Good Food Guide

Top 50 Gastropub is best pub in Good Food Guide 2018

21-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Crown at Burchett’s Green, which is number 10 on the Top 50 Gastropubs list, has won the Good Food Guide's Best Pub Restaurant at this year’s Editor’s Awards.

Most pubs overlooked in Good Food Guide’s top 50 UK restaurants 2018

17-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Just two pubs have been named among the top 50 UK restaurants in the country by The Good Food Guide this year.

Lancashire pub named in Good Food Guide’s top 50 UK restaurants

25-Aug-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A Lancashire gastropub has been named as one of the top restaurants in the country by the Good Food Guide.

Chef spotlight

Northern powerhouse: the Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire

27-Aug-2015 By Helen Gilbert

For the second year in a row, The Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire has ranked number one in the Good Food Guide’s Top 50 Pubs. Helen Gilbert catches up with chef-patron Steven Smith to discover what the latest accolade means to him, his Michelin Star...

Freemasons at Wiswell tops Good Food Guide’s Top 50 Pubs 2016

26-Aug-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire, has come top of the Good Food Guide's Top 50 Pubs for the second year in a row.

Oxfordshire pub named Good Food Guide's Readers' Restaurant of the Year 2016

31-Jul-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

An Oxfordshire pub has been named Readers’ Restaurant of the Year 2016 by the Good Food Guide.

GREAT BRITISH MENU

Great British Menu 2015: the pub contenders

17-Jul-2015 By Fred A'Court

This year’s BBC2 Great British Menu is approaching and with past winners including Emily Watkins of the Kingham Plough, Oxfordshire, James Durrant of the Plough Inn, Longparish and Tom Kerridge of the Hand & Flowers, it’s a veritable proving ground...

Pub food

Issues to consider for a new food offer

14-May-2015 By Poppleston Allen

From bar snacks to barbecues, operators up and down the country are rolling out the menus to feed their hungry customers and, hopefully, attract a few new ones.

Entries now open for Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016

03-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Waitrose has launched the Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016.

Eclectic mix of pubs added to latest Michelin guide

17-Nov-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

A village-owned pub, two Great British Pub Award (GBPA) regional winners and a north London venue praised by Tom Kerridge are just some of the 70 newcomers to the latest Michelin pub guide.

Pub chefs highly innovative – but more local dishes needed, says Good Food Guide editor

08-Sep-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

Pub chefs are leading the way in menu innovation, but outlets should do more to embrace traditional local dishes and vegetarian options, Waitrose Good Food Guide editor Elizabeth Carter has claimed.

Good Food Guide 2015 reveals country's top 50 pubs

27-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

The Good Food Guide has for the first time listed its top 50 UK pubs.

Norfolk pub triumphs in Good Food Guide's reader award

01-Jul-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita

The Ingham Swan in Norfolk has been announced as one of ten regional winners in the Waitrose Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year 2015.

Investment in Waitrose Good Food Guide likely

06-Sep-2013 By Lesley Foottit

The Good Food Guide could see investment in the future following its acquisition by Waitrose, according to its editor.

Five pubs listed in Waitrose Good Food Guide top 50 restaurants

03-Sep-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Five pubs have been listed in the Waitrose Good Food Guide top 50 restaurants in the UK, released today.

Pubs named regional winners in Good Food Guide Award

14-May-2013 By Jo Bruce

The Purefoy Arms in Preston Candover, Hampshire and Balloo House in Killinchy have been named regional winners in the Good Food Guide’s  Readers’ Restaurant of the Year 2014 awards.

Review site TripAdvisor is just not worth it

19-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

I’ve yet to meet a publican in support of TripAdvisor. Of course,it can do good for a business, if people review kindly, but you can’t please everybody all the time.

Opinion: Pubs at the cutting edge of dining out

10-Dec-2012 By Elizabeth Carter

A journalist from Singapore contacted me recently wanting to know what I thought of the “global proliferation of gastropubs, particularly in a place like Singapore”. For someone who has always avoided anything British themed when abroad, “horrified” seemed...

The Big Interview: Elizabeth Carter, the Good Food Guide

04-Sep-2012 By Lesley Foottit

It seems that fate had a hand in where Elizabeth Carter is today. After three-and-a-half years in Majorca she returned to England and the next day leafed through a magazine where there was a job advertised for an inspector for Egon Ronay. It was only...

