Are You the Food-Led Operator to Take The Lamb Inn to Its Next Chapter?

We’re looking for an experienced and passionate food-led pub operator to build on The Lamb Inn’s already strong reputation and take it to the next phase of its journey.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a proven track record in driving high food sales, delivering excellent guest experiences, and making a pub the true heart of its community.

What we’re looking for:

✅ A Food-Focused Leader

You’ll bring solid experience in running a busy, kitchen. You’ll understand how to maximise table turns and run a smart booking diary to make the most of peak trading times.

✅ Commercially Savvy & Operationally Strong

You’ll know how to balance the demands of running a vibrant local bar with a strong food offer. You’ll have experience managing both wet and dry sales, with a keen eye for margins, service standards, and profitability.

✅ A Proven Event Planner

You’ll have a history of successfully planning, promoting, and delivering events—whether that’s themed dining nights, seasonal food offers, or community gatherings that drive trade and build customer loyalty.

✅ A Hands-On, Front-Led Manager

We’re looking for someone who leads from the front—the face of the pub, always visible, engaging with guests, supporting your team, and setting the tone for service and standards.

✅ Team Builder & Coach

You’ll have a natural flair for recruitment, training, and developing your team—coaching them to deliver great service, upsell effectively, and take pride in what they do.

✅ Community Champion

The Lamb is a much-loved local, so you’ll thrive on being at the heart of village life. You’ll love organising community events and supporting local charities, making the pub a focal point for Eastcombe and the surrounding area.

✅ Social Media & Marketing Know-How

You’ll understand the power of social media to drive footfall and tell your pub’s story—whether it’s promoting your food offer, shouting about special events, or building engagement with your community online.

The Lamb Inn – A Proven Food Destination in the Heart of the Cotswolds

If you’re a food-led operator looking for your next exciting opportunity, The Lamb Inn in Eastcombe could be just what you’re searching for. Perfectly positioned in the heart of the Cotswolds, with the popular market towns of Stroud and Cirencester close by, this is a site with a strong food reputation, stunning views, and serious trading potential.

The Lamb is already well-established as a destination for quality food, attracting a broad customer base—from loyal locals and day-trippers to walkers, cyclists, and tourists exploring the Cotswolds.

Inside, the layout offers great flexibility for food-led trade:

Guests can enter from the village side into a welcoming bar area with traditional pub charm: bar stools, loose furniture, and darts maintain its position as a true village hub. Alternatively, customers can arrive via the large 30-space car park, entering directly into the dining area—making it accessible and appealing to destination diners.

The dining and lounge area seats around 50 covers, laid out to take full advantage of one of the most spectacular views in the area—overlooking the beautiful garden and across the Stroud Valley. This space is already known locally for offering a full and varied main menu that draws in trade from across the region.

At the heart of the operation sits a well-equipped commercial kitchen, positioned just off the main dining space, allowing for smooth service flow during busy trading periods.

Outside, the garden offers an additional 60+ covers with views that are hard to match anywhere in the Cotswolds. It’s a genuine selling point—perfect for summer dining, outdoor events, and casual drinks.

The Partnership – Fixed

Ready to run your own business, manage your own team and define your own wage structure? Love working closely with an Operations Manager to build an incredible pub legacy with uncompromising standards and stand out guest experience? Then the Punch Managed Partnership is the perfect option for you.

Alongside tonnes of day to day support and a brilliant framework to grow the business, we provide an uncapped cut of top line turnover to pay yourself and your team in exchange for your Management Company providing the management services at the pub – it’s your structure to own, subject to management company costs including, but not limited to, staff costs, minor repairs and maintenance at the pub, security/door staff and insurance. We understand how important it is for a Management Company to completely own their own team.

In our Partnerships, we love pub obsessed entrepreneurs that help us lead the industry. We love to partner with people that help us create pub legacies that stand the test of time and become the hub of their community. We get that every pub has its own distinct character, so your Operations Manager will work closely with you to understand the true identity of your business, we can then help support you amplifying this, it’s a partnership after all!

See the full benefits of our Management Partnership Agreements.

Chat to a recruitment advisor now about this pub business opportunity.

For food-focused operators with vision, energy and flair, The Lamb Inn is a rare opportunity to take on a site with both proven performance and room for further growth.