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    Josh Eggleton hosts guest chef dinner series at The Pony & Trap
    April 25, 2018 HardensBytes

    Josh Eggleton’s “wonderful” country gastropub the Pony & Trap in Chew Magna will host a line-up of exciting culinary talent this summer. The series of collaborative dinners kicks off on 27 May with Brad Carter from Carters of Moseley in Birmingham. Diners will enjoy a nine-course menu by Josh and his team in collaboration with […]

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    Bristol’s “fantastic neighbourhood restaurant” Birch up for sale
    April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 HardensBytes

    After nearly four years, Birch owners Sam Leach & Beccy Massy have decided to sell up to focus on growing and cider making. The Bristol restaurant is now on the market and they are hoping the sale will take place this summer. The duo honed their talents in some of Bristol and London’s top gastro-spots […]

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    Harden’s review of the reviews
    June 14, 2017October 6, 2023 HardensBytes

    Marina O’Laughlin’s idea of hell is Victoria’s new Nova development, and although Stoke House may not be its most hellish corner you’d still need a pitchfork to the Guardian’s restaurant critic anywhere near it again… “The music is deafening, the place full to the rafters: my hell doesn’t seem to be other people’s. The menu […]

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    Pony & Trap owners open tearoom and café
    February 23, 2015March 6, 2015 HardensBytes

    Josh and Holly Eggleton, the owners of the “lovely” and “scenic” Pony & Trap in Chew Magna, have launched a tearoom and fish café. Salt & Malt opened on 2 March, just a stone’s throw from the family’s lauded country pub. On the site of a former tea shop, the restaurant now boasts a fish and chip takeaway […]

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