News & events

• Pot Kiln Beers win major awards at Reading Beer Festival
  Out of 475 entries, West Berks Brewery wins Best in Show - Dr Hexters Healer, Gold medal - Mr Chubbs, & Silver medal - Maggs Mild all served at the PK.
• Pot Kiln and Cookery school star in "Tales from the country" on ITV. This ITV series (Sundays at 5:15pm) homes in each week on country matters and covered Mike deer stalking and talking about the pub and cookery school. He will feature in more episodes over the next few weeks so keep your eyes open! Unfortunately it is not being shown in all regions. (If you have Sky and you can't find it on your local ITV channel, you can get the London region on channel 993)
• Pot Kiln team score 100% in Food Hygiene course
• New Years Eve photos
• Gourmet Italian night at the PK on Tuesday 7th November
  The latest gourmet evening was a great success - see report, menu and photos
• NewCookery School opens in Yattendon only 600yds from the PK
  See photos of the school
• Curry nights every Sunday (6-9pm)
• Latest award for the PK - A rosette and regional food award in the AA guide
• Sunday pizza evenings started at the PK - photos
• Yattendon Spring fair and the Morris Men - photos
• "This was one of the best meals either of us had eaten in ages"
  - Mathew Norman, The Guardian 3 Feb 2007 - Read the review (pdf)

• See Mike on the latest BBC "Get Cooking" series Mike has taken part in a ground breaking new BBC webcast. You can see him in high resolution demonstrating some of his recipes on the BBC web site.
• Blackout at The Pot Kiln - read the full story
• 25th Nov - The PK is voted a restaurant of the year by the food critics of The Independent. "Best for venison, locally shot by the chef"
• Newbury Races Winter Festival Friday 24th November - Mike creates exclusive menu for the Hennessy Restaurant for this exclusive event.  READ THIS and see a slide show of the event
• 25th October -Beer and Food Gourmet evening with Mike and Rupert Ponsonby An opportunity to sample the worlds best beer to rival the finest wines guided by the UK's beer guru, Rupert Ponsonby, together with a delectable matching menu.
• October Mike Robinson's Game and Wild Food Cookery School opens it's doors
• 8th August- Taittinger Champagne Evening at The Pot Kiln
  The second of our European regional food and wine events - and what wine!!!
• 14 June Tuscan food and wine evening at The Pot Kiln
  Mike and  Count Francesco Mazzei hosted the first in a series of monthly European regional food and wine events at The Pot Kiln.

Media Coverage of The Pot Kiln

The opening of The Pot Kiln featured in the massively successful UK TV Food 10 part series, "Heavens Kitchen" which has been repeated several times and shown worldwide. "Heavens Garden" covered The Pot Kiln Organic Garden and a third series, "Heavens Kitchen Cookbook" featured recipes from The Pot Kiln.

• British Airways "High Life" in-flight magazine, April 2006 features Pot Kiln Pigeon salad
• The Field, Cookery Section every month features recipes from PK Menu
• Alistair Sawdays "Pubs and Inns of England and Wales, 2006, Special Award
• The Independent on Sunday, "The kind of country pub you always hope to find but rarely do" - Terry Durack
• Newbury Weekly News, "I can imagine it will not be long before the pub is scooping awards for it's food, to accompany the many accolades it has received for it's ambience and beer."
• The Times Magazine, "Sitting outside The Pot Kiln with a seared roebuck liver and a pint of Maggs Mild, you fit right into the landscape" Richard Brass
• Weekend Daily Mail, "The game is in the nearby woods and the chickens and veg are 'out the back'. This chef is in Heavens Kitchen, and all is well with his wild world." - Jill Parkin.

Last modified: 27-Jul-2008