Ed Sheeran’s watering-hole, Bertie Blossoms, is set to re-open this week, following its shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
We’ve seen many joints open back up on a takeaway basis (because who knows when we’ll actually get to sit in a cafe or pub again), and the Notting Hill establishment, co-owned by superstar Ed, is preparing to be back in business.
Posting to the Bertie Blossoms Instagram page, a rather welcome message confirmed from Thursday the doors will open.
It read: ‘Berties to go available from Thursday 4th!
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‘Coffee, Sausage rolls, pastries and cakes all made by our @lyshcooks .
‘Hurrah! ??’
Hu-ruddy-rah, we concur.
It seems Ed, who opened Bertie Blossoms last year, has been missing his pub, after he reportedly took delivery of some home brewing kits to enjoy a tipple on his Suffolk estate.
A source recently told The Sun: ‘Ed loves his beer — especially his real ales and craft beers.
‘He’s had a few kits delivered and has been having fun making his own drinks.
‘They aren’t too bad but he doesn’t think any of the major breweries have got anything to worry about just yet.’
We mean, between baking banana bread and doing jigsaw puzzles, brewing beer seems like a welcome lockdown activity switch-up.
During the coronavirus lockdown, Ed has been praised for generously donating £1million to charities near his Suffolk home and refusing to furlough staff at his Notting Hill boozer.
Choosing not to access the government scheme, Ed is instead continuing to pay the salaries of his pub staff and told them ‘not to worry’.
The business – which he owns alongside manager Stuart Camp – had the option of furloughing staff using the new scheme which sees the government pay 80% of an individual’s salary, while the company has the option of paying out the additional 20%.
But unlike some celebrities – who have copped some flack for taking out the scheme – Ed (who is said to be worth £200million) wasn’t having it.
His rep previously told The Sun: ‘The business, co-owned by Ed Sheeran and Stuart Camp, is not, and will not, be accessing any government scheme of any kind, including furloughing, grants, loans and so on.’
