The Morning Advertiser (MA) has joined forces with Big Hospitality and Restaurant Magazine to recognise to seldom celebrated hospitality and foodservice suppliers.
Kate Stewart from the Sandon – a firm fixture on matchdays at Anfield – describes the ‘heart-wrenching’ feeling of not being able to celebrate Liverpool’s first Premier League title with supporters due to Covid-19 restrictions.
By Reverend Emily Kolltveit, St Mary‘s Church and the Chandos Arms, London
According to Great British Pub Award-winning operator turned ordained Anglican Deacon, Emily Kolltveit, 2020 has been ‘an extraordinary year of highs and lows’. Here she explains how she’s adapted to a new style of service.
By Debbie Baisden, the Rayleigh Arms, Terling, Essex
To kick off a series looking back at a turbulent 12 months in the on-trade, Debbie Baisden, a multi-tasking, performing publican, explains how she is confronting Covid-19 challenges with hopes to continue both her careers in the arts and hospitality.
Broadcaster BT Sport and Amazon Prime Video will once again team up to make more than 20 Premier League fixtures available to pub operators in December.
Despite sport fans being able to return to stadiums in tiers one and two – and consume alcohol there – from 2 December, traditional matchday pubs haven’t experienced anything like their usual boost.
There’s still time for operators to be in with a chance of bagging a top award in the industry’s most respected recognition scheme for leading pub companies.
