First look at Bottle  and Thyme Elder Way Chesterfield - video Dailymotion

First look at Bottle  and Thyme Elder Way Chesterfield

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00:00I'm Hannah, this is Gavin, the ranger. We've just opened our new venue, Bottling Town.

00:07We had our venue across the road at 15 Knysford Gate and we've just expanded to a new bigger

00:13premises on Elderway. We got to the point in our old premises where we were just too

00:18small to be able to grow and to take in the extra customer base that we wanted to be able

00:23to serve. So we've taken the opportunity to expand, moved into one of the bigger units

00:28on Elderway and it's meant that we've been able to offer more seats to customers but

00:34also add to the business. So we've got an extra bar area, private hire area, which has

00:41meant that we can offer a lot more that we wanted to be able to in our old premises but

00:45we just didn't have the space to be able to offer it. So we're really excited to see what

00:51else we can do here. So you've taken on more staff now? Yes, we've expanded I'd say by

00:5830% so far but we're already recruiting at the moment for an events coordinator and some

01:05extra chefs just because we've been so much busier. We thought we'd be busy but it has

01:14been unexpectedly busy. We're already expanding our workforce which is really exciting. The

01:21team have been working very hard to get the business ready and then to be working with

01:29the bigger numbers in a bigger venue. So everybody's needed a well-deserved rest at the minute

01:34but we are taking more staff on and we're excited to do that. We've served the same

01:39as what we used to serve before in terms of breakfast and brunch offering. We've still

01:43got the small plates offering but we do double the numbers now so you don't have to be able

01:50to get in on a Saturday night anymore. The private hire areas have been a real plus for

01:56us because we've now got event space so people can have a 30th birthday with us, a wedding.

02:02We've got a few wedding reception inquiries through, baby showers etc. and you've all

02:08got their own little private space, their own bar, a little courtyard on the side so

02:12I feel like that's a massive plus. Also the weekend it's really good to have a bar area

02:17so I've seen quite a lot of people that used to come in for drinks more but then couldn't

02:22really get a seat at the bar and now started coming in here so we get a lot more drinkers

02:26in here like just having a nice date night cocktail or a glass of wine. I feel like we've

02:32got three different revenue streams now which is quite great for us. We just want to mention

02:37how grateful we are for the support that we've had so far since opening. We've had lots of

02:42our regular customers in so lots of old friendly faces but also lots of new people trying us

02:48and it's been so lovely to meet everybody. Obviously I haven't been here as much. No,

02:52I haven't been living and breathing it. But yeah, everybody's been so supportive and the

02:57feedback we've had so far has been brilliant and as a town it just feels like everybody's

03:04been behind us. There's a lot of comments saying it's like having a city venue in a

03:08town which I think Chesterfield have been crying out for something new and exciting

03:13so hopefully this will be the start of maybe more development in this area. I really hope

03:18so. More people we speak to but people just want there to be more to go to in the town

03:24centre and to see that town centre come back to life really so hopefully more people will

03:29come in and really build this up here.