In addition to the award’s prestigious industry poll to find the pubs ranked in the Top 50 list, there are three awards open to entries from dining pubs. These are Newcomer of the Year, Business Innovation of the Year and Front of House Manager of the Year.
Last year’s winners include Holly Eggleton, of the Pony & Trap, Chew Magna, near Bristol. She said: “It was amazing to win the award. It is great that Front of House in general is being recognised with awards as they are the first and last memory that customers have of a restaurant, so it’s important that this is done to the highest standard.”
The award winners will be announced at aceremony on Monday, 26 January at Anglian Country Inns’ Hermitage Road Bar & Kitchen in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The company has won Best Food Offer in the Publican Awards 2014 for two years running.
They will be presented by Tom Kerridge of the Hand & Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, which has taken the number one spot in the Top 50 list for the past three years.
The site now been retired to the Top 50 ‘Hall of Fame’, and so a new pub will be taking first place in this year’s Top 50 list.
Premium Czech beer Budweiser Budvar is the award’s headline partner. Associate partners are Appletiser, Berkmann Wine Cellars and Highland Park.
For more information on the awards and to download entry forms visit www.top50gastropubs.co.uk or email Rachael.cannon@wrbm.com