Chestnut
Coverage of developments at an East Anglian pub operator specialising in ‘pubs with rooms’ and boutique country inns, exploring how expansion plans, acquisitions, and leadership moves support estate growth. Reports include new property integrations, senior hires instrumental in operational strategy, investment in refurbishment and lodging infrastructure, and initiatives around guest experience and community engagement. Aimed at hospitality operators, pub landlords, and F&B professionals tracking regional portfolio scaling and supplier-driven operational models.
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Feb- 2020 -25 FebruaryPubs and Bars
The Three Blackbirds to reopen following devastating fire
The Three Blackbirds pub in Woodditton, Suffolk, is to reopen in March after a fire devastated the property in 2018. The Chestnut Group, which owns the property, said the rebuild work has retained much of the old pub’s “charm and character”, including original features, exposing charred beams and original paintings…
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Jan- 2020 -6 JanuaryComment
How the blue planet effect is greening the hospitality industry 2010-2030
At the start of a new decade it seems only fitting to look back on the previous decade and forward to the next. If there is one defining movement of the last ten years, it’s got to be a growing concern for the environment and how we transition to doing…
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Jul- 2019 -17 JulyPubs and Bars
Chestnut Group acquires Suffolk pub
Pub operators the Chestnut Group has acquired The Crown in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, the 10th pub in the company’s East Anglia portfolio. The Crown is a traditional inn with 11 bedrooms, and was recently nominated by the AA as one of the best pubs in Suffolk. The pub has been operating…
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Jan- 2019 -18 JanuaryRestaurants
Chef Camille Tardieu opens new restaurant
Cérès, a brand new restaurant from London-based French-Sicilian chef, Camille Tardieu, is now open in Stoke Newington’s Newington Green area. The Kickstarter-funded restaurant offers contemporary dishes, uniting Provencal, Sicilian and Mediterranean cooking with London’s global culinary influences to offer a new take on European gastronomy. With a changing seasonal menu,…
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Nov- 2018 -6 NovemberFeatures
The Flexitarian Diet
It was Dawn Jackson Blatner’s blockbuster recipe book, The Flexitarian Diet, that began to turn heads around the globe in its simple approach to sustainable and healthy eating. Although the word flexitarian, a combination of vegetarian and flexible, was announced by the American Dialect Society as the “most useful word…
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