Chesterfield News

New gastro pub to open in Chesterfield

The Secret Dining Company, the team behind award winning sites in Derby & Burton on Trent, will open their 4th site in March.

The Rectory in Chesterfield will develop the former Crooked Spire pub site, with a six figure sum investment. The Secret Dining Company’s managing director Martin Roper said “We’re pleased and excited to be working with Enterprise Inns for a third time. The Rectory will bring our cutting edge gastro pub, cask ale and craft keg offer to this iconic Derbyshire town, as we look to develop and expand our vibrant brand”.

In light of opening a 4th site, the Secret Dining Company have taken on Gez McCormick as operations manager for the business. Mr McCormick brings substantial experience to the business having spent over 10 years with Marston’s as a business develop manager for the midlands region.

Concurrently with overseeing the day-to-day running of his pub business, Martin Roper still fronts punk rock legends anti-pasti, who recently returned from headline shows in Belgium and France to promote their new album ‘Rise Up’.

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Dom Stevens

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