The Chef & Brewer collection is a collection of over 150 licensed countryside pub restaurants in the United Kingdom, owned by Greene King. They provide pub food, specials and cask ales.
History
Grand Metropolitan, which later formed part of Diageo, sold the estate that became Chef & Brewer pubs to Scottish & Newcastle in 1993 in a part cash, part debentures deal of £708 million.[1] In 2003, Scottish & Newcastle auctioned off the Chef & Brewer chain, which was acquired by the Spirit Group. In 2005 the Spirit Group was acquired by Punch Taverns.[2] In 2011 the Chef & Brewer chain became part of Spirit Pub Company plc following its demerger from Punch Taverns. The Spirit Pub Company plc was acquired by Greene King in June 2015.[3]
The pubs have featured in Tesco Clubcard promotions and are part of the Blue Light Card scheme for emergency services personnel, the NHS, the UK teaching community, social care sector workers and the armed forces.[4]
Locations
Some of the pubs operated by Chef & Brewer are historic pub/inn locations:
- The Riverside, Branston Burton on Trent is a flagship chef and brewer hotel and restaurant
- The Barley Mow, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, dating to 1352.
- The De Trafford Arms in Alderley Edge dates back over 200 years [5]
- The Griffin, Widnes, An 18th-century inn on the old Warrington to Prescot turnpike road at Bold Heath, once part of the distinguished Bold family estate. Previously a Fayre & Square pub, it was re-branded and completely re-furbished in 2016. [6]
- Hutt in Ravenshead was built in 1400 [7]
External links
References
- Helen Kay. Bottom's up for Grand Met with shift in focus to potent brands The Independent, retrieved 2016-10-13^
- 120, pp. 2-19 Brewery History, retrieved 2016-10-13^
- Popped corks as Greene King-Spirit pub partnership gets green light | City A.M