Sustainable Restaurant Awards shortlist announced
Restaurants ranging from an alpine ski lodge to a Welsh prison are in the running to win the Sustainable Restaurant Awards 2015.
The shortlist includes well-known names such as Hawksmoor and Carluccio, in addition to two fish and chip shops and one of the most northerly restaurants in the UK.
Interest in the awards, sponsored by Unilever Food Solutions, has increased this year with the People’s Favourite category. The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) received over 850 nominations for this award and it will be presented by their President Raymond Blanc on Monday 23 February 2015 at Oval Space in East London.
The awards are decided based on the three pillars of sustainability; Sourcing, Society and Environment and recognise the achievements of the best sustainable food service businesses in the UK and globally.
The People’s Favourite category includes The Bay Fish and Chips, Stonehaven, also nominated for Scottish Sustainable Restaurant of the Year, The Eagle and Child, Ramsbottom, where young unemployed people serve local dishes with a modern twist, The Real Junk Food Project in Leeds, serving surplus food on a pay as you feel basis to highlight food waste and Star Bistro in Cheltenham, that gives people with disabilities the chance to shine. The fifth nomination, Silo, opened in Brighton at the end of 2014 and is designed to be totally waste-free.
The Pig has been shortlisted in three categories, for English Sustainable Restaurant of the Year, the SRA Award for Sourcing and Hotel Restaurant of the Year. Carluccio’s and Boston Tea Party have both been shortlisted for the SRA Award for Society and the Sustainable Large Group of the Year. The Bistrot Bruno Loubet at The Zetter Hotel has also been nominated for two awards, which are the Sustainable Hotel Restaurant of the Year and the SRA Award for Environment.
Prison restaurant The Clink, Cardiff is up against last year’s winner, The Gallery in Barry for the Welsh Sustainable Restaurant of the Year, along with Enochs Fish & Chips.
The award for International Sustainable Restaurant of the Year sees The Lodge, Verbier up against Three Michelin starred Azurmendi and last year’s winner Les Orangeries.
Caterer Bennett Hay has earned a place on the shortlist for the Best Food Waste Strategy by highlighting the scale of food wastage on site. Raymond Blanc will also announce the recipient of his Sustainability Hero Award at the ceremony.
The theme of the event is the Future of Food and guests can enjoy insect canapés prepared the Wahaca way, whilst Chef Director of The Pig, James Golding, prepares dinner.
SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT AWARDS SHORTLIST 2015
SRA Award for Sourcing: (Sponsored by Reynolds)
ODE-dining, Devon
River Cottage HQ, Devon
Poco, Bristol
The Pig, Hampshire
SRA Award for Society: (Sponsored by TUCO Ltd)
The Brookwood Partnership, National
Boston Tea Party, South West and Midlands
Geronimo Inns, South East
SRA Award for the Environment: (Sponsored by Specialist Waste Recycling)
Arbor Restaurant at The Green House Hotel, Bournemouth
The Captain’s Galley, Caithness
Bistrot Bruno Loubet at The Zetter Hotel, London
English Sustainable Restaurant of the Year: (Sponsored by Eureka Search & Selection)
Daylesford, Gloucestershire and London
The Pig, Hampshire
ODE-dining, Devon
Scottish Sustainable Restaurant of the Year: (Sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet)
The Captain’s Galley, Caithness
The Bay Fish and Chips, Aberdeenshire
Cafe St Honoré, Edinburgh
Welsh Sustainable Restaurant of the Year:
The Gallery, South Wales
The Clink, Cardiff
Enochs Fish and Chips, Llandudno
Irish Sustainable Restaurant of the Year: (Sponsored by Hospitality Action)
Kylemore Services Group, Cork
Made in Belfast, Belfast
Two and You, Dublin
International Sustainable Restaurant of the Year:
Les Orangeries, France
The Lodge, Verbier (Virgin) Switzerland
Azurmendi, Spain
Sustainable Small Group of the Year: (Sponsored by Yealands Family Wine)
Lussmanns Fish & Grill, Hertfordshire
Drake & Morgan, London
Hawksmoor, London
Sustainable Large Group of the Year: (Sponsored by Chapman Ventilation)
D&D London
Carluccio’s, National
Boston Tea Party, South West and Midlands
Sustainable Pub of the Year:
The Truscott Arms, London
Orwells, Oxon
The Imperial, London
Sustainable Hotel Restaurant of the Year: (Sponsored by Gram UK)
Bistrot Bruno Loubet at The Zetter Hotel, London
The Pig, Hampshire
The Jetty, Dorset
Sustainable Caterer of the Year: (Sponsored by Space Catering)
bartlett mitchell Ltd
Lexington Catering
Artizian Catering Services
Most Improved Sustainability: (Sponsored by Paper Round)
Ceviche, London
The Akeman (Oakman Inns), Hertforshire
Bingham Hotel, London
The Montpelier, London
The People’s Favourite Award: (Sponsored by Bookatable)
The Bay Fish and Chips, Aberdeenshire
The Eagle and Child, Lancashire
The Real Junk Food Project, Leeds
Silo, Brighton
Star Bistro, Gloucestershire
Sustainable Innovation Award: (Sponsored by Costa)
Wahaca,
Boston Tea Party, South West and Midlands
Silo, Brighton
Best Food Waste Strategy: (Sponsored by Unilever Food Solutions)
Bennett Hay
The Roebuck, London
The Brookwood Partnership
By Molly Mileham-Chappell
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