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Nationwide: the pubs featured were spread across the UK

The best 25 pubs where top chefs eat

By Nikkie Sutton

Pubs from across the country have featured in a book called Where Chefs Eat, which claims to be a guide to chefs' favourite restaurants.

Stressful workplace: chefs agreed that the kitchen is a high-pressured environment (image credit: thinkstock.co.uk/scyther5)

Chefs swear to 'let off steam'

By Nikkie Sutton

A pub kitchen can be a hot and fast-paced environment, with the result that chefs have a reputation for using blue language.

Six-figure revamp: Stonegate has invested more than £300,000 into an east London branch of Slug & Lettuce

Slug and Lettuce pumps £350,000 into city pub

By Fred A'Court

Stonegate has invested £350,000 in a revamped north-east London suburban Slug & Lettuce pub that well and truly puts the focus on style, not to mention cocktails.

Lawson Mountstevens: managing director, Star Pubs & Bars

Big Interview: Star Pubs & Bars’ Lawson Mountstevens

By Claire Churchard

Completing the biggest pub acquisition deal in recent years is no mean feat, especially when it almost triples the size of your estate. Lawson Mountstevens, managing director of Star Pubs & Bars, explains what went on behind the scenes of this major...

Royal appointment: McMullens have named their latest Chicken & Grill pub after newborn Prince Louis

First UK pub named after Royal Baby Prince Louis

By Stuart Stone

Hertford based independent brewer and operator, McMullen and Sons, has opened a site in Great Notley, Essex, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s third child, Prince Louis.

Nutrition hit: Shami Radia says insects are tasty and easy to farm

Grubs up for pubs

By Nikkie Sutton

When it comes to snacking at the bar, crisps and nuts have seemingly got it sewn up, but Eat Grub co-founder Shami Radia explains why protein-packed insects have the edge over traditional foods and hopes customers pass on the message.

Star shift: celebrity chefs are running some of the best pubs in the UK

9 top chefs who own pubs and pub chains

By Nikkie Sutton

Pub kitchens are traditionally cramped, hot and stuffy but this doesn’t stop well-known figures making their foray into them or, chefs becoming celebrities for their outstanding work.

In full bloom: the Florist in Watford is the third new opening to be announced since the start of the year

The Florist continues to put down roots

By Stuart Stone

New World Trading Company (NWTC) cocktail brand the Florist continues its rapid expansion by announcing its third new opening since the start of the year.

The power of four: Oxford Blue has the perfect recipe for success

In association with Schweppes

What’s gastropub the Oxford Blue’s secret to success?

By Nicholas Robinson

The Oxford Blue represents the skills and passions of the four people behind it. Steven Ellis is the chef-proprietor and is engaged to head pastry chef Ami Blakey. Meanwhile, husband and wife Daniel Crump and Margriet Vandezande-Crump head front of house

Charity pub winners: (l-r) Derek Thomas MP, Peter George, Mike Wood MP, Anita George and Piers Thompson

PubAid and APPBG celebrate winner of new charity pub award

By Claire Churchard

The licensees of the Logan Rock Inn, in Treen, near Penzance, have won the Charity Fundraising Pub of the Year award, a new honour organised by PubAid and the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG).

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