The Tameside Food and Drink Awards 2009

Winners

View the Photo Gallery from the Food and Drink Awards Night.

Tameside toasted its finest food outlets at the annual Food and Drink Awards.

For the first time this year members of the public were involved in the shortlisting process - almost 3000 people made nominations and voted for their favourite establishments on the council website.

BBC Radio Manchester Presenter Becky Want  compered the event, held at Ashton Town Hall on Thursday 1st October and Tameside Council Project Head for Heritage and Tourism Cllr Jackie Lane paid tribute to the quality and excellence of the food and drink produced and served in the borough.

Cllr Lane said: “We have been particularly pleased this year to be able to have involved local people in the process of deciding which establishments deserve special recognition. The response has been fantastic and certainly reflects the enthusiasm for what Tameside has to offer.”

The awards night was just one highlight of the week long festival which ran until 3rd October. For further details of events that took place at venues across the borough, see the Food and Drink Festival Events Calendar.

The award winners were as follows:

• Best Take away Food outlet: Red Rose Bangladeshi and Indian Restaurant
• Best use of Regional Produce: Indian Ocean
• Best Provision for vegetarians: Topaz wellbeing Centre
• Restaurant of the year: Red Rose Bangladeshi and Indian Restaurant
• Licensed bar of the year: Stalybridge Buffet Bar
• Cafe of the year: Caffe Di Vita
• Local trader of the year: Bradley's Bakery
• Tameside Curry Chef of the year: Raja's Balti Bar and Portland Bistro
• Outstanding contribution to food and drink award: Pauline Proctor, Mossley Organic and Fine Foods
• A special award on the evening: Went to Alan Graham from the Lazy Toad Restaurant in recognition for his hard work in hosting Tameside's first ever Pudding Club.