The next in our series of reflections on 2020 in the on-trade, award-winning chef and pub operator Nicholas Hack looks back on a ‘yoyo’ of tiers and lockdowns and building his business on 12 months of shifting sands.
It started as a positive year for us here at the Cadeleigh Arms.
We had just received news we had been nominated in to the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs, won Exeter Living Awards best Gastropub and runners up for the Most Dog Friendly Pub in the South West Tourism awards, and runner up for
Food Magazine’s Best Chef.
Then March came.
Boris announcing for people to stay away from pubs was more damaging than actually telling us to close. Business suddenly switched off like the flick of a switch.
Five Bells Inn in East Brabourne, near Ashford, shortlisted for top gastropub award
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Updated: 11:03, 15 December 2020
A pub near Ashford is shortlisted for a top gastropub award, beating 7,000 other nominees.
The Five Bells Inn in East Brabourne is now among seven finalists for the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs Foodies Favourite Award.
The Five Bells in East Brabourne has received a number of accolades in recent years
Decided by a public vote, the Rocksalt Group-owned inn is up against fierce competition from across the country.
The group s owners Mark Sargeant and Josh De Haan said: Itâs been a challenging year for the hospitality industry and weâre thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Estrella Damm Foodies Favourite Award.
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