Awards & Listings
Awards
Best Pub Company Menu – Pub Chef Awards – 2007
HQ Food Champion of the Year awarded to Rob Clayton, Merchant Inns’ Group Executive Chef – Publican Food & Drink Awards – 2008
Carnarvon Arms
Meat Chef of the Year awarded to Head Chef, Justin Brown – PubChef Food Excellence Awards - 2009 Voted 8th Best UK Pub - Morning Advertiser 2009
BPEX Foodservice in association with Pub Chef – Highly Commended – In the 2009 Britain’s Best Pub Cooked Breakfast Competition.
Horse & Groom Inn
AA Rosette - 2009
Best Wiltshire Pub/Restaurant – 2009, Wiltshire Life Awards
Best Managed Pub in the West Country Region, Great British Pub Awards 2009 Voted 5th Best UK Pub - Morning Advertiser 2009
Lambert Arms
AA Rosette - 2009
AA Breakfast Award - 2009
Voted 9th Best UK Pub - Morning Advertiser 2009
Talbot Inn
AA Rosette – 2009
AA Breakfast Award - 2009
AA Dinner Award 2009
Voted 10th Best UK Pub - Morning Advertiser 2009
Listings
2007/08 Good Food Guide – Carnarvon Arms and Horse & Groom (2008 only)
2007 Les Routiers Eat Drink and Sleep Guide - Horse & Groom and Carnarvon Arms (the latter also National Winner Inn of the Year)
2007/08/09 Alistair Sawday’s Special Places, Pubs & Inns of England & Wales – The Black Boy Inn, Carnarvon Arms, Horse & Groom, Lambert Arms, Talbot (Lambert & Talbot 09 only)
2007/08/09 Michelin Eating Out in Pubs – Carnarvon Arms, Horse & Groom, Lambert Arms, The Talbot Inn and Black Boy (Lambert & Talbot 09 only)
2008/09 Michelin Restaurant Guide – Carnarvon Arms, Horse & Groom, Lambert Arms, The Talbot Inn (Lambert & Talbot 09 only)
2008 AA Pub Guide – The Black Boy Inn, Carnarvon Arms, Horse & Groom Inn– plus all three are ‘’AA Pick of Pubs’
2008 AA Britain’s Best Pubs – The Black Boy Inn, Carnarvon Arms, Horse & Groom Inn
Room at the Inn – Carnarvon Arms and Horse & Groom