The excellent Staith House, North Shields has been named Best Food Pub of the Year at the Great British Pub Awards. Run by MasterChef: The Professionals finalist John Calton, his wife Kimberley Calton, and James Laffan, the pub was paraised for its use of locally sourced meat, fish and produce.
Staith House, Low Lights, North Shields NE30 1HF, tel 0191 270 8441
www.thestaithhouse.co.uk