions of the four people behind it. Steven Ellis is the chef-proprietor and is engaged to head pastry chef Ami Blakey. Meanwhile, husband and wife Daniel Crump and Margriet Vandezande-Crump head front of house
