The Cook House is a spacious community pub which is situated on a prime corner plot on the busy Liverpool Road, Widnes. It’s sits amongst housing and suburban areas which offer plenty of potential customers directly on the pub’s doorstep. The pub will be getting a major investment and a name change in February ready to launch under our Locals concept in March.
Business facilities
The Cook House will be stylishly refurbished both internally and externally. Internally the pub has a main drinking bar, a dining area with sliding doors to offer function space, a lounge, a carvery room and garden room, giving an impressive 164 internal covers. The décor is both modern and stylish with three fireplaces, comfortable booth seating, a feature wall and lighting with a contemporary servery, offering guests the ideal ambience for eating and drinking.
Externally the pub has a spacious beer garden area, upper and lower terraces, a children’s garden, giving it in total 160 external covers. There will also be parking for up to 41 cars.
Accommodation
The private accommodation will include three bedrooms, a kitchen and lounge.
About the local area
Widnes, Cheshire is an industrial town which sits on the northern bank of the River Mersey with access across the estuary to Runcorn.
The pub is in a residential area, not far from the Widnes Golf Club and is also near the Halton Stadium, home to The Widnes Vikings and is surrounded by smaller suburbs across the local area including Appleton, Ditton, Farnworth and Hough Green.
The Ideal Management Partner
We’re looking for an MP with a proven track record of running a successful community pub to take charge of the restaurant, kitchen, entertainment, and overall business. You’ll lead from the front and be the face of the pub. Your background will be that of a talented general manager or an established pub operator.
You’ll also be a leader who looks after your team, ensuring that the necessary training and procedures are in place to deliver consistently excellent guest service. Your service ethos will combine friendliness and impeccable standards with the ability to cultivate and nurture relationships with guests. You’ll be process-driven and detail-orientated.
You’ll also be versatile and adaptable, able to tailor to the business needs depending on weather, season, and events. The pub needs someone enthusiastic, hands-on and a fantastic host. Big-ticket event experience is a plus. You’ll enjoy playing the role of host with flair, focused on quality, efficiency, and guest relationships.
The Partnership – Fixed
Ready to run your own business, manage your own team, and define your own wage structure? Love working closely with an Operations Manager to build an incredible pub legacy with uncompromising standards and a standout guest experience? Then the Punch Managed Partnership is the perfect option for you.
Alongside tonnes of day to day support and a brilliant framework to grow the business, we provide an uncapped cut of top line turnover to pay yourself and your team in exchange for your Management Company providing the management services at the pub – it’s your structure to own, subject to management company costs including, but not limited to, staff costs, minor repairs and maintenance at the pub, security/door staff and insurance. We understand how important it is for a Management Company to completely own their own team.
In our Partnerships, we love pub obsessed entrepreneurs that help us lead the industry. We love to partner with people that help us create pub legacies that stand the test of time and become the hub of the community. We get that every pub has its own distinct character, so your Operations Manager will work closely with you to understand the true identity of your business, we can then help support you amplifying this, it’s a partnership after all!
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