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Cheshire Cat Pub’s Summer Charity Challenge goes off with a bang!

Our first charity event was a success with a great turn out! We walked from The Fitzherbert Arms and The Mainwaring Arms and explored some beautiful Staffordshire countryside along the way., It was so lovely to have the team and the local community join us, even though it was bright and early on a Sunday morning. The weather held off and we were accompanied by many dogs who and our fabulous Assistant Manager of The Mainwaring Arms, Sophie, lead the way in style!

We raised money from our two chosen charities; Hospitality Action and Action Against Hunger, through cash donations and our Just Giving pages. If you would like to donate too, please visit https://bit.ly/3ugWc2p and https://bit.ly/3y1Ju8M

Next up we have a walk across the beautiful Cheshire country visiting our three Mobberley pubs of The Bulls’ Head, The Roebuck Inn and The Church Inn on Sunday 31st July from 10am. To register your interest email jennifer@cheshirecatpubsandbars.co.uk or ask a member of the team at any one of our pubs

There’s plenty of events planned over the summer, keep your eyes posted on your emails, our website, social media and in our pubs for more information!

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Around the World in 80 Days with Cheshire Cat Pubs

From Friday 1st July Cheshire Cat are fundraising for Hospitality Action and Action Against Hunger – two charities very close to our hearts. We’re getting each of our 7 pubs to track their team’s daily steps to see if we can travel the circumference of earth over the next 80 days

SO THAT’S 93,890 per pub, per day – CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! 

How can you get involved?

There will be lots of fun activities and fundraising events for customers to get involved in throughout the summer, across at all our pubs. Join us for fun walks, bike rides, five-a-side football and much more! Keep up to date on social media and our websites and

for information about how you can get involved please ask a team member.

Our chosen charities:

Hospitality Action Hospitality is a stressful industry, with long hours, high pressure environments and physically demanding work. Injuries, mental health problems and addiction are sadly a feature of modern life in the hospitality trade. That’s where Hospitality Action steps in. They work to provide hospitality workers with financial, physical and psychological support to help them overcome adversity and get back to work as quickly as possible 

Action Against Hunger We have enough food to feed everyone on earth yet 3 billion people can’t get the food they need. Poverty, conflict and inequality keep life-giving food out of reach. Action Against Hunger are dedicated to providing children with the nutrition they need to fulfil their potential and make a lasting change in their community. They do this by detecting, treating and preventing malnutrition in children so they can regain their health and build a better future. 

How can you donate?

Please spread the word to friends, family and customers. Visit our Just Giving Pages on Hospitality Action https://bit.ly/3ugWc2p

and Action Against Hunger https://bit.ly/3y1Ju8M

Alternatively, there will be donation boxes across all the pubs and at our fundraising events to drop off cash

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The Best Pubs across the UK are chosen as winners of their counties in 2022

With consumer confidence on the rise and hospitality venues continuing their journey on the road to recovery, 94 pubs and bars across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have scooped a prestigious County Winner title as part of the 2022 National Pub & Bar Magazine Awards, including our very own Church Inn for Cheshire and our Fitzherbert Arms for Staffordshire.

The National Pub & Bar Awards aims to put exemplary businesses across the UK in the national spotlight, showcasing the hospitality industry’s diversity, creativity and vital importance to the UK economy.

The announcement of this year’s 94 County Winners shows the level of quality being delivered to pub and bar visitors every day of the week.

The pubs, which have been selected on overall best practice across a number of operational categories, will be officially crowned at a ‘red carpet’ celebration at 30 Euston Square, London, on Wednesday 22 June 2022. At this ‘grand finale’, 15 Regional Winners will also be announced, as well as the esteemed accolade – the overall National Pub & Bar of the Year 2022. An award which has been won twice by our Church Inn in Mobberley in 2019/20 and 2016/17.

“Just from being out and about, you can see how much pubs and bars mean to people across the UK,” says Tristan O’Hana, editor of Pub & Bar magazine, which hosts the event. “With visitor numbers increasing, it’s more important than ever for operators to deliver standout service and product quality during every visit – no matter the business in question. The 94 County Winners are wonderful examples of the brilliance of today’s modern on-trade. If you live near one of these county winners, make sure you pay them a visit!”

The National Pub & Bar Awards is sponsored by Hellmann’s, Kegstar, Kingfisher, Knorr and St Pierre.

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MOBBERLEY INN DONATES TO LOCAL PARISH CHURCH FOLLOWING COMMUNITY HERO AWARD SUCCESS

The Roebuck Inn in Mobberley, has donated £1,000 to the local village church after being shortlisted in the Community Hero category at the 2021/22 Great British Pub Awards.

The funding has come from category sponsor Coca-Cola, which has given money to all six shortlisted pubs, to help them continue with the community work that got them to the final.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Roebuck Inn owners Tim Bird and his wife and business partner Mary McLaughlin, wanted to help their local community, so they set up the Mobberley Pub Hub, with two team members, to provide a safe haven where people could come and collect takeaway food and much more.

The service was extremely popular and grew from grocery boxes and freshly prepared meals to heat at home, to a ‘shrub hub’ selling plants and the creation of a ‘Hub’ shop, that featured local produce and wine, which still exists today.

Now restrictions have eased, the Roebuck Inn team are looking for new ways to keep helping the community. Attention has turned to Mobberley Parish Church, St. Wilfrid’s, which has also played a crucial role in keeping people connected throughout the pandemic.

