Meet The Team
OWNER / LANDLADY
Name: Justine Lorriman
Started: 1st June 2013
Favourite Drink: Glass of Malbec
Go-to shot: Tequila Rose
Jukebox track of choice: Courteeners - Not Nineteen Forever
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Continentals, BB11 2DE
Secret Talent: Not too bad with a football at her feet!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: The day Sean Dyche came to visit, it was such a fantastic day from start to finish!
ASSISTANT MANAGER
Name: Kae-Lei Stowell
Started: October 2023
Favourite Drink: Dead Man's Finger Lime Rum
Go-to shot: Cazcabel Tequila Honey
Jukebox track of choice: Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Bellissimo, BB11 2BY
Secret Talent: Vocals as good as Whitney!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: PrinFest 2019, performing with her band Erase and Rewind on the main was amazing!
SENIOR BARTENDER
Name: Matt Sutcliffe
Started: February 2024
Favourite Drink: Guinness and Black
Go-to shot: Cazcabel Honey Tequila
Jukebox track of choice: Nothing But Thieves - Amsterdam
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Big B's, BB11 1TQ
Secret Talent: Would give Ronnie O'Sullivan a run for his money at pool
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: Smashing through 2 bottles of honey tequila in one night!
BARTENDER
Name: John Howker
Started: July 2024
Favourite Drink: Cactus Crawler
Go-to shot: Honey Tequila
Jukebox track of choice: Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Favourite eating place in Burnley: The Cellar, BB12 8HG
Secret Talent: His parkour skills are insane!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: Belting out Les Mis on karoake with Bert!
BARTENDER
Name: Angela Cooke
Started: June 2013 (practically part of the furniture!)
Favourite Drink: Black Russian
Go-to shot: Tequila Rose
Jukebox track of choice: Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Ellis' Burnley, BB11, 1DR
Secret Talent: Multitasking and standing on one leg when drunk lol
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: French Themed charity night in 2017, one of our bartenders Joanne came dressed as a giant snail and started crawling around on the floor - a night to remember for sure!
BARTENDER
Name: Emily Lord
Started: October 2022
Favourite Drink: Blood orange gin and lemonade
Go-to shot: Tequila Rose
Jukebox track of choice: Gerry cinnamon - Sometimes
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Raidy’s, BB11 1AD
Secret Talent: Absolute wizard on the piano!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: NFL star and Burnley FC investor, JJ Watt visiting the pub and getting to pour a pint alongside him on the bar.. He left a hefty tip for all the bar staff too!
HEAD OF CLEANING
Name: Mary Nicholls
Started: October 2014
Favourite Drink: Bene 'n' Hot
Go-to shot: Bailey's Original
Jukebox track of choice: Talk Talk - It's My Life
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Ming Wo Chinese, BB10 4EG
Secret Talent: Best poker face in the pub!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: Winning 'Lady of the Pub' in 2023 at The Royal Dyche awards evening.
SECURITY
Name: Lukasz Adamczyk
Started: October 2021
Favourite Drink: Vodka and Coke
Go-to shot: Sambuca
Jukebox track of choice: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californiacation
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Palazzo, BB11, 2AS
Secret Talent: Jimi Hendrix vibes on the guitar!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: Getting to meet Gary Neville at the pub when Sky Sports took over to host a feature for Friday Night Football (he's a massive Man United fan!)
JAM NIGHT HOST
Name: Billy Strahan Jnr
Started: October 2019
Favourite Drink: Moscow Mule
Go-to shot: Tequila
Jukebox track of choice: Men At Work - Down Under
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Icaro Lounge, BB11
Secret Talent: The Tony Hawk of Burnley!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: Headlining PrinFest with his original band Design Rewind (check them out on Spotify)
OPEN DECK NIGHT HOST
Name: Joseph 'Birdman' Rainbird
Started: November 2017
Favourite Drink: Heineken
Go-to shot: Tequila Reposado
Jukebox track of choice: Gil Scott Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Siam Thai (Burnley Market)
Secret Talent: Having the best music taste under the culvert!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: When Illerstate took over the beer garden in July 2017 - What a night!
KARAOKE HOST
Name: Bert Mathewson
Started: February 2024
Favourite Drink: Fireball Whisky
Go-to shot: Any flavour of sambuca
Jukebox track of choice: Timbaland ft One Republic - Apologise
Favourite eating place in Burnley: Beijing, BB11 5PB
Secret Talent: Brings a tear to anyone's eye in his theatre / panto performances!
Best memory of The Royal Dyche: His 3rd night hosting, special moment of feeling really settled, it was a busy one and everyone was having fun!