The Back Kitchen

31/05/2026

The team's arrived and ready for work!

We've recruited a fresh batch of staff this morning. They're a bit quiet, don't eat all the chips, and seem happy to stand around all day.

The only concern is that trusting clowns with plates, there's a real risk of too much clowning around..
Still, fingers crossed the work gets done properly today!

29/05/2026

As many of you know, we’ve been slowly revamping the dining room and we’ve decided the big back wall is looking a bit bare, boring and in desperate need of some personality.

So we’ve come up with an idea we absolutely love… a proper community photo wall.

We’d love to fill it with photos of our staff, regulars, visitors, memories made here at The Back Kitchen and The Black Swan Belford, and maybe even some authentic artwork created by the children who visit and possibly local history pieces too.

We’re imagining a wall full of completely mismatched old frames of all shapes, sizes and styles — the more random and well-loved, the better.

So before you throw any out or banish them to the loft forever… does anyone have any old photo or picture frames looking for a new home and a second lease of life?

We’d be hugely grateful for any donations.
Bonus points if they’re slightly wonky, vintage, odd or look like they’ve survived three house moves and a family argument.

26/05/2026

What a weekend!

Tonight I’ve gone straight to bed!
You lot have absolutely finished me off!

Thank you so much for all of your continued support and the amazing feedback we’re receiving. It honestly means the world watching this tiny kitchen so busy every day.

And again, I’m so sorry to anyone we had to turn away tonight. I genuinely hate doing it. But my kitchen is tiny, and I do my absolute best to squeeze everyone in where I can… sometimes it just stops being physically possible without cloning myself, and I actually have nowhere to put my other me anyway!

Add in this ridiculous heat and the kitchen has basically been functioning as a live-action volcano all weekend. At one point there was a genuine risk of us melting before the ice cream did!

Booking is becoming essential now if you’d like to eat with us — purely to avoid disappointment and to make sure your Saturday night doesn’t end with you standing in the Co-op, clutching a meal deal sandwich with a quivering bottom lip!

Thank you all again.
Now excuse me while I recover 😴

25/05/2026

The kitchen hit tropical temperatures tonight so we’ve had no choice but to introduce our new summer uniform policy.

Health & safety said “stay hydrated.”
We may have misunderstood slightly.

Serving food, sass, and heatstroke prevention at The Back Kitchen.

If anyone needs us, we’ll be aggressively fanning ourselves near the fryer. 🥵

*AI generated photo*

24/05/2026

We are open today, serving our home cooked Sunday lunches. 🤤

23/05/2026

Our online table booking.g system seems to be throwing a hissy.

Please call us or call in we are serving as usual

22/05/2026

It’s Bank Holiday weekend… so naturally everyone suddenly remembers they enjoy going out for food at the exact same time.🫪

We’re expecting to be busy, so if you’d like feeding, please book a table.

Otherwise you’ll be stood watching other people eat whilst crying into a bag of quavers at the bar

https://the-back-kitchen.resos.com/booking

Call or WhatsApp 07587 536151

19/05/2026

Open for food from 5pm tonight

Whoever decided Mondays and Tuesdays were meant to be the quiet days clearly hasn’t been to The Black Swan Belford

Somehow the start of the week is busier than the weekends… we’re as confused as you are. We suspect nobody wants to cook after surviving Monday.

So if you’re planning to join us for tea, do yourself a favour and book a table using the link below, alternatively you can call or WhatsApp 07587 536151

Home-cooked food, good portions, and apparently the place to be on a Monday and Tuesday.

Book a table at The Back Kitchen

17/05/2026

Sunday done properly.

We serve home-cooked, proper roast dinners with all the trimmings, just how it should be.

And because Sunday lunch is for everyone, we’ve also got delicious vegetarian and vegan options available too.

Pictured here: our vegan butternut squash & beetroot wellington and our beef roast, both piled high and ready to tackle.

Whether you’re after the classic roast or something plant-based, we’ve got your Sunday sorted.

Remember, next week is bank holiday, the early bird catches the worm

To avoid disappointment, book here 👇

https://the-back-kitchen.resos.com/booking

Call or WhatsApp 07587 536151

16/05/2026

Some nights you’re so busy cracking on that you forget to stop and actually take it in.

But just look at this… our dining room full.
Full of chatter, full of laughter, full of atmosphere… and full of people enjoying good food together.

Honestly, it makes me so proud to see what we’re building here in this little pub. From the ground up, with all the little quirks that make it ours, and all of you filling it with life.

There’s something really wholesome about it — good food, good drinks, and people sat around a table putting the world to rights.

That’s what it’s all about really.

Because nothing brings people together quite like good food, good drinks, and good company.