Hundreds of pubs entered the prestigious competition before judges whittled down the list twice and from here, the final entries were decided.
Contenders across the multitude of categories will be visited by judges over the next few weeks before winners will be determined.
This year’s awards will be a new hybrid format including a livestream awards ceremony and an overall GBPA winners’ event.
Tough judging process
Editor of The Morning Advertiser, which organises the awards, Ed Bedington said: “The tough judging process is always difficult due to the high standard of the pubs that enter.
“However, those decisions have now been made, and we have a very strong list of finalists that will be in the running to take the title of each of the categories, with one exceptional winner going on to be crowned the overall Great British Pub of the Year.”
Bedington wished good luck to all the finalists and congratulated them all on getting this far in the competition.
The awards are sponsored by Booker Makro, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Diageo, Heineken UK, Sky Business, Rover, Screach and Zapaygo. Pubco partners are Admiral Taverns; Greene King; Hawthorn the Community Pub Co, Punch Pubs & Co; and Stonegate Group Pub Partners.
The finalists for 2021 are:
Best Pub Chef
Dave Wall – the Unruly Pig, Bromeswell, Suffolk
James Goss – the Kings Arms Inn, Wing, Rutland
Gordon Stott – the Purefoy Arms, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Mark Harris – the Pheasant at Neenton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Brett Barns – Fox & Hounds, Barley, Royston, Hertfordshire
Charlotte Vincent – the Five Bells Inn, Cullompton, Devon
Best Pub for Dogs
Flying Childers Inn, Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire
The Maltings, Warrington, Cheshire
The Leicester Arms, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent
The Cow at Dalbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Stag Inn, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
The Railway Steamin Billy, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Best Pub for Families
Onslow Arms Pub & Smokehouse, Loxwood, West Sussex
The Duke, Holocombe Farm Shop & Kitchen, Radstock, Somerset
The Hightown Pub and Kitchen, Merseyside, Liverpool
The Bellflower, Preston, Lancashire
The Shires, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Twisted Oak, Exeter, Devon
Best Pub for Food
The Unruly Pig, Bromeswell, Suffolk
Port Gaverne Hotel, Port Isaac, Cornwall
The Black River Inn, Black Torrington, Devon
The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff
The Rising Sun, Truro, Cornwall
The Five Bells Inn, Cullompton, Devon
Best Pub for Late Night
Smoke & Mirrors, Bristol
Clayton’s Marlow, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
The Straight and Narrow, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Phoenix Arts Club, Soho, central London
The Registry, Walsall, West Midlands
The Leaping Wolf, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Best Pub Garden
The Brisley Bell, Dereham, Norfolk
The Cock Inn, Mugginton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
The Shibden Mill Inn, Shibden, West Yorkshire
The Woodmans Arms, Whickham, Tyne and Wear
The Tamworth Tap, Tamworth, Staffordshire
The Weeping Willow, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Best Pub to Watch Sport
The Royal Dyche, Burnley, Lancashire
Elevens Bar & Grill, Cardiff, Glamorgan
The Charlotte, Southwark, south London
Anlaby Park, Hull, East Yorkshire
The Roebuck Inn, Winchester, Hampshire
Famous Three Kings, Fulham, west London
Best Pub with Rooms
The Three Crowns, Chagford, Newton Abbot, Devon
The Pheasant Inn, Pulford, Cheshire
The Cow at Dalbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Legh Arms, Prestbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Roebuck Inn, Mobberley, Cheshire
The Knife & Cleaver, Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire
Community Hero
Dog & Parrot, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
The Last Post Remembrance Bar & Museum, Thornaby, County Durham
The Bellflower, Preston, Lancashire
Roebuck Inn, Mobberley, Cheshire
The Garden House, Norwich, Norfolk
The Lion Treorchy, Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Best Young Pub Chef
James Clark – the White Hart Corsley Smokehouse, Warminster, Wiltshire
Lewis Kuciers – the Railway, Lowdham, Toton, Nottinghamshire
Oliver Piggott – the Mason’s Arms, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Ben Revill – the Tap & Run, Upper Broughton, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Jack Churchill – the Chequers Inn, Poole, Dorset
Samuel McClurkin, the Dog at Wingham, Wingham, Kent
Punch Pub of the Year
Three Horse Shoes, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
The Lamb at Edgmond, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire
The Griffin, Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd
The Red Hart, Misterton, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
The Rams Head Inn, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire
The Wise Man Inn, West Stafford, Dorset
Greene King Pub of the Year
Alma, Copford, Essex
Black Horse, Standlake, Oxfordshire
Percy Arms, Chilworth, Surrey
Rose & Crown, Thorpe, Surrey
Ship, Redmarshall, County Durham
Thistle Street Bar, Edinburgh
Admiral Taverns Pub of the Year
The Hinds Head, Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lancashire
The Falcon, Eastwood Terrace, Prudhoe, Northumberland
The Red Lion, Horsell, Woking, Surrey
Chetwynd Arms, Upper Longdon, Rugeley, Staffordshire
The White Horse Inn, Gosport, Hampshire
The Old Kings Head, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
Stonegate Group Pub Partners Pub of the Year
The Three Crowns, Plymouth, Devon
The Myrtle Tavern, Meanwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Bull, Towcester, Northamptonshire
The Stirrup Cup, Barton Seagrave, Kettering, Northamptonshire
The Spotted Frog, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
The Woodman, Ruislip, Hillingdon, west London
Hawthorn Pub of the Year
The Chestnut Horse, Great Finborough, Suffolk
Robin Hood, Overseal, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
The Railway, Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Fox & Hounds, South Godstone, Surrey
Carpenters Arms, Fulbrook, Oxfordshire
The Ashmore, Wednesfield, West Midlands
