TWO rural pubs are offering Journal readers the chance to win either a Sunday lunch or dinner for two with family tickets to the Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival.

Former Junior Chef of the Year, Nick Deverell-Smith, who runs The Churchill Arms, in the village of Paxford, is offering a prize of Sunday lunch for two and a family ticket to the Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival which runs from June 10 to 12 in Montpellier Gardens. Five runners-up will receive family tickets to the festival.

Deverell-Smith, 34, was brought up in the area and worked alongside such renowned chefs as Marco Pierre-White, Gordon Ramsay, Marcus Waring and Eric Chavot, before becoming head chef at Soho House and then Dean Street Kitchen.

The Churchill Arms is his first solo venture. Sunday roast classics include Hereford roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast Burford chicken with a stuffed leg and bread sauce, or the magnificent pork t-bone with apple, crackling and sage.

For those hoping to win a later meal, The Fleece Inn, in Bretforton, is offering the chance for someone to win dinner for two, a family ticket to the festival, with five runners-up winning family tickets.

The Fleece Inn, run by landlord Nigel Smith, is a half-timbered medieval farmhouse and was first licensed in 1848 and is famous for its food and real ale.

It was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1977 and is a vibrant part of the community attracting visitors from all over the world.

This year is was named Country Pub of the Year in the Good Pub Guide and was named VisitEngland Pub of the Year 2016.

To be in with a chance of winning Sunday lunch at The Churchill Arms, plus a family festival ticket, answer the following question and email it to: arms@garden-events.com - "The Churchill Arms is located in which village?

a) Hook Norton, b) Draycott, c) Paxford."

To win dinner for two at the Fleece Inn and a family festival ticket, answer the following question and email it to: eve@garden-events.com - "The Fleece Inn was first licensed in which year?

a) 1794, b) 1932, c) 1848."

For a free festival programme visit: www.garden-events.com