Marvellous Martine still keen after 20 glorious years

Martine, who works at The Company Row (Consett), is pictured (centre) with (left to right) Wetherspoon’s area manager Lauren, kitchen shift leader Ross, bar shift leader Laura and The Company Row’s pub manager Shelley.

She is pictured at Wetherspoons (Metrocentre, Gateshead), where she worked for a short period while The Company Row was undergoing an extensive refurbishment.

Martine began her Wetherspoon career at the age of 19, working front of house at The Company Row, before moving into the kitchen.

Originally from Durham, Martine has worked at several Wetherspoon pubs during the past two decades, including The Elihu Yale (Wrexham) and The William Jameson (Sunderland), as well as other pubs across the northeast, helping with covering shifts.

She admitted: “Although I have moved around a few times, my heart was always at Consett, where I started – so it was good to return in 2009.”

Looking ahead to the reopening of The Company Row in mid June when she spoke with Wetherspoon News, Martine said: “We are going to have a brand-new kitchen, which I am very excited about.

“I have one of the best kitchen teams I have worked with, and they keep me going.

“I’m certain that I wouldn’t still be here without them; they’re the reason I have stayed so long.”

Martine also worked with her husband of 23 years, Martyn, at The Company Row.

Martyn spent 15 years with the company before changing career. The couple have two children, George (aged 10) and six-year-old Lilly.