My ARPS Panel

The restaurant industry was hit hard by the pandemic. My intention is to convey how my favourite eating place, the multi-award winning Twelve Restaurant in Thornton Lancashire, has dealt with the exigencies of Covid-19 over the period from July 2020, through tiers of restrictions and a second lockdown to re-opening in 2021.

The Twelve team invited me to take the journey with them through these historically significant times as they altered the physical structure of the customer space, coped with lockdowns, and changed working practices to enable them to continue to produce fine dining food to their own exacting standards.

Despite the uniquely trying circumstances of the pandemic, not only is Twelve still here, but the team has retained its Michelin “Bib Gourmand” accreditation for 2022, one of only 104 restaurants in the UK.