The Good Food Guide, published by Waitrose, is calling for diners to nominate their favourite local eaterie for its Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards. The coveted awards honour the very best independent restaurants, pubs and cafés from around the country. The nomination period opens on Monday 2 March 2015.
The annual awards recognise the best dining establishments across ten different UK regions and are based on public nominations with a panel of Good Food Guide judges choosing the most outstanding for their overall winner.
The awards support independently run restaurants with a special focus on menus which champion regional or local produce where possible.
30,000 nominations for 2015
Elizabeth Carter, Editor of the Waitrose Good Food Guide, commented: ‘The Good Food Guide’s Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Award is always closely fought. Last year we received well over 30,000 nominations, showing just how important independent restaurants are to a local community. The Guide’s army of loyal readers have certainly made these awards their own, with nominations highlighting the very best of small enterprise. The UK has a wealth of consistent and likeable local restaurants which offer no pretensions or gimmicks, just first class food and knowledgeable, welcoming service.’
As well as providing a fantastic way for people to recognise their favourite restaurants, the awards often provide a welcome boost to the businesses who win. Many winning restaurants report uplift in bookings, takings and staff morale as a result of an award from The Good Food Guide.
To take part in the awards, restaurants can encourage their diners to nominate them online here, or by making official postcards available in their restaurants during the nomination period – 2nd March until 11th May 2015.
The ten regional winners and the overall winner of The Waitrose Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year 2016 will be announced in July 2015.
Full eligibility criteria for the awards can be found here
Restaurants wishing to participate can download and print nomination postcards to give to their diners here
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