FAVOURITES FROM OUR CHEFS
At Bar+Block we're all about food. Our Development Chefs carefully develop every dish with care, craft and passion to create great food you're sure to enjoy.
Watch our video where Paul, our Senior Quality and Inovation Chef, shows you how we've created our Signature Spiral Cut Steak.
We work closely with carefully selected producers to deliver a menu that we’re proud to serve, made from top quality ingredients. Read on to find out exactly where our food begins its journey to your plate and meet our suppliers.
Warner's Gin Distillery
We teamed up with our friends at Warner's Gin to talk about all things gin. They introduced us to their production process, walked us around the farm where they grow and source all-natural ingredients and showed us sustainability is at their heart - bringing you a really great tasting gin range.
Dry Cure Bacon made using Jack Scaife’s recipe
Our back bacon, which you will find as an integral part of our Premier Inn Breakfast is dry cured using Jack Scaife’s family recipe from our dedicated bacon supplier based in North Yorkshire.
Chris Battle, who is born and bred in Yorkshire started in the 1950’s as an apprentice at Jack Scaife’s butchers’ shop where he learnt traditional ways of hand curing bacon. He perfected his dry curing methods and teamed up with Cranswick in 2004 before the opening of their custom-built factory in Sherburn-in-Elmet in 2008.
Our back and streaky bacon is hand cured and matured for 7-14 days, keeping as true to Chris’s original techniques as possible.
Dunbia Meats
Brothers Jim and Jack Dobson established Dungannon Meats, a premium butcher's shop in Moygashel, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1969. They rebranded to Dunbia throughout the UK and Ireland in 2006 having acquired additional sites for beef and lamb slaughter and processing. A strategic partnership between Dawn Meats and Dunbia was formed to establish a joint venture in the UK bringing together the UK operations from both organisations; Dunbia now comprises of 12 sites strategically located across the UK.
Dunbia works with over 30,000 UK and Irish Beef and Lamb farmers. They process more that one million cattle and three million lambs annually across their 12 processing sites in the UK.
Beef
This gives us a consistency in the process of the beef we source for all our restaurants, as all Dunbia sites following the same processes. All our beef is matured for 30 day and sourced from Dunbia’s Black Angus cattle farmers.
Lamb
The lamb we sell in all our restaurants is 100% British sourced from Dunbia farmers across the 4 corners of the UK
Lakeland Dairies
Lakeland have a proud heritage in dairy farming, which started from humble beginnings in 1896. Today they are a 100% farmer owned and farmer controlled Irish dairy co-operative of 3,200 dairy farmers across the northern part of the Island of Ireland.
Their location means they have natural advantages in the production of milk. A moderate climate with plentiful rainfall and rich soil helps to grow nutritious grass – a critical factor for a grass based dairy farmer and the high-quality milk produced.
Typically, their farmers' herds would graze outside on average 200 days a year enjoying pure clean air grazing on lush green pastures. Their milk is the product of expert farming and best practice animal husbandry to ensure the cows are happy and healthy and is a key ingredient in our dairy ice cream, butter and whipping cream.
Oaklands Eggs
Oakland eggs was founded in 1969 by the Griffiths family who through their years of hard work have acquired generations of knowledge allowing them to succeed as a major player within today’s UK egg industry.
All our whole shell eggs come from cage free flocks raised to British Lion Mark Quality covering the entire production chain. This ensures strict food safety controls including the guarantee that all hens, eggs and feed are fully traceable.