talkSport radio presenter Darren Bent swears by Leamington pub's Sunday roast live on air
talkSport radio presenter Darren Bent has described a Leamington pub’s Sunday roast as “the best he has ever had in his life”.
Speaking on the popular national radio station’s DriveTime show the former Premier League and England striker told co-presenter Andy Goldstein about how had eaten at the Fox and Vivian in Clarendon Avenue on a Sunday recently.
He said: “I’ve got to give a shout-out to the Fox and Vivian,”
Goldstein told him he did not like Sunday roasts where all the food was piled on one plate and asked if this was the way they are served at The Fox.
Bent replied: “The Fox and Vivian, incredible.
"You have the potatoes and the meat on the plate.
"Then they bring out four side dishes with cauliflower cheese, carrots, Yorkshire puddings.
“I promise you, it’s the best I’ve ever had – unbelievable.”
Bent, who scored 179 goals in 486 matches during a professional career in which he played for Ipswich, Charlton, Spurs, Sunderland, Aston Villa Derby County, Fulham, Brighton and Burton Albion added: “Leamington is lovely, have you ever been there?
"It’s beautiful.”
Yesterday (Tuesday March 10), The Fox and Vivian shared the live stream footage of the shoutout on its Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/foxandvivan.
The pub has said: “Darren Bent giving the Fox & Vivian a shout out on talkSPORT.
"Not a bad bit of ‘pub-licity’.
“If you know, you know.”