Popular Gloucester BBQ takeaway comes to Five Valleys market

By Nicky Godding

24 November 2021

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Gloucester’s famous, The BBQ Society, is set to open at Five Valleys market this week, offering a menu including pulled pork, hot dogs, and their secret recipe sauce!

When owners Ben Williams and Sophie Tinsley were furloughed from their hospitality and fashion design roles during the Covid-19 pandemic, they started selling their homemade BBQ sauce to friends and neighbours to top up their income. The couple developed a menu to complement their BBQ sauce and quickly built a strong following. A couple of months into running a takeaway business from their home kitchen, they were named as one of the highest rated food venues in their area on Gloucester Eats and Just-eat!

DPL281 After opening their first kitchen in the Old England Match Factory, Gloucester, they are now expanding their business into Five Valleys.

Ben said: “We are so excited to start out new journey at Five Valleys Shopping Centre! It’s been a whirlwind so far and now we can’t wait to become part of the indoor market team.”

The BBQ Society sets itself apart by using only locally sourced ingredients from some of Gloucestershire’s best producers. With menu items such as their freshly smoked pulled pork boxes, hot dogs, using the best Gloucester old spot sausages, cheeseburgers and loaded fries, The BBQ society definitely has something for everyone.

Their venue at Five Valleys shopping centre is set to open in Unit 7 of the indoor market this week.

By Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe.

After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts.

She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.