Top 50 Gastropubs 2017: Yorkshire pub steals the top spot

The full list was revealed and chef-patron Andrew Pern’s Michelin-starred gastropub was named number one at an exclusive awards ceremony hosted by TV celebrity chef Matt Tebutt at the Hermitage, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, this afternoon (30 January).

Kent pub the Sportsman, which topped the list in 2015 and 2016, came in at second place. Somerset pub the Pony & Trap rose from fifth to third.

The Morning Advertiser (MA)’s food and drink editor Nicholas Robinson said: “The list has been around for close to a decade now and it has never been so diverse.

“Gastropubs in the UK are the backbone of accessible and high-quality food, which is why we’ve seen such steep growth in the category.”

He added: “Every region now has a handful of great food pubs within easy reach that Brits can count on for a superb meal prepared by chefs whose skills wouldn’t be out of place in the world’s best restaurants.”

There were 24 new entries in the list this year, including double-Michelin-starred chef Daniel Clifford’s Essex gastropub the Flitch of Bacon and Great British Pub Awards Best Food Pub 2016 finalist the Compasses Inn, Crundale, Kent.

Rob Taylor, chef co-owner of the Compasses Inn, was named Gastropub Chef of the Year.

The Swan Inn, in Chiddingfold, Surrey, was named Newcomer of the Year while the Treby Arms in Devon, run by MasterChef: The Professionals 2012 winner Anton Piotrowski, won the specialist award for Best Front of House Team.

2017’s Top 50 Gastropubs:

1. The Star Inn, Harome, Yorkshire
2. The Sportsman, Kent
3. The Pony & Trap, Bristol
4. Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire
5. The Coach, Buckinghamshire
6. Harwood Arms, London
7. The Beehive, Berkshire
8. The Butchers Arms, Gloucestershire
9. The Pipe & Glass, East Yorkshire
10. The Crown, Berkshire
11. The Rat Inn, Northumberland
12. The Anchor & Hope, London
13. The Parkers Arms, Clitheroe, Lancashire
14. The Cornish Arms, Devon
15. Masons Arms, Devon
16. The Flitch of Bacon, Essex
17. The Compasses Inn, Kent
18. Drapers Arms, London
19. The Broad Chare, Newcastle
20. The Wellington Arms, Hampshire
21. The Inn at Whitewell, Lancashire
22. The Assheton Arms, Lancashire
23. The Port Gaverne, Cornwall
24. The Kensington Arms, Bristol
25. The Kings Head, Kent
26. The Alma, London
27. Tarr Farm Inn, Somerset
28. The Scran & Scallie , Edinburgh
29. The Marksman, London
30. The Hardwick, Monmouthshire
31. The Nut Tree, Oxford
32. Kingham Plough, Oxford
33. The Staith House, North Shields
34. The White Post, Somerset
35. The Butchers Arms, West Yorkshire
36. The Hundred, Buckinghamshire
37. The Red Lion and Sun, London
38. Parlour, London
39. St Tudy Inn, Cornwall
40. The Mariners, Cornwall
41. The Unruly Pig, Suffolk
42. The Treby Arms, Devon
43. The Better Half, East Sussex
44. Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd
45. The Royal Oak Paley Street, Berkshire
46. The Pot Kiln, Berkshire
47. The Longs Arms, Wiltshire
48. The White Swan, Lancashire
49. Yew Tree Inn, Cheshire
50. The Swan, Bampton, Devon