🏆 Full List of Nominees 2025

Best New Restaurant

• Elephant Hackney (London)
• Bavette (Horsforth, Leeds)
• Emberwood at The Francis Hotel (Bath)
• Winsome (Manchester)
• Shanghai Me (London)
• Long Friday – Newcastle
• Tigermilk (London)
• Dakota Grill – Newcastle Quayside (Dakota Hotel)
• Fonda (Soho)
• Bianca’s (London)
• Shakara (London)
• Bluebird City at South Place Hotel (London)

Best Chef

• Gordon Ramsay
• Adejoké “Joké” Bakare
• Chef Robert Thompson MBE
• Ash Valenzuela‑Heeger
• Angelo Sato
• Chef Kiran Survana
• Kenny Atkinson MBE
• Adam Handling MBE
• Kirk Haworth
• Paul Ainsworth
• Jason Atherton MBE

Best Young Chef

• Mia Walter
• Ruth Hansom
• Dylan Bachelet
• Alessio Sneider
• Annabelle Hughes
• Hannah Sloane
• Brin Pirathapan
• Harry Van Lierop
• Jack Coghill

Best Luxury Restaurant

• Penelope’s, London
• Ambassadors Clubhouse – London (Mayfair)
• Colonel Saab
• Mint Leaf
• Avery – Edinburgh
• Arlington – London (Mayfair)
• Brasserie Constance – Fulham Pier, London

Restaurant of the Year

• Happy Bar & Grill, London
• Azzura
• Moor Hall – Aughton, Lancashire
• The Ritz – London
• Moor Hall – Aughton, Lancashire
• The Ledbury – London (Notting Hill)
• Deacon’s Bank – Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire)
• The Three Chimneys – Isle of Skye, Scotland

Best International Cuisine

• Mulan Noodle
• Meet Bros
• Volta do Mar
• Thai Sq
• Tigermilk
• TOZI Restaurant & Bar
• Shakara
• AngloThai
• Cicchetti Piccadilly – London
• Singburi – London (Shoreditch)

Best Hospitality Team

• The Bookshop, Hereford
• Chamisse, London
• Meet Bros
• Bluebird City at South Place Hotel
• Lucky Lychee – Winchester
• The Three Chimneys – Isle of Skye, Scotland
• AngloThai – Marylebone, London
• Bleú Steakhouse
• Gymkhana – Mayfair, London
• Pierhouse Hotel & Seafood Restaurant – Port Appin, Argyll

Best Restaurant Chain

• Thai Square
• The Real Greek
• Megan’s
• Bar + Block
• Hawksmoor
• Côte
• Feng Sushi
• Wildwood Kitchen
• Tortilla Mexican Grill

Best Takeaway Restaurant

• Chamisse, London
• Sea Salt and Sole – Aberdeen, Scotland
• E.G. Charcoal Grill – East Grinstead, West Sussex
• Wallington Express – London (Wallington)
• Vegano – Newcastle
• Abbots Tandoori (Watford)
• The Fish Works – Largs, Scotland
• Civerinos – Glasgow & Edinburgh
• Sea Salt & Sole – Aberdeen, Scotland
• Get Baked – Manchester & Leeds
• Oowee Diner – Bristol

Best Food Ordering & Dining Platform 2025

• Uber Eats
• Just Eats
• Foodhub
• Scoffable
• OpenTable
• DesignMyNight
• SquareMeal
• Quandoo UK

Best Culinary Experience

• Peter Street Kitchen, Manchester
• Chamisse, London
• Ultraviolet
• Bleú Steakhouse
• Claridge’s Restaurant
• Feast on Cloud 9 – The Grove, Hertfordshire

Best Restaurant in Manchester

• 20 Stories
• Skof
• Peter Street Kitchen
• Mana
• Higher Ground
• Where The Light Gets In
• Another Hand
• Bangkok Diners Club
• Circolo Popolare
• Forbici

Best Restaurant in London

• Sumosan Twiga
• Chamisse, London
• Azzura, London
• Happy, London
• Wiltons
• Akoko (Fitzrovia)
• Kol (Marylebone)
• Manteca (Shoreditch)
• Endo at the Rotunda (White City)
• Frog by Adam Handling (Covent Garden)

Best Restaurant in Liverpool

• 8 By Andrew Sheridan
• The Art School
• Manifest
• NORD
• Belzan
• Vetch
• Little Furnace
• Maray
• Madre
• Queen’s Bistro & Wine Bar

Best Restaurant in Wales

• Ynyshir, Machynlleth
• Home – Penarth
• The Walnut Tree – Llanddewi Skirrid
• The Whitebrook – Whitebrook (Monmouthshire)
• Gorse – Cardiff
• Beach House – Oxwich (Gower Peninsula)
• Sosban & The Old Butchers – Menai Bridge (Anglesey)
• Chapters – Hay-on-Wye
• nn at the Sticks – Llansteffan (Carmarthenshire)

