Vote 2008

Nominations are now called for to find this years winners. The 4/5 venues in each category who receive the most nominations will make the final stage and will be judged by either a mystery diner or a panel of experts.

Best Small/Large Restaurant, Best Bar/Pub will be judged by a mystery diner using a marking criteria designed by restaurant owners of Chester, to ensure the fairest system possible.

We have enlisted the help of Chester@large in both assessing the mystery diner criteria and in voting on the other awards.

We believe we now have the fairest and best system to make these the best awards in the North West.

VOTING CLOSED AS OF MIDNIGHT Friday 15th February

Judging 2008

The 6 venues in each category that achieve the highest number of nominations will go forward to a selection panel from the chester@large readership who will come up with a final 4 nominations in each category. 

The Restaurant of the year nominations will be judged by a Mystery Diner who will submit marked assessments of each venue that will be available for scrutiny by these establishments after the announcement of the winner.

The other categories will be voted upon by the Chester@large selection panel. This process has been approved by a committee of Chester restaurant owners and agreed to be the fairest and best system possible.

2007 WINNERS

Best Small Restaurant of The Year - Upstairs at The Grill, Watergate Street,

Best Large Restaurant of The Year - (over 40 covers) Pastarazzi, Grosvenor Street

Best Café/Sandwich Bar - Blue Moon Cafe on the Groves

Bar of The Year - Bar Lounge on Watergate Street

Best Cocktail Bartender of the Year - is Cino Garcia-Hernandez of Upstairs At The Grill, Watergate Street

Family Friendly - The Red Lion, Dodleston.

Best Newcomer - Joseph Benjamin of Northgate Street.

Local Produce Shop of The Year - Davenports Farm Shop, Northwich

Excellence in Customer Service - Bollicini, Abbey Green, Northgate Street.

Junior Chef of the Year - Robert Waring, 10, of Frodsham Primary School

Young Chef of the Year - Scott Purchase of Chez Jules on Northgate Street

Best Use of Local Produce - Cock O’Barton, near Farndon

Best of the Taste Marquee - Carole Faulkner of The Cheese Shop, Northgate Street

Best Chester Sausage of the Festival - Jamie Joinson of Chester Market

Cheese of the Year - John Bourne’s Blue Cheshire Cheese

Best Website - Brasserie 10/16, of Brookdale Place, Chester.

Best Pub of the Year - Duke of Portland, Lach Dennis, near Northwich

Best Restaurant in a hotel - The Brasserie at the Grosvenor Hotel, Eastgate Street

Outstanding Achievement Award - Tom Fell of Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, Tattenhall.