News and events....

April 2008....
You can now download Tim's new spring menu here.

March 2008....
The 2008 Michelin Guide to 'Eating out in Pubs' has been published. Tim and Katy are proud to have been listed..

August 19th 2007....
Tim and Katy invite their friends and regulars along to a garden party to celebrate their purchase of The Chequers. You can view the pictures here. Help yourself to any that you might want.

June 2007....
Tim and Katy announce that they have managed to purchase the freehold of The Chequers. This is outstanding news for them and all of their regular customers. We will all be able to enjoy their company and food for the forseeable future.

February 2006....
Tim and Katy are delighted to welcome French Chef Yves Noel to their team. Yves and Tim used to work together at South Lodge, so they understand each other's foibles. We say, "Vive la difference!"

Shine Awards Regional Winner - January 2006....

We are proud to announce that Tim and Katy have been acknowledged for their hard work and food excellence by winning first place in the Southeast region of the national competetion for 'the food experience' organised by pub and restaurant group Punch Taverns. Now they move forward to do battle with the other regional winners at Gleneagles!

January 2006....
We are please to announce the appointment of chef Yves Noel. Yves has worked with Tim at the prestigeous South Lodge Hotel. Apparenlty they understand each others foibles, so we say "Vive la difference"!

August, 2005....
You can now download the Flagstone Bar Menu and the Restaurant Menu as MS Word documents.

June, 2005....
Tim has worked his magic touch to produce a menu for you to enjoy during the summer months.

January 2004....

Tim and Katy are proud to have been included in the book entitled the gastropub cookbook. The book is written by the very well known food writer Diana Henry and is a guide to 150 of the very best food pubs to visit in the UK and Ireland. It's full of stunning photographs and has many recipes from some great chefs. There is a copy on the bar for reference and you can buy one from us for £20. We ordered twenty copies and sold out of them in a fortnight, but more will be available soon! The book is published by Mitchell Beasley.

November 5th Bonfire and Fireworks....
Thanks to everyone who helped us with this event. We were delighted that so many of you came along to enjoy the fun.

The Night That Gerald Parsons Was Hung - February 03

It is a tradition at the Chequers.... to hang our regulars....on the wall. Visitors will notice that there are four portraits hanging on the wall of the Flagstones Bar.

After sixty years of 'devotion to duty', the locals decided it was 'high time' that Gerald Parsons was honoured in the customary way. They commissioned local artist Mary Bingham from Ellens Green for the portrait. There was a magnificent turn out for the hanging ceremony and the champagne flowed. There was only one logical place to hang the portrait and that was directly above Gerald's 'throne'.

Although most of us agree that the portrait is an exceptionally good likeness of our most senior local, art does provoke some strong (and often contrary) opinions. For instance, the director of a London Gallery (we can't say which), wrote to us saying,

"Have visitors to the Chequers at Rowhook noticed the remarkable lack of similarity between Gerald Parsons, the Chequers regular, and the handsome, good humoured and altogether sympathetic character featured in the portrait in the Flagstones Bar? In my expert opinion they are clearly not related".

But we say, "Beauty is entirely in the eye of the beholder"!

Rowhook Residents Association Meetings
Residents association meetings are held in the Top Bar on the first Tuesday of each month. Meetings commence at 7.00 p.m. and conclude at 7.10 p.m. A fringe meeting continues in the Flagstones Bar until all are happy that they have put Rowhook (and the World) to rights - so that would be about closing time.