Provenance

'A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.' - W. H. Auden Being proud of our location, heritage and it's residents, both past and present, is an integral part of why Chestnut exists. Hailing from Diss, found in the border of Norfolk and Suffolk, Chestnut's founder Philip has stated how he wanted to locate his business in East Anglia, where he was proud to grow up and have many wonderful memories as a child. Today, on World Poetry Day

'If food waste was a country, it’d be the third biggest contributor of greenhouse gases after China and USA.' - Wrap Food waste is a global issue and something we have great awareness of at Chestnut. We are conscious of the produce we use in our kitchens; where we source it, how it is grown or reared, and the impact our choices have on our environment and community. We actively seek ways to improve and make our contribution to much needed change in our industry. Even the sma

In 2013 Chestnut was small, with big ambition, to showcase East Anglia as a vastly under-rated and undiscovered region. The vision was and remains to create accessible, welcoming and unique environments for our guests, all with their own character and soul. We want our team to be proud of where they work and the region they represent. To watch with subtitles click HERE Despite our continued growth Chestnut still remains “small” but with bigger ambition. We have been able to