Countdown to 2010 pub awards
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 
Looking forward to Thursday night. Yes, it's the Morning Advertiser's Great British Pub Awards. Up to 700 guests will attend the "glittering" black tie event at The Hilton, Park Lane, London. There are 16 award categories and one of them, Best Creative Outdoor Area, is sponsored by JTI and the Save our Pubs and Clubs campaign. The winner will be selected from one of the following finalists:
The Avalon, Balham, London
Selborne Arms, Selborne, Hampshire
White Horse, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
The Falcon, Hatton, Warwickshire
Saddle Inn, Lea, Lancashire
JTI and Save Our Pubs & Clubs are hosting three tables - one for the five finalists and their partners, two for a variety of guests including MPs, journalists and publicans (supporters of our campaign to amend the smoking ban).
Brian Binley MP is one of our guests and, fingers crossed, will be presenting the Best Creative Outdoor Area award. (There's a presenters' briefing ahead of the event but Brian can't make it so I'm attending on his behalf. I hope he's there for the actual presentation!)
The evening begins with a drinks reception at 7.00pm and finishes seven hours later at 2.00am. The itinerary includes dinner, "cabaret entertainment", the Great British Pub Awards ceremony, and "post awards entertainment".
Oh, and the awards ceremony will be presented by Lenny Henry. (When I went to a similar event for the retail trade in 2008 the star attraction was Frankie Boyle. See, this is what comedians do when they're not on television.)
Should be fun. Watch this space.
Reader Comments (2)
Lenny Henry eh? The well known comedian and currently helping to advertise completely smoke free 'Premier Inn' hotels? Interesting choice
Sounds good.