The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has announced its six incredible finalists for this year’s Licensee of the Year competition.
Sponsored by Sky, the Licensee of the Year competition is widely regarded as the most rigorous and hard-fought award for individual licensee operators in the UK.
Since the launch in January this year, licensee operators have been entering the competition, showing the judges evidence of how they have been rebuilding their businesses and communities, with a focus on their resilience, sustainability and diversification.
This year, the entries have been of a particularly high standard, making it even more difficult for our team of judges to decide who to take through to the Finals.
Selected from a field of over 300 entrants, the six Finalists have been selected on the basis of their community impact, exceptional mystery diner visits, financial and online audits and face-to-face interviews in their pubs with judges, Sue Allen and Ashley McCarthy.
The 2022 Licensee of the Year Finalists are as follows:
Amanda & Nick Hemming – Heron Inn, Truro, TR1 1SL
Michael Pearson & Charlotte Salaman – The Wych Elm, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 6HT
Joe Buckley & Flo Pearce – Tollemache Arms, Harrington, NN6 9NU
Rumit & Tosh Lakhani – The White Horse, Buckover, GL12 8DX
Stuart Fox & Julian Crowley – The White Horse, Dover, CT16 1QF
James Lyon Shaw – The Greene Oak, Windsor, SL4 5UW