From a place for a pint and some peanuts to destinations for creative plates, the British pub has been transformed in the last two decades, thanks in no small part to Tom Kerridge.
After working in fine dining restaurants, the chef opened upmarket pub The Hand and Flowers in Buckinghamshire in 2005, and it has held two Michelin stars since 2012. He’s behind two more pubs in Marlow: The Coach, which he describes as “the pub up the road with a Michelin star”, and The Butcher’s Tap & Grill. He’ll open another in London in November, where he also has Kerridge’s Bar & Grill at the Corinthia hotel.
To mark the release of his new cookbook Pub Kitchen, Tom reflects on the role pubs have played in the UK’s food revolution – and why we need to treasure these unique institutions…
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