The annual Manchester Food and Drink Festival Award nominations have landed, with some of the city’s best bars, restaurants and food producers all in the running for gongs. Up for the coveted restaurant of the year are 10 Tib Lane, Erst, The Sparrows, Another Hand, Mana, Where the Light Gets In and The Firehouse.
Meanwhile, the nominations for chef of the year are Caroline Martins from Sao Paulo Project, The Walled Garden’s Eddie Shepherd, Joseph Otway from Flawd, Where the Light Gets In’s Sam Buckley, Patrick Withington from Erst, Adam Reid from The French at the Midland Hotel and Julian Pizer from newcomer Another Hand.
Voting is now open for many of the categories, so you can go and vote for your favourite spots in the city at the awards website.
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Alexa Stratton-Powell, Director of MFDF said: “This is an incredible list of brilliant businesses that we are proud to celebrate. As we look forward to our 25th year it’s all about the talent that has shaped this last quarter century and made the city’s food scene the world-class destination that it is today.
“Please get involved, vote for your favourites and visit the amazing venues on the shortlist for yourselves!”
Charlotte Wild, Head of Retail & Leisure at Bruntwood added: “We’re proud to become headline sponsor for these important awards. Manchester's hospitality scene is phenomenal and the industry is absolutely central to our vision of creating thriving cities.
“We're excited to celebrate 25 years of the Manchester Food and Drink Festival this Autumn, alongside all the talented nominees and winners at the Awards on 26th September. Congratulations to all those shortlisted!”
The awards will take place at Escape To Freight Island on September 26. The festival itself, now in its 25th year, happens from September 15 to 26 at Cathedral Gardens.
Here are the nominees in full:
PLANT BASED OFFERING OF THE YEAR
Four Side Pizza
Herbivorous
Otto Vegan Empire
Ruyi Chorlton
Sanskruti
The Walled Garden
Wholesome Junkies
INDEPENDENT DRINKS PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Bundobust Brewery
Cloudwater
Hip Pop
Into the Gathering Dusk
Stockport Gin
Steep Soda
Track Brewing
INDEPENDENT FOOD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Dormouse Chocolates
Great North Pie Co
Holy Grain
La Choquette
Long Boi’s Bakehouse
Polyspore
Yellowhammer
FOODIE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE YEAR
Ancoats
Chapel Street, Salford
Monton
Prestwich
Ramsbottom
Sale
Stockport
COFFEE SHOP OF THE YEAR
Cafe Sanjuan
Factory Coffee
Grind and Tamp
Grapefruit
Just Between Friends
Station South
Pollen
FOOD TRADER OF THE YEAR
Burgerism
House of Habesha
The Little Sri Lankan
Lovingly Artisan
Mira
New Wave Ramen
Pico’s Tacos
AFFORDABLE EATS VENUE OF THE YEAR
Aunty Ji’s
Bahn Mi Co Ba
Cafe Sanjuan
Levenshulme Bakery
Go Falafel
Mama Flo’s
Salt & Pepper MCR
POP UP OR PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Platt Fields Market Garden
Sao Paulo
Suppher
Eat Well Spring Festival
Bungalow at Kampus
Heart and Parcel
Foodie Friday
PUB OR BEER BAR OF THE YEAR
Bridge Beers, Staylbridge
Heaton Hops
House of Hops
The Kings Arms
Nordie
Track Taproom
Station Hop
BAR OF THE YEAR
Blinker Bar
Flawd
Henry C
Ramona
Schofield’s Bar
Speak in Code
10 Tib Lane
NEIGHBOURHOOD VENUE OF THE YEAR
Baratuxi Bar
Bar San Juan
The Easy Fish Co.
Nila's Burmese Kitchen
Ornella's Kitchen
Osma
The Perfect Match
FOOD AND DRINK RETAILER OF THE YEAR
Ad Hoc
Chorlton Cheesemongers
Hello Oriental
Coopers Lets Fress Deli
Le Social
Out of the Blue
Wandering Palate
GREAT SERVICE AWARD - Sponsored by Manchester Evening News
Bull & Bear
Dishoom
Hawksmoor
Flawd
Schofield’s Bar
Speak in Code
10 Tib Lane
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Bruntwood
Another Hand
The Alan
The Black Friar
Bundobust
Flawd
Yellowhammer
10 Tib Lane
CHEF OF THE YEAR
Caroline Martins - Sao Paulo Project
Eddie Shepherd - The Walled Garden
Joseph Otway - Flawd
Sam Buckley - Where the Light Gets In
Patrick Withington - Erst
Adam Reid - The French, The Midland Hotel
Julian Pizer - Another Hand
RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Stephenson’s
10 Tib Lane
Erst
The Sparrows
Another Hand
Mana
Where the Light Gets In
The Firehouse
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