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The Cocked Hat reopening
The News, Portsmouth
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23/04/2024
The Cocked Hat in Gosport, has reopened after a refurbishment.
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00:00
My name's Jamie Skeen, I'm the General Manager here at the Coptac.
00:03
Okay, and tell me what we're doing here tonight.
00:06
So tonight is our VIP and Friends and Family pre-launch, ready for when we reopen again tomorrow after our rebranding refurbishment.
00:13
So tell me why there was a refurbishment done?
00:16
Sure, it's been eight years since the last refurbishment was done on the pub itself,
00:21
but just recently the brand itself, Flaming Grill, has gone through a change and moved over to its own destination brand,
00:28
rather than being part of the local pub system.
00:30
So because the brand has been rebranded, we've come to have our refit,
00:36
and we're the first pub to have the refit under the new refurbishment and the new branding.
00:40
Okay, and tell me what the reaction's been like so far tonight on the VIP night?
00:44
Everyone seems to be really happy so far. The pub looks great after the refurbishment from where it was before,
00:50
and everybody's excited to get going through for the Euros and a bit of sunshine to use the new garden equipment
00:57
and the new look front part of the pub. So it's exciting times.
01:01
So how does it feel to be the first pub to be refurbished?
01:05
It's amazing. There's a bit of pressure obviously, but it's great that they had confidence in us
01:10
and they were happy to make us the first pub to actually have the refurbishment.
01:14
And tell me, are there any changes in the pub?
01:17
So yeah, we've got new TV's throughout the pub. The old projector has been taken away and been replaced by a nice new TV.
01:24
We've got new function room at the back where the little snug room is.
01:28
So now it's available for functions and small private hires, which can be actually sectioned off and cordoned off,
01:34
and we can do table service in there now as well.
01:37
We've got accessibility for people to use their PowerPoint presentations and stuff and link straight into the TV system in there.
01:44
We've got all the new outside furniture and everything out here for the garden area, outside waitress station.
01:50
We've had a new TV installed outside with speaker system ready for the Euros, for people to enjoy the sunshine and the football outside.
01:57
So with those changes and added things, do you think that's going to attract even more customers to the Cocktap?
02:03
Definitely. There's people that are local that haven't been here in years,
02:07
so they'll be obviously inquisitive as to the new changes and what it will be like inside now.
02:15
And it gives us a chance to win back some old customers that probably haven't been in a while too.
02:19
And anything else? I know you mentioned getting ready for the Euros and things like that,
02:23
but is there anything else that the pub has in the pipeline?
02:26
Well, currently at the moment, we've just launched our brand new menu.
02:29
So it started for some of the other flaming grills last week, but obviously we were closed for the refurbishment.
02:34
So today and tomorrow will be our first run through with the new menu inside.
02:39
- Thank you, man.
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