Steph Bariana, landlord of The Eagle in Blyth, has received an Admiral Tavern Achievement Award for successfully transferring her party planning skills to her new pub.

Steph, who’s worked in party planning for many years, has used her experience to create a function-friendly pub that offers a full service package to anyone planning a special event.

She has hosted over 30 weddings in The Eagle’s two function rooms since arriving at the pub four months ago, and already has many other party events booked in for 2011.

If you’d like to build on your career skills and become an Admiral Taverns landlord, then contact our recruitment team. 

Restaurateur and landlord Angelo Colao has been awarded with an Admiral Taverns Achievement Award for his work at the Dog Inn in Peppard Common.

Angelo, who has been in the restaurant business for over 18 years and runs Italian eatery Ruchetta in Wokingham, has created a second branch of the restaurant within the pub, which he took on in 2008.

He’s invested over £70,000 in fitting a new kitchen, ceiling and floor, re-plastering and redecorating the interior of the pub and improving the garden area.

Angelo has worked extremely hard to transform The Dog Inn into a thriving restaurant. His years of experience in the food trade have meant he’s been able to create a venue that’s both a popular watering hole for locals and an authentic eatery.

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The latest recipients of Admiral Taverns’ Achievement awards – Martin Evans and his business partner Steve Morgan of the Hand & Dagger pub in Kirkham and Jamie O’Grady (below) of The Fighting Cocks in Kingston-upon-Thames - have shown that an innovative and creative approach to running a pub can pay dividends.

Martin and Steve have used their combined 38 years’ of experience in the catering industry to strengthen the pub’s food offering. Despite being at the pub for only four months, they’ve already seen a significant increase in profits.

Martin said: “We’ve overhauled the entire menu to offer a range of simple, home cooked food. We’ve also redecorated the pub throughout and made changes to the drinks menu to ensure we can offer customers everything they expect from a traditional country pub.”

Jamie, who has been at the Fighting Cocks for over 11 years, has focused on creating the perfect venue for rock music lovers. Customers can catch a live comedy act or band most nights of the week, play Guitar Hero for free at the bar, try their luck on the leopard print pool table or select a tune from the ‘Rock Box’ jukebox that’s jam packed with 10,000 hand picked songs.

Jamie said: “There’s been a pub on this site for over two centuries and, while we wanted to embrace its long history, we also wanted to bring it bang up to date by showcasing new and original talent.

“I’m lucky enough to have a fantastic team here and it’s the dedication of our staff plus the loyalty of our customers that has got us here. We’re all extremely proud of the pub and are really pleased to have received this award.”

Mark and Sarah Crabbe of The Pilot of Mumbles pub in Mumbles, Swansea are the latest Admiral Taverns’ landlord to receive our achievement award.

Both Mark and Sarah have worked in the hospitality industry for many years and it has been a long-held ambition of theirs to run their own pub.

The Pilot of Mumbles has gone from strength to strength under the couple’s leadership over the last two years, even recently receiving a write up in The Sunday Times as part of an article highlighting the UK’s most sociable drinking destinations.

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Evelyn Mann of the Great Western in Gloucester – who has been in the pub trade for over 20 years - has become the latest landlord to receive our Achievement Award in recognition of her years of hard work.

Evelyn has been at the pub for 24 years, after following in her father’s footsteps to work in the pub trade.

The Great Western also recently won Best Pub Garden in the Gloucester In Bloom Awards 2010 – the third time that the pub has been recognised in the competition.

We’d like to congratulate Evelyn on her win; her continued commitment to the Great Western is admirable and just goes to show the type of lifelong job satisfaction that Admiral Taverns’ landlords can enjoy.

New landlords Rod Smith and Brenda Davidson of the Brewery Tavern in Oldham, who have dedicated considerable time and effort to raising funds for a popular local charity, have become the latest recipients of an Achievement Award.

They have raised over £1,300 for local charity Pennine Pen Animal Rescue in the last three months by regularly running events like drag nights, raffles and tombola. The pair, who took over the pub in September, also donate to the charity from their food profits and are planning another fundraising event on Sunday 16th January to coincide with Brenda’s birthday.

Rod and Brenda’s fun loving approach to running the Brewery Tavern has established the pub as the hub of the community, and has also seen them make a valuable contribution to a worthy charity.

If you think you have the personality and drive to run a successful pub, take a look at our pubs to let or contact our recruitment team. 

New landlord Martin Evans of the Hand & Dagger in Kirkham and his business partner Steve Morgan have been awarded an Admiral Taverns Achievement Award for giving their pub a new lease of life.

Martin and Steve, who have been at the pub for the last three months, have 38 years’ experience in the hotel and catering industry between them, and they’ve used this expertise to provide customers at the pub with quality food and a warm welcome.

Martin said: “We’ve tried to create an attractive food offering that will bring in customers from far and wide, but we also want to look after the local community, so we’ve kept the pool table and dart board and hold weekly quiz nights.”

We’re always on the look out for people like Martin and Steve who have the personality and drive to run a successful pub - to find out more, view our pubs to let or contact our recruitment team.

Jamie O’Grady of The Fighting Cocks in Kingston Upon Thames is the latest Admiral Taverns landlord to receive our Achievement Award.

Jamie has turned his pub into Surrey’s leading alternative music venue, hosting performances from acts such as New Found Glory, H2O, Against Me, Gallows and The King Blues. The pub also holds a comedy night every Monday, where the likes of Russell Brand, Lenny Henry and even Robin Williams have taken to the stage.

Customers can also enjoy free Guitar Hero at the bar, try their luck on the leopard print pool table and try out the ‘Rock Box’ jukebox that’s jam packed with 10,000 hand picked tunes.

For more information on The Fighting Cocks, visit the pub’s website; to see Admiral Taverns’ pubs available in the Surrey area, take a look at our pubs to let section of the website.  

Admiral Taverns landlord Egil Johansen of The Kenton in Hackney has been celebrating after receiving two award honours.

Egil has been given an Admiral Taverns Achievement Award for all his hard work at the pub and he was also named Best Newcomer of the London region in the Morning Advertiser’s Great British Pub Awards 2010.

Egil has given The Kenton a complete refit and created a welcoming and youthful feel at the pub. Customers can enjoy a varied calendar of events including movie nights, pub quizzes, jumble sales and club nights, and the back room of the pub is given over to exhibits from upcoming artists.

Egil is now set to go on to compete for the Best Newcomer in the UK at the Morning Advertiser award ceremony on 9th September – we wish him the best of luck. 

Admiral Taverns have awarded Tim Hartas of the Quarry Gap in Braford an Achievement Award for all his hard work at the pub.

Tim, who was previously a builder by trade and has now been at the pub for 18 months, has made considerable investment to improve both the interior and exterior of the pub. 

All soft furnishing have been reupholstered and old furniture replaced, while the beer garden area has been landscaped and an outdoor stage installed for summer music events.

Tim has also had the great idea of installing both a Sky 3D TV inside the pub and an external wide screen to satisfy the pub’s sports fans.

If you fancy crossing sides of the bar yourself, have a look at our pubs to let section.