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Our Story:
We are asked all the time about where we came from, and how on earth a Greek Cypriot couple ended up opening
an English tea rooms in the north West of England!
So here it is, our story so far…
Andreas and I moved to England from Cyprus in 2001 for a new life, a fresh start. Andreas already had a very successful
career in the catering field having qualified in hotel and restaurant management, then worked for 5 star hotels and restaurants.
He also worked as a consultant helping others set up bars and restaurants before finally owning his own café/wine bar in Larnaca,
Cyprus.
I grew up on my grandparents farm in Cyprus where my love of food and nature was cultivated. My grandfather was a very
well known chef, but at that time I was more interested in spending all my time in the fields playing with my animals and watching
the wildlife while daydreaming! At 13 I moved to the UK where I had my first after school job at a local riding school thus following
my love for animals. Later I worked as a veterinary assistant in veterinary practices and animal welfare organisations, here in
England and Cyprus. It was through this work that I learned first hand about the barbaric and appalling practices within the
intensive farming industry.
Andreas and I met in Cyprus in 1998 where I worked as a manageress at a large veterinary practice. Three years later we came
to England to start a new life. It was to be much harder than we ever thought but our hard work and perseverance paid off
and we eventually managed to open Roses Tea Rooms.
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The Vision:
We wanted to do something very different and unique and many ideas were considered. We had already decided to focus on
a catering business as Andreas was already experienced in this field and added to that my passion for good fresh food and good
organisational skills it was a logical step. As parents to a small toddler we also knew it had to be a day time business so a restaurant
was out of the question.
We wanted to do something unique and different. Tired of witnessing bad service, sick of self service, bad coffee, bad tea and terrible
cheap over processed food the concept was becoming clearer and clearer. During our research we visited many tea rooms and fell in
love with the idea but felt it needed updating. So the vision was born!
We wanted to take the tradition of tea rooms and give it a modern touch and feel, make it popular again, make it accessible to
everyone by introducing it to younger people. We imagined families enjoying leisurely meals, business meetings taking place
over afternoon tea, friends enjoying fine tea with freshly baked scones and homemade jam. Excellent table service was a crucial
part of the vision as was the absolute best quality in everything served.
After 2 years of heavy research, recipe testing, product sourcing, tasting dozens of jams, chutneys, hams, cheeses etc and a
lot of very hard work Roses Tea Rooms opened on the 5th July 2005 and has been a growing success ever since!
The Staff
We take our responsibility as employers very seriously as our staff are a crucial part of the make up of the business. We hold a
good team and invest in extensive training for them to ensure that they feel valued as team members and as individuals and
give them further skills for their future. It is really important to us that our staff feel proud to work at Roses and enjoy their work
so that ultimately that way we can ensure we provide the best service to our customers.
Why Roses?When we were trying to think of a name we wanted it to conjure up a very English image as well as
have something from our home land Cyprus in it. At the same time it had to be easy to say and easy to remember. The rose
flower is very traditionally English and strangely enough it is also a traditional Cypriot flower so we thought it would be perfect.
However we didn't want it to sound like a pub or a restaurant ('The Rose') and it isn't about the person (Roses's) so it became ROSES!!!
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