Spring into the beautiful countryside of Chedworth where you will find The Seven Tuns, who have boasted by visitors as ‘consistently excellent’ and marked as ‘the best beer garden in the Cotswolds with fantastic food, attentive staff, and great pints.’ Chedworth is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, Southwest England, in the Cotswolds, that is well known for unveiling beautiful, hidden gems that support fellow local businesses within the region.
The Seven Tuns is the result of two lifelong dreams of owners Simon Willson-White and Thomas Conway. Both carrying equal amounts of expertise within the hospitality and catering industry, some of Simon’s recent career placements have seen him working at some prestigious restaurants such as The Ivy and The Ritz over his 37-year career. Thomas runs the kitchen and has just as impressive a CV, boasting previous positions at Nobu, One Aldwych and The Potting Shed.
Thomas and Simon have now joined forces to fulfil a life long dream at the Tuns, where exquisite food and wine are married in a beautiful country setting. The Seven Tuns is known for having the best wine cellar in the region with some exquisite choices from countries all over the world including Spain, France, Europe, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, USA, and South America.
For those who prefer a good locally brewed beer, The Seven Tuns has a large range available on tap to suit most tastes. To accompany its extravagant, wellknown drinks menu, The Seven Tuns offers a locally sourced menu located in its converted barn restaurant that is run by Thomas. The menu includes some delicious, freshly prepared dishes that cater to a variety of palates. Guests can appreciate some beautiful starters with dishes such as Steamed River Fowey mussels with Korean chili and coconut or Pulled short rib chili nachos with avocado and sour cream. Moving onto the mains, its exquisite range of dishes will leave guests torn on what dish to choose. With options such as Rendcombe Park fallow deer and celeriac cottage pie with sprouting broccoli and Pea and mint mac n’ cheese with watercress and parmesan, as well as Vegan options including Homemade noodles with shitake mushrooms, broccoli, peanuts, chili and ginger. Another fantastic reviewer claimed, “The food along is a great reason to visit, but with the people who run this place makes the experience a delight.”
Of course, we then move onto puddings, the one dish everyone can make room for especially when the choices on offer allows good food to speak for itself. Guests can choose from Seven Tuns’ iconic sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice cream, or a delectable White chocolate parfait with dark chocolate sauce, popcorn and honeycomb, and what better way to round off an amazing meal with a sweet wine where guests can enjoy only the highest quality of tipples that derive from countries such as Hungary, Germany, Portugal, and France. Always promising to source and serve local produce, The Seven Tuns passion for sustainability runs through everything it does, from recycling to finding a use for every part of the ingredients they use. Alongside the mesmerising and unforgettable memories guests take home with them, is an underlying truth to which Simon and Thomas will always pledge that at heart, The Seven Tuns will always a remain a welcoming village pub. The Seven Tuns is open six days a week from Tuesday – Sunday, opening at 11am on all days with varying closing times. For more information, see below. T 01285 720630 chedworthseventuns@gmail.com www.seventuns.com