The Plough Inn at Longparish, Hampshire is The Good Food Guide's Pub of the Year 2013

13-Aug-2012 By Lesley Foottit

The Good Food Guide’s Pub of the Year 2013 is the Plough Inn in Longparish, Hampshire.

The Good Food Guide names 'culinary golden age' with top 50 restaurant list

13-Aug-2012 By Lesley Foottit

The consultant editor of The Good Food Guide believes we are in a “culinary golden age” following the release of the Guide’s top 50 restaurants.

Company posing as The Good Food Guide scams pubs for money

13-Jun-2012 By Lesley Foottit

A bogus company pretending to represent The Good Food Guide has contacted pubs asking them to pay for inclusion.

Top chefs to compete in Britain's Best Dish tonight

31-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Twenty-two pub chefs are taking part in ITV1’s Britain’s Best Dish cookery show.

Anger at 'gastro' term ban

30-Sep-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The son of one of the pioneers of the gastropub has branded the Good Food Guide’s decision to ban the term from future editions as a “huge insult”.

Good Food Guide 2012 Pub of the Year is named

19-Aug-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Duke of Cumberland Arms in Henley, West Sussex, has been named Pub of the Year in the Good Food Guide 2012 Editors' Choice Awards. Simon...

Duke of Cumberland Arms named Pub of the Year in the Good Food Guide

11-Aug-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Duke of Cumberland Arms in Henley, West Sussex, has been named Pub of the Year in the Good Food Guide 2012 Editor's Choice Awards. Simon...

Brakespear pub wins Good Food accolade

26-May-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A Brakspear pub has been named a regional winner of The Good Food Guide's Restaurant of the Year Award. Orwells in Shiplake near Henley won the...

Three 'Swan' pubs up for Good Food Guide Award

29-Mar-2011 By Jo Bruce

Three gastropubs called the Swan are among the front runners in nominations for the Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year Award. There is a month...

Good Food Guide praises pubs

08-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire

Licensees are celebrating after taking top accolades in the latest edition of The Good Food Guide, which launched today. Jason King of the Wellington...

Swan scoops Good Food Guide readers' award

08-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce

The Swan at Southrop, Gloucestershire, has received the top award in Good Food Guide 2011 Readers' Restaurant of the Year award. The private lease...

Good Food Guide awards for two pubs

04-May-2010 By Jo Bruce

Two gastropubs have been crowned regional winners in The Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year Award. The Wiveton Bell in Wiveton, near...

Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year search is on

03-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit

The search is on for The Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year 2010. Judges are looking for independent businesses including pubs and...

Praise for pubs in Good Food Guide awards

08-Sep-2009

The importance of pub food to the eating-out market has been highlighted by recognition for pubs in the annual Good Food Guide Editors' Awards. The...

Mulberry Tree named top ten restaurant

22-May-2009 By Jo Bruce

A Kent pub has been named one of the Good Food Guide's top ten restaurants. The Mulberry Tree, in Boughton Monchelsea, near Maidstone, Kent, is the...

Half of diners would not ask for service charge reduction

25-Sep-2008 By Lucy Britner

Half of consumers (49%) wouldn't ask for a service charge to be reduced or removed from their bill if they had poor service.

An inspector calls

01-Oct-2007

Lucy Britner talks pies, passion and high menu prices with Elizabeth Carter, consultant editor of the Which? Good Food Guide

Chris Maclean: Good Food Guide triumph!

17-Sep-2007 By Chris Maclean

The other morning one of the chefs showed me a copy of the Good Food Guide 2008. We are in it. This is one of the most exciting achievements we've...

Rush to offer food 'may hit standards'

05-Oct-2006 By Fiona McLelland

Too many pubs are serving poor quality food, according to the new Which? Good Food Guide 2007 editor Andrew Turvil.

Jack of diamonds

01-Jun-2006

Matthew Mason has turned the Jack in the Green Inn's food offer into an award-winning, £1m business. Mark Taylor finds out how he balances quality with profit

Great Pub Chefs - Well in Hand - Tom Kerridge

01-Dec-2005 By Mark Taylor

Tom Kerridge has taken the plunge and opened his own pub. He's worked hard to create the right atmosphere and it certainly seems to have paid off,...