We won !  We are celebrating after landing the title of ‘Best Restaurant in Shropshire 2025’

The accolade from ‘Master Chef Promotions’  We are delighted with the award but our greatest pride isn’t in awards or titles, but in the guests who return week after week and in the team who put their heart into every plate.

For us, The Cock Hotel is more than a business – it’s a labour of love, a place where traditional values meet a modern table and where everyone feels at home.

Our Staff are predominantly a young team from the Wellington community and we can’t speak highly enough of them. We also have three members of staff on apprenticeship degrees, including two young chefs.

The award was given by Master Chef Promotions for Business, Hospitality and Excellence and the presentation held at the Hilton Metropole with over 1000 people in attendance, including some top names in the industry.

The Cock Hotel reopened its doors in April 2022 after an extensive refurbishment, breathing new life into this historic venue and under the care of Louise and Simon has blossomed.

Our kitchen ethos is simple: good wholesome food with a modern twist. This philosophy has shaped a menu that’s honest, hearty and full of flavour, while still offering a touch of creativity to keep things exciting.

We don’t see ourselves as fancy – just passionate people serving great food in a place where laughter and conversation flow as freely as the pints.

Our story

Local wellington residents queued outside Joule’s Brewery’s latest project awaiting the opening of its flagship pub for Telford. The Cock Hotel Wellington, following a refurbishment that took over two years, investing over £1m in the project is the largest pub refurbishment that the Shropshire brewery has undertaken.

The Brewery wanted to be in Wellington, MD Steve Nuttall explains why.

“We really like the town, Wellington is a historic center and we love old pubs with interesting stories and deep roots in the community. For us Wellington has a real sense of place, it’s quite traditional with its own identity it felt like the right place for our Telford flagship. Of all the pubs we most wanted was the Cock Hotel, it was a part of the old Joule’s estate which pulled on our heartstrings, and of course, is an iconic alehouse.”

The Cock Hotel has been substantially extended with a new state of the art kitchen facility, the new room which features a six-meter bi-fold door crafted by local oak specialist Venables opens the whole area onto the courtyard, a bespoke steel ceiling was made by Minshall’s of Market Drayton along with steel windows hand made by Ferro of Market Drayton. The original bars have all been restored by master craftsman Eddie Chapman Smith. Forman Chris Blase ‘It has been a huge overall team effort, along with all the Joules projects, we work as a team, the trades all input into the design, so we deliver the detail that characterises Joule’s pubs, we are all really chuffed with this one.

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