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Pub of the Year Award 31 July 2000
If you feel it may be best to stay away from meat, whether British or French, then head for the King William IV at Heydon in Cambridgeshire (off A505 & M11 junction 10) where Elizabeth Nicholls' inn has been crowned Vegetarian Pub of the Year. Mrs Nicholls offers around a dozen meat-free dishes, including spinach and cream cheese crispy pancakes with a tomato and chive sauce; mushrooms and Mediterranean fruits with Swiss gruyere; fettucine with artichokes, mushrooms and roasted pine kernels and Italian tomato sauce; or nuts and date curry with Basmati wild rice and poppadums. There are lunchtime sandwiches, filled baguettes, deep-fried Brie with cranberry chutney, and -- if you must -- beef and mushrooms in stout. This is a lovely old country inn with rambling rooms, beams, log fires, lots of rustic ornaments and decorative china. Beers include Adnams, Boddingtons and Greene King IPA and Abbot.
Cambridge News
The King William IV, in Heydon, with a reputation for serving deliciously different vegetarian food, has won the Best Pub Caterer title of the Booker prize for Excellence 2000 awards.
The 16th century pub in the rural Cambridgeshire village, run by mother and son team Elizabeth and Edward Nicholls since 1995, was last year voted Vegetarian Pub of the Year by the Good Pub Guide.
According to Ms Nicholls all she needs to do to serve a mouth-watering array of fine food at the restaurant is to "keep up my standards".
She admitted being vegetarian has helped her to understand what some of her customers want and prompted her to provide a wider variety on the menu.
Elizabeth, who used to run the Royal Oak, Barrington, said: "When I became a vegetarian about 10 years ago I felt that eating establishments did not offer any interesting vegetarian meals, so I thought we'd better create something a little bit more individual.
"We set off with a complete new brigade in the kitchen at the Royal Oak and started off with about 10 dishes. It's taken off from there."
Steven Sharp, Booker's marketing director, said the mother and son team's hard work made the King William IV "a truly memorable dining experience".
Pub of the Year Award 31 July 2000
If you feel it may be best to stay away from meat, whether British or French, then head for the King William IV at Heydon in Cambridgeshire (off A505 & M11 junction 10) where Elizabeth Nicholls' inn has been crowned Vegetarian Pub of the Year. Mrs Nicholls offers around a dozen meat-
Cambridge News
The King William IV, in Heydon, with a reputation for serving deliciously different vegetarian food, has won the Best Pub Caterer title of the Booker prize for Excellence 2000 awards.
The 16th century pub in the rural Cambridgeshire village, run by mother and son team Elizabeth and Edward Nicholls since 1995, was last year voted Vegetarian Pub of the Year by the Good Pub Guide.
According to Ms Nicholls all she needs to do to serve a mouth-
Elizabeth, who used to run the Royal Oak, Barrington, said: "When I became a vegetarian about 10 years ago I felt that eating establishments did not offer any interesting vegetarian meals, so I thought we'd better create something a little bit more individual.
"We set off with a complete new brigade in the kitchen at the Royal Oak and started off with about 10 dishes. It's taken off from there."
Steven Sharp, Booker's marketing director, said the mother and son team's hard work made the King William IV "a truly memorable dining experience".
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