COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF

I have been frankly amazed by how many times i have heard that over the last 10 months or so since Jeremy Parsons took over the running of the kitchen here at the Witch.Now let me tell you straight off that my kitchen is not ideal by any means,and for Jez to produce what he does from there is a minor miracle.He is ably backed up by John Scillitoe and Johnny Voltage so called because he wants to be an electrician.We constantly strive to improve our product and to be honest its a full time job just to keep up with everything never mind moving on.For instance i have thought for ages that there is a market out there for business lunches,but so far i have not had the time to devote to getting them in.We get lots of ladies who lunch,and retired folks and we do get some" suits" but i believe there is more.I have upset one or two i suppose,one in particular i remember,some teachers from harlands school used to come in every friday lunchtime during scool term,they were mainly very nice people,however one day one of them brought her own lunch and proceeded to eat it in my garden,when i pointed out to her the inappropriatness of her actions,i was met with "we come here and spend loads of money" from one of them, so thats meant to allow one of them to bring her own lunch to the pub,where does it all end.Well it all ended there for me because they never came back,and i have managed to survive,just,without them.But is it any wonder that some kids take the piss when some of their teachers do.I rest my case your honour