The next in our series of reflections on 2020 in the on-trade, award-winning chef and pub operator Nicholas Hack looks back on a ‘yoyo’ of tiers and lockdowns and building his business on 12 months of shifting sands. It started as a positive year for us here at the Cadeleigh Arms. We had just received news we had been nominated in to the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs, won Exeter Living Awards best Gastropub and runners up for the Most Dog Friendly Pub in the South West Tourism awards, and runner up for Food Magazine’s Best Chef. Then March came. Boris announcing for people to stay away from pubs was more damaging than actually telling us to close. Business suddenly switched off like the flick of a switch.