The pub in Baughton takes the Good Food Guide honours
12:06, 28 Jul 2016Updated 12:07, 28 Jul 2016
A Worcestershire pub has been named the Midlands winner in the Good Food Guide Local Restaurant of the Year Awards.
The Jockey in Baughton, near Worcester, has been nominated by its customers as their top local choice.
The pub is run by Rebekah Seddon-Wickens, who bought the building with her dad after the village had both their local pubs close within months of each other. It opened in 2015.
One customer said: “The food is always beautiful, inventive and presented to perfection.”
Good Food Guide editor Elizabeth Carter says: “The simple formula of a kitchen that cooks fresh to order is the very principle on which our guide was founded. No pretensions or gimmicks, just first-class food cooked from ingredients deeply rooted in the region.
“I can’t think of a more fun pub than the rejuvenated Jockey. It has a quirky but appealing modern outlook, a genuinely lovely line in hospitality and an army of loyal fans, drawn by the please-all menu of generous pub staples served alongside dependable dishes that run with the seasons.”
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The overall winner for the UK of the Local Restaurant of the Year Awards is Wine and Brine in Moira, County Armagh.
Last year’s Midland winner, and the overall UK winner, was Carters of Moseley in Birmingham which went on to be awarded a Michelin star.