Best Restaurant in Surrey

• Bird in Hand, Mayford
• Latymer at Pennyhill Park (Bagshot)
• The Tudor Pass at Great Fosters (Egham)
• The Bailiwick (Egham)
• Latymer – Pennyhill Park (Bagshot)
• Starling (Esher)
• Sorrel (Dorking)
• The Victoria (Oxshott)
• The Anchor (Ripley)
• Dastaan (Ewell)

Best Restaurant in Essex

• Stark – Mersea Island, Essex
• The Three Horseshoes – Colchester
• Talbooth – Dedham
• Galvin Green Man – Howe Street
• The White Hart Inn – West Mersea
• Food Leigh On Sea
• The Sun Inn – Dedham
• Church Street Tavern – Colchester
• Rubino Kitchen – Inworth

Best Restaurant in Newcastle

• Aveika
• House of Tides
• Solstice by Kenny Atkinson
• Cook House
• Long Friday
• Dobson & Parnell
• Osters
• Six
• COOK HOUSE

Best Restaurant in Sheffield

• Urban Choola
• JÖRO
• Rafters Restaurant
• Native
• Forge Bakehouse & Kitchen
• Bench
• Orange Bird

Best Restaurant in Bradford

• Café J’adore
• MyLahore (Flagship, Bradford City Centre)
• Classic Persian Restaurant (Little Horton Street)
• Mumtaz (Great Horton Road)
• Restaurant 1914 (Inside Alhambra Theatre)
• The Sparrow (North Parade)
• The Peacock (North Parade)
• Sweet Centre Restaurant (Lumb Lane)
• Bear’s Den (Sunbridge Wells)

Best Restaurant in Bristol

• Namak
• Bulrush
• Root
• COR
• Box E
• The Ox
• Marmo
• Cotto
• Little Hollows Pasta

Best Restaurant in Brighton

• The Little Fish Market
• Burnt Orange
• Palmito (Hove)
• Cin Cin (Hove)
• No No Please
• Halisco
• Bonsai Plant Kitchen

Best Restaurant in Leeds

• Blue Sakura
• Bavette (Horsforth)
• Empire Café (City Centre)
• Ox Club (City Centre)
• Sushi Nakamura (City Centre)
• The Owl (Canalside)
• La Taberna (City Centre)
• La Piola (Park Square)
• Forde (Horsforth)
• LIVIN’Italy (Canalside)

Best Restaurant in Birmingham

• Orelle
• Opheem
• Adam’s
• Simpsons
• Harborne Kitchen
• Folium
• Chakana
• Land
• The Wilderness

Best Restaurant in Southampton

• Figurati
• The Pig in the Wall
• The Jetty (Ocean Village)
• Blue Jasmine (Ocean Village)
• Restaurant AO (Eling)
• Soleto Bistro (City Centre)
• Myles on Main (Shirley)
• Oxford Brasserie (Oxford Street)
• Coriander Lounge (High Street)
• Greyhound on the Test (Stockbridge–area)
• Aquitania (Seaview area)

Best Restaurant in Cambridge

• Mina Steakhouse
• Midsummer House
• Restaurant Twenty Two
• MJP @ The Shepherds (Fen Ditton)
• Vanderlyle
• Fancett’s
• Mercado Central
• The Pear & Olive
• MillWorks
• Six
• Kibou Japanese Kitchen & Bar

Best Restaurant in Leicester

• The Lime Tree Inn
• Sapori (Anstey)
• Merchant of Venice (City Centre)
• Kayal (City Centre)
• Oggi Simply Italian (Leicester)
• Amrut (City Centre)
• Grande Gusto (City Centre)
• Sinvari Village (City Centre)
• Anatolia Mediterranean Tapas & Mezze Bar (City Centre)
• Steak & Lounge (City Centre)

Best Bar

• Schofield’s Bar – Manchester
• Panda & Sons – Edinburgh
• The Connaught Bar – Mayfair, London
• Shark Club – Newcastle
• Couch – Stirchley, Birmingham
• Blinker – Manchester
• Bar Glue – Liverpool
• Lyaness (Sea Containers) – South Bank, London
• Tayēr + Elementary – Shoreditch, London
• Nightjar – Soho, London

Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurant

• Farmacy, London
• Plates London (Old Street, London)
• Gauthier Soho (Soho, London)
• Holy Carrot (Notting Hill, London)
• Jam Delish (Angel, London)
• Facing Heaven (London Fields)
• Mali Vegan Thai (Shoreditch, London)
• Purezza (Brighton, Manchester, London)
• Land (Birmingham)
• Holy Cow (Edinburgh)

Best Gastro Pub 2025

• The Unruly Pig (Bromeswell, Suffolk)
• The Devonshire (Soho, London)
• Prince of Peckham (London)
• The Sportsman (Seasalter, Kent)
• Queen of the South (London)
• The Star Inn (Harome, North Yorkshire)
• Parkers Arms (Newton in Bowland, Lancashire)