In 2021 the church purchased a property in the village centre to provide a safe space for local people to come together. The property, now called The Beacon, recently opened to the public.

There are plans to install a community café and run a parents and tots group, a dementia choir, a homework club, a men’s mental health group and a youth drop-in facility.

Tim Bird, Co-Owner of The Roebuck Inn commented: “We are immensely grateful for the recognition we have received through the Great British Pub Awards and from Coca-Cola. Our team work tirelessly for the good of the Roebuck and our local community, and we could not be prouder of them.

“The donation from Coca-Cola will go to our beloved Mobberley Parish Church and its Reverend, Ian Blay. The church plays a big part in our community, and we are pleased that the donation will be able to support the new Beacon facility.”

Holly Firmin, Senior Community Partnerships Manager at Coca-Cola added: “It’s been so inspiring to see how pubs and their customers have stepped up to support local people during the pandemic – despite many facing real challenges themselves.

“We’re thrilled to be able to help the team at The Roebuck Inn continue their support for people of Mobberley. Funding this donation is our way of saying a huge well done and thank you!”

 

 

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Roebuck Inn impresses the judges to make two Great British Pub Award Finals

The team at the Roebuck Inn are so chuffed to have got past the ‘fierce judging’ in round two and make it successfully through to two finals of the Great British Pub Awards.

The first final is that of ‘Community Pub of the Year’. In 2020 and 2021 the Roebuck Inn became a community ‘Pub Hub’ and remained open for every one of the 34 weeks of lockdown. During this time the Hub sold and delivered in excess of 20,000 ‘Just Heat’ dishes out to the community. Wine, ale and lager was sold ‘to go’, even a ‘Shrub Hub’ appeared, selling anything from Lavender, to geraniums and the odd bag of compost! Add to this a Hamper business in lockdown 2 and the most amazing fresh fish and chips, hot drinks to go, walkers baps, and ‘Just Heat’ Roast Beef lunches of lockdown 3 and everyone will agree the Roebuck Inn deserves to be recognised as ‘Community Pub of the Year 2021’.

The Roebuck Inn has also made the final of the ‘Best Pub with Rooms 2021’ after many acknowledgements from Alistair Sawday’s, Booking.com and the National press. We are very proud of our bedrooms and all the recognition we have received for them. They are unique in style and comfort and the service we offer in support of the bedroom business to a very high standard.

So a potential double is possible at the awards which are run by the Morning Advertiser, the Pub Industry’s oldest publication.

Please see the letter we received below….

Great British Pub Awards 2021 

Congratulations! We are delighted to inform you that your recent entry into the Great British Pub Awards 2021 really impressed our judges and Roebuck Inn has been shortlisted as one of our National Finalists in the Best Pub with Rooms category and the Best Community Pub Category. 

It’s a fantastic achievement to be part of the final shortlist in these categories and you should be immensely proud of what you have done during such a difficult time for all pubs across the country. You now stand a chance of being crowned as the National Champion for your category. 

Livestream

All National Finalists are invited to watch the Great British Pub Awards 2021 livestream on Tuesday 28th September where the National Champions in each of the awards categories and will be announced. Further details on how to watch the awards and stream the announcement live into your pub will follow. 

Winner’s lunch

All category winners will be invited to a winner’s lunch on Tuesday 12th October at 12pm – 4pm in Manchester, where we will be announcing the overall Great British Pub of the Year.  Further information and details will be announced after the livestream on Tuesday 28th September. 

Congratulations once again.

With kind regards, 

The Great British Pub Awards Event Team

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Church Inn awarded ‘Best Pub in Cheshire’ 2021!

We are exceptionally proud to announce that Pub and Bar Magazine has chosen the Church Inn as their ‘Best Pub in Cheshire’ for the third year running. The awards could not take place in 2020, for obvious reasons. The Church Inn is the current Pub and Bar Magazine’s Best Pub in the UK, having won the top prize for the second time in May 2019.

This comes on the back of the Church Inn’s 6th ‘Michelin Plate’ in a row, awarded back in January 2021, the only such award in Cheshire. Add to this the pubs inclusion in the ‘Good Beer Guide 2021’ for the second year running and you have a fine treble!

The Church Inn team are absolutely thrilled. It has been a challenging 16 months, but the Church Inn has remained as consistent as always.

Well done to the team and as always a massive thank you to all our very loyal and supportive customers.

Lets hope we can go on and scoop the Northwest!

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Roebuck Inn makes the second round of the Great British Pub Awards 2021

The team at the Roebuck Inn are very excited to be in the second round of ‘fierce judging’ for the Great British Pub Awards. In 2020 and 2021 the Roebuck Inn became a community ‘Pub Hub’ and remained open for every one of the 34 weeks of lockdown. During this time the Hub sold and delivered in excess of 20,000 ‘Just Heat’ dishes out to the community. Wine, ale and lager was sold ‘to go’, even a ‘Shrub Hub’ appeared, selling anything from Lavender, to geraniums and the odd bag of compost! Add to this a Hamper business in lockdown 2 and the most amazing fresh fish and chips, hot drinks to go, walkers baps, and ‘Just Heat’ Roast Beef lunches of lockdown 3 and everyone will agree the Roebuck Inn deserves to be recognised as ‘Community Pub of the Year 2021’.

The Roebuck Inn has also made the second round of judging for the ‘Best Pub with Rooms 2021’ after many acknowledgements from Alistair Sawday’s, Booking.com and the National press.

So a potential double is possible at the awards which are run by the Morning Advertiser, the Pub Industry’s oldest publication.

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