Manchester Food & Drink Festival Awards Shortlist

The nominations for the 22nd annual Manchester Food & Drink Festival Awards have been announced, with the winners set to be crowned at this year’s MFDF Gala Dinner at Gorton Monastery on Monday 7^th October 2019. 

There's a lot of nominations this year - including those for the new awards, Artisan Drinks Producer of the Year and Vegan Offering of the Year - which tells you how great a year it has been in the Greater Manchester hospitality sector (or, if you're more cynical about such awards ceremonies, how many expensive tables and sponsorship opportunites there are to sell for the event).

The shortlists - which, as always, questionably excludes each of last year's winners - has been decided by the MFDF judging panel, with nominations for each category open to the public to vote for their favourite. Like Eurovision, these votes will somehow then be combined with scores from the judging panel obtained via mystery shop visits.

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Who will get your vote for in the many categories below?:

Restaurant of the Year (Last year’s winner - Adam Reid at The French)

• The winner will be chosen via mystery shopping and public vote from the Casual Restaurant of the Year and Premium & Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year shortlists

Premium & Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year (Last year’s winner - Adam Reid at The French)

• Mana
• Tast
• Hawksmoor
• Restaurant MCR
• Umezushi
• Where The Light Gets In, Stockport

Casual Restaurant of the Year (Last year’s winner - Levanter Fine Foods, Ramsbottom)

• Bundobust
• Canto
• Cocktail Beer Ramen + Bun
• Dishoom
• Rudy’s Pizza Peter Street
• Sugo Pasta Kitchen

Chef of the Year (Last year’s winner - Rachel Stockley, Baratxuri Ramsbottom)

• Simon Martin - Mana
• Adam Reid - Adam Reid at The French
• Miquel Villacrosa - Tast
• Sam Buckley - Where The Lights Get In
• Aiden Byrne - Restaurant MCR
• Omar Rodriguez Marrero - Umezushi

Front of House Team of the Year (Last year’s winner - 20 Stories)

• Adam Reid at The French
• Mana
• Tast
• Dishoom
• erst.
• Hawksmoor

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Bar of the Year (Last year’s winner - Science & Industry)

• Cocktail Beer Ramen + Bun
• Hawksmoor Manchester
• Henry C, Chorlton
• The Jane Eyre
• Speak In Code
• YES

Pub/Craft Ale Bar of the Year (Last year’s winner - Port Street Beer House)

• Cask Ancoats
• Bunbury’s, Bolton
• The Flying Horse Hotel, Rochdale
• The Magnet, Stockport
• Reasons To Be Cheerful Café & Real Ale Bar, Burnage
• Sandbar

Coffee Shop of the Year (Last year’s winner - Pot Kettle Black)

• Ezra and Gil 
• Federal Café Bar
• Idle Hands
• Pollen Bakery
• Siop Shop
• Trove

Newcomer of the Year (Last year’s winner - The Creameries, Chorlton)

• Mana
• Tast
• Dishoom
• erst.
• Kala Bistro
• The Fisherman’s Table, Stockport

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Affordable Eats Venue of the Year (Last year’s winner - Mi & Pho)

• Bundobust
• Lily’s Indian Vegetarian Cuisine, Ashton-under-Lyne
• Rudy’s Pizza, Ancoats
• Siop Shop
• The Spärrows
• YES

Vegan Offering of the Year (Last year’s winner of Vegetarian Offering of the Year - Lily’s)

• Amma's Canteen
• Bundobust
• Dishoom
• Evelyn's Cafe Bar
• Foodwell
• Plant Powered Sundays at GRUB

Neighbourhood Restaurant of the Year (Last year’s winner - Where The Light Gets In)

• Baratxuri, Ramsbottom
• The Creameries, Chorlton
• The Fisherman’s Table, Marple
• Lily’s Indian Vegetarian Cuisine, Ashton-under-Lyne
• The Oystercatcher, Chorlton
• Porta Tapas, Salford

Foodie Event or Project of the Year (Last year’s winner - Hatch)

• Auction Against Hunger
• GRUB
• Indy Man Beer Con
• Festa Italiana
• Stockport Foodie Friday
• Surplus! @ Beer Nouveau

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Food and Drink Retailer of the Year (Last year’s winner - Pollen Bakery)

• HM Pasties
• Lunya
• Out of the Blue
• Taste IT
• Unicorn Grocery
• Wong Wong Bakery & Cafe

Artisan Drinks Producer of the Year

• Beatnikz Republic Brewing Co
• Diablesse Rum
• Manchester Gin
• Manchester Union Brewery Limited
• Steep Soda
• Track Brewing Co

Sustainability Award (Last year’s winner - The Creameries, Chorlton)

• Decided by the judging panel of those venues that pride themselves on "making good food for people and the planet"

Street Food Award of the Year (Last year’s winner - Oh Mei Dumpling)

• Decided by public vote

Howard & Ruth Award for Outstanding Achievement (Last year’s winner - Jeremy Roberts, Living Ventures)

• Recognising someone who contributed something outstanding to the food and drink industry in Greater Manchester, Decided by the judging panel from public nominations

~ CLICK HERE TO VOTE (Before 26th September 2019) ~

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