| There are lost of different types of pubs and bars in | | | | some of the finest restaurants which means for the |
| the UK as historically we tend to live and breathe for | | | | general public there is no need to go to an expensive |
| socialising in Britain which has lead to a massive choice | | | | fine dining restaurant to get the best food. |
| of pubs and bars to work in, but obviously they can | | | | So what are the main differences between working |
| differ a lot ranging from a drinking bar through to a | | | | in gastro pub or working in a top restaurant? |
| gastro/food pub. | | | | Basically in terms of staff, a pub will often have pub |
| Whatever position you are looking for, be it in a | | | | managers jobs or head barman but in a restaurant |
| trendy city bar, perhaps as a bar manager or maybe | | | | they will have a head of food and beverage but the |
| you are searching for a head chefs position in a | | | | rest of the staff team is generally the same. On the |
| county pub, there are still lots of jobs out there | | | | food side of things they are often very similar in the |
| which are not necessarily hard to find. People do still | | | | kitchen, especially if they both serve high quality |
| visit pubs to eat quality food even these days | | | | food. |
| perhaps more so than to just drink alcohol. Now | | | | Restaurants generally have one type of cuisine that |
| there is often more profit to be made on food than | | | | they specialise in, maybe for example Italian or |
| there is in drinks so more and more pubs are keen to | | | | French, but gastro pubs often tend to serve a wider |
| offer food as part of the pubbing experience than | | | | variety of food from the classics list, and might |
| perhaps they were a couple of decades ago. | | | | include curries through to classic fish & chips, |
| It is now a trend for famous people and chefs to | | | | legs of lamb and juicy steaks. The food can bemore |
| look at pubs/bars to make their next profitable | | | | rustic to go with the pub's theme especially if it is a |
| investment or overall acquisition. Examples of these | | | | more traditional country pub and restaurants are |
| are Gordon Ramsay who bought a pub a few years | | | | often more clinical but somewhere people go to have |
| ago and Chris Evans who now owns 3 high quality | | | | dinner in a more intimate and quiet environment but |
| gastro pubs in the South East. Plus food in these | | | | again this can depend on the culture and tradition of |
| types of gastro pubs quite often rival the quality of | | | | the food it is offering. |