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Dec 163 min read
HAWKSTONE: FROM COTSWOLDS TO COAST
When our founder announced off-handedly that he had popped to The Globe for a pint with Jeremy Clarkson there was only one explanation.
Feb 202 min read
NORFOLK FOOD HEROES MENU
We are proud to work with some of the best producers in our region, our Norfolk Heroes menu pays homage to some of our favourites! From...
Jan 315 min read
MASTERS OF THE AIR: MILITARY HISTORY IN EAST ANGLIA
A BRIEF HISTORY East Anglia was involved on a larger scale than most people know in World War Two. So much so that in 1940, after the...
Sep 26, 20233 min read
MEET THE BREWER: BARSHAM BREWERY
Wanting to create your own beer is all well and good, but little can be done if you don't have a brewery to make the magic happen. This...
Sep 22, 20233 min read
MEET THE CREATOR: DAVID WEBB
Amongst many talents, including fashion photography and successfully running the kitchen at The Eight Bells in Saffron Walden, David also...
Aug 31, 20233 min read
BIRTHDAY BEER: A QUICK INTRODUCTION
Toast a decade of Chestnut with Eastern Gold, a beer brewed with Barsham Brewery. This golden ale boasts a rich hue, long-lasting flavour...
Jul 6, 20234 min read
UNCORK AND UNWIND
In late April, Peter Graham Wines invited four of our team members to the isolated yet alluring village of Cairanne, nestled within the...
Feb 23, 20232 min read
FEN FARM DAIRY - TEAM AWAY DAY
Last year a number of Chestnut chefs took a trip to Fen Farm Dairy, a key supplier of Chestnut dairy products. The team were transported...
Dec 29, 20221 min read
TEAM AWAY DAY AT HOUGHTON ESTATE
At Chestnut, our chefs always keep locality and provenance in mind. That's why a team away day at Houghton Estate in North Norfolk made...
Dec 22, 20223 min read
FIELD TO FORK GAME DINNER
Written by Charlie Branwhite, guest to our Field to Fork dinner and Sandy Paws Stay As a couple whose passions and hobbies encompass all...
Dec 17, 20223 min read
SAPLING SUPPER CLUB
Written by Lily, a guest at the Supper Club and ESG Executive at Chestnut On the evening of Thursday 17th November, the conservatory of...
Oct 29, 20222 min read
MEET THE GAMEKEEPER
Robert Hall, Head Gamekeeper at Houghton Hall Estate, North Norfolk Game is the quintessential British ingredient, steeped in tradition....
Oct 21, 20224 min read
GRAIN TO GLASS
In an area renowned for its top-quality agricultural soil, sea air and unique micro-climate, the fourth-generation family brewery,...
Sep 15, 20222 min read
IN A NUTSHELL
If you have visited one of our pubs recently, you may have seen our brand new in-house magazine, In a Nutshell, greeting you at the...
Aug 12, 20222 min read
NURTURED IN NORFOLK
On a sunny August morning, Steve and Aaron, The Packhorse Inn’s Head and Sous Chefs, visited edible plant growers, Nurtured In Norfolk,...
Apr 18, 20222 min read
SUPPLIER AWAY DAY - SAFFRON ICE CREAM
'Local, Seasonal and Honest' an ethos that echoes our own. Having worked with Saffron Ice Cream for a number of years, we can safely say...
Mar 23, 20223 min read
CREATING THE PACKHORSE
Introducing the newest addition to the Chestnut family, our very own packhorse. Standing pride of place at The Packhorse Inn, in Moulton...
Mar 20, 20224 min read
WORLD POETRY DAY
'A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.' - W. H. Auden Being proud of our location,...
Mar 10, 20222 min read
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
'If food waste was a country, it’d be the third biggest contributor of greenhouse gases after China and USA.' - Wrap Food waste is a...
Feb 3, 20222 min read
THE ORIGINS - IN A NUTSHELL
In 2013 Chestnut was small, with big ambition, to showcase East Anglia as a vastly under-rated and undiscovered region. The vision was...
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