Restaurant in Bridgnorth is running for English Restaurant of the Year.
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00:00 So Stacey, here we are at the Royal Oak & Alverley. What are you up for? You're up for an award?
00:05 We are English Restaurant of the Year 2024 for the British Restaurant Awards 2024.
00:12 Wow.
00:12 Well, we got nominated by somebody and from there it goes into the amount of votes you've had and we come down as a top 10 finalist.
00:21 When you say you've been voted by somebody, is that maybe a potential customer?
00:24 Yeah, customer, we believe so, yeah. It can be a customer, it can be a range of customers.
00:29 This covers all of the North East and North in general, so Manchester, Liverpool, all the way down to us.
00:37 I mean, the Littleton Arms is also up, so it goes all the way to Stourbridge, Willanall, there's all kinds of different places.
00:45 Do you know how many you're up against?
00:46 10.
00:47 Wow.
00:47 10. And big contenders to be fair.
00:51 And how long have you been here?
00:52 I've been here for two years. I took over from the late landlord, David Skitt. So, very big shoes to fill and hopefully we're doing him very proud.
01:01 Okay, so this is obviously something you and your team here, you've only been here two years.
01:05 Yeah.
01:06 So, how do they feel?
01:08 They are over the moon. They deserve this more than anything. They have put their hearts and souls into this place for two years.
01:16 We do everything we can, everything, and I am only as good as a manager as the team that's behind me and they are amazing.
01:24 They deserve all the credit for this, from the chefs to the cleaners to bar staff, waiting staff, they are just, they're a family unit.
01:33 We have our ups and downs, but they are brilliant. They're amazing.
01:37 There is loads going on. We do Oakfest once a year. So, we do a big charity fun day, which has got all different bands on. That's every year.
01:45 We do weddings, we do a mixed bag of everything, but we won't change too much because it works, but we just keep going, keep aiming for the best.
01:54 (laughing)