Chef & Brewer

Chef & Brewer is a chain of around 127 licensed traditional pub restaurants in the United Kingdom, owned by the Greene King subsidiary, the Spirit Pub Company. The concept is providing more up market pub food and those in the chain have been re-furbished. They are mainly located in the North East (Manchester, Warrington, Widnas) and Southern England.

Grand Metropolitan , which later formed part of Diageo, sold Chef & Brewer pubs to Scottish & Newcastle in 1993 in a part cash, part debentures deal of £708 million. In 2003, Scottish & Newcastle auctioned off the Chef & Brewer chain, which was acquired by the Spirit Group. In 2005 the Spirit Group was acquired by Punch Taverns. In 2011 the Chef & Brewer chain became part of Spirit Pub Company plc following its demerger from Punch Taverns. The Spirit Pub Company plc was acquired by Greene King in June 2015.

The pubs are known for their family friendly atmosphere and have recently featured in Tesco Clubcard promotions.

Many of the pubs operated by Chef & Brewer are historic pub/inn locations:

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