The winners for the 2011 Observer Monthly Awards were announced last week at a ceremony in London with Mark Hix,
Picture of Mark Hix: (C) Jason Lowe
Michel Roux Senior and Niamh Shields, amongst the winners.
The awards, now in their eighth year, celebrate the best in British food and produce, from independent producers to the UK’s most revered chefs.
The winners for 2011 are:
Lifetime achievement: Michel Roux Senior
Picture of Michel Roux senior (C) MARTIN BRIGDALE
Best restaurant (sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet): Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Food personality (sponsored by Weber Barbecues): Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Best cookbook (sponsored by Harvey Jones Kitchens): Plenty, Ottolenghi
Best place to drink: Mark’s Bar, Hix Soho, London
Picture of Mark Hix, Nick Strangeway and the staff at Mark’s Bar (C) OFM/ Phil Fisk
Best producer: Johnny Pusztai at J. T. Beedhams & Sons, Nottingham
Best newcomer: Maltby Street, London
Outstanding contribution: Tristram Stuart, author of Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal
Young chef of the year: Paul Foster, Head Chef, Tuddenham Mill, Suffolk
Best Sunday lunch: Bull & Last, Kentish Town, London
Best food blog:Eat Like A Girl
Best ethical restaurant (Cafédirect): The Ethicurean, North Somerset
Best independent local retailer: The Cheese Shed, Bovey Tracey, Devon
Best cheap eats: Koya, London
Reader’s cocktail: Bittersweet Addiction by Simon Amster
Reader’s recipe (sponsored by Bordeaux Wines): Chicken and Pistachio Curry by Maria Kuehn
Allan Jenkins, editor of Observer Food Monthly (OFM), said: “At a time when everyone is tightening their belts it is inspiring to see Observer readers vote in their thousands to celebrate their food heroes. We are proud, too, to support people, places and producers making a difference in their community.”
For more information on the awards visit: www.observer.co.uk/foodawards
