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Les Routier Venue Of The Year 2016 Award

Punch Bowl Inn Wins Venue of The year 2016– Awarded by the prestigious ‘Les Routier’ Guide.

Punch Bowl Inn Presented with Prestigious National Award

Bridgnorth’s much loved Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn has this week been awarded the prestigious ‘Venue Of The year’ award by Les Routier Guides UK. Nationally recognised for its consistent quality customer services and quality cuisine in a prestigious national award. The annual Awards highlight establishments that consistently meet and exceed the fastidious membership standards. Awards are based around performance, customer feedback, reviews and recommendations.

A representative of Les Routier Tina Griffiths, Customer Service Executive (Picture with Owner Adam Giles) “The 2016 competition was fierce with extremely strong contenders for each category; but the judges believe this year’s winners have consistently demonstrated exceptional levels of service hospitality, quality of food throughout the year. We extend our warmest congratulation to all our worthy winners and commend them on being ‘best in their class’!

Continuing “Our establishments like Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn share a sense of individuality that sets them apart from global chains. Visitors can expect good cuisine, friendly staff and value for money. Our establishments are passionate about consistently maintaining excellent standards in all aspects of their business and customer service.”

Adam Giles, owner of Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn added “We wee delighted to hear we had won this prestigious award and to be recognised for our consistent quality and passion for our customers is a real honour – Our staff are delighted and it has really lifted their spirits into 2016. “

The Les Routiers brand is recognised worldwide. Established in Paris in 1934, it started as a guide for the best independent restaurants and places to stay for road users. By the 1960s, people in the know in France and visitors to the country started to seek out the familiar Les Routiers plaque; it signified that the establishment was well-managed, clean and hospitable, and offered good food and excellent service.

Les Routiers UK continues to highlight these establishments across the UK & Ireland for visitors who are looking for an independently-owned destination for a short break – or simply somewhere to eat, drink or stay.

“All of our establishments are vetted and inspected before being allowed into the guide and we would like to congratulate Adam and the team at Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn for their consistent quality and on-going hard work”

Nostalgia Inns Launch Second AGA site

Following the resounding success of a recent innovation created by MD Adam Giles of Worcestershire based Nostalgia Inns, who own the Plough at Far Forest, Near Bewdley, and their sister pub Ye Olde Punch Bowl inn, Near Bridgnorth, they have now launched the concept at The Plough Inn, Nr Bewdley.

UK’s AGA Carvery Ambassador – As official AGA Ambassador for the UK, MD Adam Giles created the concept and has established the AGA carvery as the only one in the Uk and following demand, has now installed a state of the art ‘Total Control’ AGA in the Plough “When we launched at the Punch Bowl no-one knew how popular it would be, as a first for the Uk, but since our launch in February we have been serving record customers at Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn with amazingly positive customer feedback and the increased quality of the juicy meats, flavours of the vegetables and wonderfully crispy potatoes – with many of our customers travelling from outside Shropshire, including from Worcestershire, we are delighted to be able to launch our second AGA Carvery at The Plough to keep up with demand.”

Owners of The Plough and joint Directors of Nostalgia Inns Louise and Mark Giles added “Our regulars had travelled to the Punch Bowl to try Adam’s AGA Carvery, and were asking when we could install one, so we have worked closely with Adam and his team following their success and are delighted to launch this weekend, which will be fantastic for Worcestershire diners.”
The Original AGA Carvery launch was supported by BBC TV Actor “Boycie”, {pictured above with Adam Giles} who was played by local actor John Challis in the hit TV series Only Fools And Horses, as well as the Shropshire based series The Green Green Grass and is also an AGA owner commented “Being an AGA owner myself I know how important it is to any household, including being the centre my own home where my wife cooks some wonderful meals. It is a wonderful concept and the AGA looks amazing, and the Carvery was the best I have tasted – I will certainly be visiting the Plough Inn next time I am passing.”
‘Fresh from the hot plate to your plate’ – Many diners off the AGA carvery have commented on the quality and tenderness of the meats, as well as the extra crispy potatoes and vegetables all cooked in the AGA ‘The feedback has been amazing’ added Adam ‘We always get very positive feedback, but since the AGA was installed the feedback has been incredible. This really is the next generation of Carvery in the UK”