Articles about the Walter…
Telegraph Article about the Walter de Cantelupe Inn
Telegraph Article
By Adrian Tierney-Jones in Worcestershire
The original Walter de Cantelupe was a 13th-century bishop of nearby Worcester; a chap who railed against the practice of Church Ales (basically a boozy version of the modern church fête). Doubtless he is turning in his episcopalian grave at the ironic use of his name for a place of alcoholic refreshment.
This compact inn provides a civilised watering hole for travellers on the nearby M5. Everything about this pub is assured yet unassuming. The pursuit of good food and drink is clearly a passion, but nobody would be so vulgar as to make a meal of it. The vast paella pan hanging on the wall is a bit of a giveaway – the locals shake their heads and tell us we’ve just missed one of the legendary paella parties held in the walled garden at the back.
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Worcester News Article about the Walter de Cantelupe Inn
Worcester News Article
The time was when a cheese sandwich and a pint of bitter was top of the menu at this hostelry, but that was many years ago when the Walter de Cantelupe in Kempsey, near Worcester, operated as the more modestly named Queen’s Head.
It was also before French-trained chef Martin Lloyd-Morris became the proprietor and sent the Walter up-market. Today this most genial of hosts runs an innovative and popular enterprise that is poles apart from the chain pubs littering the land…
An Italian food weekend, paella parties in the walled garden, folk music, a cheese festival and a season marking the availability of locally-grown asparagus are among the events that attract the customers.
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