Staff

Jo came across Rob at the Highwayman in the Lake District, which had just won a couple of major awards. By guile and cunning, she tempted him to come south and throw in his lot with us. A sporty chap, Rob played footie for Oldham Athletic as a 16 year old, and was captain of his university team (Stafford, where he read Film Studies). He has a passion for Blues and Bourbon, which is an admirable foundation for life.

Zoe is a bit of a hotshoe: six months travelling through India; five years in Ireland, including a stint running a bar in Galway; countless trips to Rio, where her family live; Cuba, Lapland...and now Tunbridge Wells. At least the exotic mix of nationalities that make up the Hare crew will make her feel she's still on the road.

Maria or “Ickle Byfords”, is now on her second stint at the Hare, having recently decided to return from the playboy paradise of Peurto Benuse to return to the playboy paradise of Langton Green. Maria previously worked in and around offices, and more recently Bank telling, but now prefers the extreme sport of Chef-baiting, despite her diminutive stance.

Known as Trigger. Even his mum calls him Trigger. Chris started in 1997 and is the backbone of the kitchen. He works overtime every week to keep the kitchen spotless, and on top of that he makes a mean sticky toffee pudding.

Janet started at the Hare in 1987, long before Brunning and Price took the pub, and is a mother figure to the crew new and old. She is one of the rocks on which the pub is built, and when you phone the pub in the morning it is more than likely that she’ll be the one helping you.