More fake Toby Carvery offers circulate on Facebook – Full Fact

18 August 2025 What was claimed Toby Carvery is offering free meals to people who like certain Facebook posts. Our verdict False. A spokesperson for Mitchells & Butlers, the company that owns Toby Carvery, confirmed these are not genuine offers. Facebook posts claiming that people can receive a free meal at a Toby Carvery restaurant in exchange for likes are false. A spokesperson for Mitchells & Butlers, Toby Carvery’s parent company, confirmed that promotions are only offered through the chain’s official channels, and these are not genuine deals. One post says: “Big news, as the President of Toby Carvery I’m very excited to announce we’re going to be treating everyone who likes to a free carvery in celebration of our anniversary”. It includes two images of roast dinners, and a photo of a man holding what appears to be a menu and standing outside a Toby Carvery restaurant. However, this photo does not show the “President of Toby Carvery”. It is not a picture of Phil Urban, the chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers. The photo was taken in December 2016, and shows the then general manager of the Thorpe Bay branch of the chain, Darren Frost. A comment from
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