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Here's an early taster of our Gourmet evenings for 2012 - more to come soon
Mothering Sunday 18th March - treat your Mum to lunch at The Bell. You can view the menu here. Booking essential and tables are going fast
Bell Chef Garrett places 6th at the International Rotisseurs Competition! Our very own Garrett Keown represented Great Britain in September at the prestigious International Rotisseurs Competition in Istanbul. Competing against 24 other national winners, Garrett performed superbly to come 6th. You can see Garrett's delicious menu here.
Bell voted Good Pub Guide's 'Essex Dining Pub of the year' 2012! We are also in the last 10 for overall '2012 Dining Pub of the year’. The guide is inviting people to nominate their winner from the list of 10 on their Facebook page. If you would like to vote for us (we would be very grateful!) just click here
Melvyn Batty 1940-2011: 10 mile world record holder. Twice national cross country champion. Always ran from the front. Revered international athletics coach. Avid Arsenal fan. 'Invisible man!' Dear friend of The Bell. We will miss you Mel.
See Mel in action winning the 1965 national cross country championship
England Athletics pays tribute to Mel
Cheers Shortlist! - Check out Shortlist magazine's review of the Bell.
We like the latest review of the Bell from The Travel Editor.com
New Wine of the Month - Check out Jo's selection for perfect sipping.
Well done Garret! - The Bell's Garret Keown scoops top accolade as Chaîne des Rôtisseurs announces Winner of the 2011 Young Chef of the Year Awards. Garret took on 7 other finalists at London’s Westminster Kingsway on the 17th March, and won the coveted title of Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Young Chef of the Year 2011. Garret "stunned" the illustrious panel of judges with his outstanding creativity, flair and presentation skills (see pics of his dishes here). He will now have the honour of representing Great Britain against other national winners at the International Rôtisseurs competition, which takes place in Istanbul in September. See the full press release here.
Chefs invited to represent England at 'Meals from the Masters' event in Delaware - Head chef Stuart Fay and Senior Sous chef Stephen Treadwell have been invited to cook at the prestigious 'Meals from the Masters' charity event in Wilmington, Delaware on April 17th. Stuart and Stephen will be flown out to the states by Bank of America, the event sponsors and, along with 30 other world class chefs, will be preparing their own special tasting menu for the event which will have over 1,000 guests attending. More updates will follow and, at some point, we will let you know the content of Stuart and Stephen's very secret menu... (apparently we are not allowed to spill the beans just yet.)
Bell voted one of 10 best Gastropubs in Britain- In October 2010 The Sunday Times (in association with Harden's) announced its annual 'Food List' which it described as the "definitive list of Britain's Top 200 restaurants."
We were gratified to make the top 200; extremely pleased to also make the top 10 restaurants in the East of England... and absolutely ecstatic to be voted one of the top 10 Gastropubs in the whole country.
Offers
Discount on accommodation when you book one of our fantastic gourmet evenings - We are offering a room for the night at the reduced rate of £60 for anyone joining us for one of our gourmet evenings. The list of evenings is available here - hurry they are selling out fast!
Free accommodation when you hire the Bonson suite for a function - For a limited period we are offering overnight accommodation in the very lovely Bonson suite absolutely free when you hire the suite for an evening function for 6 or more people. The offer is room only and only applies to the same night as your function. Give us a call to book or for more info.
Free glass hire on off-sale wine purchases over £100- Have you seen our off-sale wine prices? If not, you absolutely must go to the wine list on our website immediately and take a look. Why bother going to Tesco's or your local off-licence when you can buy beautiful, carefully-sourced wines from us at these prices? If that weren't enough, we will give you free glass hire for orders over £100 - perfect if you are having a party at home. That's a fantastic deal!
