The Yew Tree team celebrate their awards. Left to right are: trainee assistant manager, Matt Saywell; Lynsey Kiddie; Chris Knights; head chef, Nicola Rhodes; and publican, Jon Cox
Staff at the much acclaimed Yew Tree Inn, in Bunbury, Cheshire, are celebrating two national accolades.
The historic country inn is the only pub in Cheshire listed among the UK-wide Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs, very soon after collecting a prestigious AA Rosette.
The Top 50 Gastropubs listing is organized by the Morning Advertiser and judged by experts in the catering and pubs business.
Yew Tree publican, Jon Cox, said: “These latest awards are a tremendous tribute to the hard work and creativity of the kitchen team, led by our talented head chef, Nicola Rhodes. Again they have been recognised nationally with two top awards in quick succession.
“And it’s an amazing achievement to be the only one in Cheshire to be named among the top 50 gastropubs. The awards further boost our efforts to be a proper village pub, welcoming locals and visitors alike for drinks and social evenings, but with a quality, adventurous food offer.”
Last year the Society of Independent Brewers(SIBA) named the Yew Tree as the nation’s top rural craft beer pub for its exceptional line up of both cask and craft keg beers.
Since being relaunched by Jon and Lindsay Cox in 2010, the Yew Tree has twice been hailed as pub of the year at the Marketing Cheshire Awards and has also earned high praise in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide and other prestigious food and drink guides — including Michelin and Sawdays — as well as being a finalist in the best wine pub class of The Great British Pub Awards 2016.
Nicholas Robinson, Top 50 Gastropubs editor, said: “The list has been around for close to a decade now and every region now has a handful of great food pubs that Brits can count on for a superb meal, prepared by chefs whose skills wouldn’t be out of place in the world’s best restaurants.”
