Waitrose Good Food Guide has announced the 10 regional winners for the Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Award 2015, after more than 30,000 members of the public submitted nominations for their favourite restaurants in the awards.
The Good Food Guide verifies all the nominations before picking ten regional winners who represent some of the best local dining experiences to be had around the country.
To qualify for the awards, aimed at championing neighbourhood eateries, restaurants needed to be independently run and offer regional or local produce where possible.
The ten regional winners are:
EAST ENGLAND: The Ingham Swan, Ingham
LONDON: Charlotte’s Bistro, Chiswick
MIDLANDS: Carters of Moseley, Birmingham
NORTH EAST:The Spiced Pear, Holmfirth
NORTH WEST: Lunya, Liverpool
NORTHERN IRELAND: James Street South, Belfast
SCOTLAND: The Birch Tree, Delny
SOUTH EAST:Stovell’s, Chobham
SOUTH WEST: Menu Gordon Jones, Bath
WALES: Bar 44, Cowbridge
Bumper crop of nominations
Elizabeth Carter, Consultant Editor of The Good Food Guide, commented:
“Now in their seventh year, the Good Food Guide’s Reader Awards prove once again that it is an exciting time to eat out in the UK. The response has been tremendous – a bumper crop of nominations from an army of loyal fans.
“From appealingly simple venues that chime with the times to big city eateries that are genuinely user-friendly, these are the fantastic places that have won our readers’ hearts this year. By understanding the way we want to eat now, and judging their market exactly, each winner had a simple recipe for success that made them stand out against some very strong competition.”
The Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards celebrate local restaurants, pubs and cafés, as nominated by members of the public. Each winning restaurant will feature in the 2015 edition of the guide, published in September 2014. The winner of the overall award will be picked by the editors of the Good Food Guide and announced on the 1st of September 2014.
Full eligibility criteria for the awards can be found here