Under new management!
Under new management!
Exciting news for Tonbridge! The Nelson Arms on the corner of Nelson Avenue & Cromer Street in the Barden Road area of Tonbridge has been bought by Matthew Rudd and Emma Cole of The Windmill in Weald. The Windmill is award winning and has a great reputation for its beer and food so it’s fantastic news that their expertise is coming to Tonbridge.
The Dovecote is hidden away on the road between Tudeley and Capel, almost blending into a row of cottages. Mr EAT and I had a date night and as I was willing to drive, we decided to try somewhere further afield, new to us and somewhere that I hadn’t heard any of you discuss. This very welcoming and homely pub was a pleasant surprise.
Ciao Eat Around Tonbridge followers! It’s pasta week on The Great British Bake-Off but it’s question time for you! As I revealed last week, fans of The Great British Bake-off I am inviting you to send your questions about the programme in to me ….
September = January. I know that ‘equation’ really doesn’t add up but it does in my mind. January is a time of resolutions and often those resolutions are around lifestyle, eating habits and exercise.
The deadline for nominations for the Kent Life Food & Drink Awards is fast approaching – it’s Monday 7th August.
Back in April Eat Around Tonbridge introduced you to the Rynehart family. The Ryneharts are on a mission to shun supermarket food shopping and favour farm shops, feeding their family with seasonal, local produce. They extol the benefits of this approach – tastier meat & poultry, seasonal veg, creative cooking, minimal wastage and understanding the origins of what they’re consuming. They were full of zeal when I met them in April – how are things going now?
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Awards really help to boost a business – it’s recognition from patrons and peers; it spreads the word which helps to generate revenue for, not only the winner, but other local businesses too; and it’s just a good old fashioned pat on the back, a gold star for everyone involved in making those doors open every day.
7 weeks to go until what I hear you ask? The start of the summer holidays? The end of the summer holidays? No, something very important for our High Street – the deadline for submission of your Kent Life and Kent on Sunday Food & Drink Award nomination!!!!
The enthusiasm from Susanna and Mark Rynehart is infectious when I speak to them about their lifestyle change – swapping supermarket shopping with indy-shopping, the high street butchers and farm shops for example. Over the next few months, I’m going to track the Ryneharts’ progress as they change their shopping and eating habits. And don’t …
The sun is shining – it definitely feels as though spring is here, and at times today, maybe summer too. The perfect time for new beginnings and we have three new beginnings in Tonbridge’s gastronomic scene… As you might remember, Dan from historic, The Ivy House has taken over the nearest pub to the train …
