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Chester Food and Drink Festival
2011 Winners
Best Large Restaurant: 1539
Best Small Restaurant: Upstairs at the Grill
Best Newcomer: Hickorys
Best Pub: Ring O Bells
Best Bar: Bar Lounge
Best Cafe: Zugers
Best Sandwich: Cheshire Sandwich Company
Family Friendly: Hickorys
Excellence in Customer Care: Golden Groves
Best use of local produce in a menu: Brewery Tap
Sausage of the Festival: Bruce Edge
Best Curry - Hoole Indian Takeaway
Local Produce Shop of the Year: Hawarden Estate
Outstanding achievement: Chris Brown, Marketing Cheshire
Decade of Dedication: Neil McDonnell, Bar Lounge/Hickorys/Upstairs at the Grill
2010 Winners
Best Small Restaurant of The Year : Joseph Benjamin, Northgate Street, Chester for the second year running. Upstairs at the Grill, Watergate Street, Chester earned Silver and Bronze went to Bollocini, Abbey Green, Chester Runner-up was Village Bistro, Hoole.
Best Large Restaurant of The Year : Chez Jules, Northgate Street, Chester. Last year’s winners The Blackhouse Grill, Newgate Street, Chester, won Silver and Bronze was taken by Moules a Go Go, Watergate Street, Chester. Runner-up was Restaurant 1539.
Best Sandwich Bar : Watergate Deli. Henri Harbingers, Watergate Street, earned Silver and Number 46, Chester took Bronze.
Best Café/Deli : Delikate. Aldente, 5 Five Ashes Road, Chester took Silver and Deli-vert, Hoole achieved Bronze.
Best Bar : Telford’s Warehouse, Canal Basin, Tower Wharf, Chester. Oddfellows, Lower Bridge Street, Chester, took Silver and Cruise, St John Street, Chester won Bronze. The Living Room, St Werburgh Street, Chester was runner-up.
Best Pub : Brewery Tap, Lower Bridge Street. The Oak, Kelsall was awarded Silver and The Old Harker’s Arms took Bronze. Gill Lightfoot of The Chester Chronicle presented the award.
Best Cocktail Bartender : Matthew Jones of The Living Room, taking the title from fellow Living Room bartender, David Sale. The competition was sponsored by Maxxium UK and judged on April 7 at a cocktail evening at Cruise attended by more than 60 people. Matthew received his award from Phil Jones, Executive Director of the Manchester Food & Drink Festival.
Family Friendly Award : The Ring O’ Bells. The Christleton pub took the title from this year’s Silver winners, The Red Lion, Dodleston The Royal Oak of Kelsall, earned Bronze and runner-up was Chez Jules. The award was presented by Anne Benson of the Wirral Food & Drink Festival.
Best Newcommer: The Barn, Chester Road, Chester. The Ring O’ Bells was awarded Silver and Bronze went to Convivio, Chester. The Gunnery, Tarvin, was runner-up.
Local Produce Shop of The Year : The Hollies, Little Budworth won Gold, The Cheese Shop, Northgate St, took Silver and Edens of Handbridge earned Bronze. Jane Casson of Made in Cheshire presented the award.
Excellence in Customer Care : Moules a Go Go. Mike Jones, leader of CWaC presented the award. Silver was given to Chez Jules and Convivio took Bronze. Runner-up was The Blackhouse Grill.
Best Use of Local Produce : Restaurant 1539, at Chester Racecourse. The Royal Oak, Kelsall and Bronze went to Harvest Store Café of Middlewich.
Best Chester Sausage of the Festival : David Joinson of Chester Market for the third year running. Chester Market picks up the best sausage at the Food and Drink Festival for the fourth year running, after David Joinson’s was again judged the best with a pork and apple sausage. Silver was taken by Ernest Edge Butchers of Handbridge and CS Austin of Northgate Street, Chester took Bronze. The award was presented by Steve Robinson, Chief Executive of sponsors Cheshire West & Chester (CWaC).
Cheese of the Year : Allerdale Goat's Cheese, made by Carolyn Fairburne at Thornby Moore Dairy, Cumbria. The award was presented by Carole Faulkner of The Cheese Shop, Northgate Street, Chester. Last year’s winner was Maggie Maxwell, of The Doddington Cheese Company in Northumberland.
Best Interior Design : Oddfellows. The Barn took silver and Restaurant 1539 achieved Bronze. The Arkle, Eastgate Street was runner-up.
Outstanding Achievement Award : David Atkinson, Chester Renaissance by last year’s winner, Simon Radley, executive chef at The Chester Grosvenor and Spa.
External Links
http://www.chesterfoodanddrink.co.uk/vote.aspx
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