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Cheshire Life Food and Drink Awards 2010 - the winners revealed

By Cheshire Life on October 27th 2010

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Cheshire Hotel of the Year 2010 - Doubletree by Hilton, Chester

North Wales Hospitality Dining Excellence of the Year 2010 - Kinmel Arms, St George

City Restaurant of the Year - Liverpool 2010 - Lunya, Liverpool

Cheshire Dining Pub of the Year 2010 - Bells of Peover, Lower Peover

City Restaurant of the Year - Manchester 2010 - Rosso, Manchester

Cheshire Restaurant of the Year 2010 - Michael Caines @ Abode Chester

Cheshire Food Hero of the Year 2010 - Cheshire Smokehouse, Morley Green, Wilmslow

North West Chef of the Year 2010 - Lisa Allen, Northcote Manor

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The cheers echoed through the corridors of Manchester’s Midland Hotel as the winners of the Cheshire Life Food & Drink Awards were announced last night.

The prestigious annual event celebrated the county’s finest hotels, dining pubs, restaurants, food producers and chefs.

Around 300 people filled the Alexandra Suite for the gala evening as Granada Reports presenter, Lucy Meacock, and Cheshire Life food and drink writer, Ray King handed out the awards to the best people in fine dining and hospitality.

There were 14 categories with the winners chosen by a panel of independent judges, comprising Cheshire Life editor Louise Taylor, Lancashire Life editor Roger Borrell, highly regarded Cheshire food consultant Rosemary Watts, Trevor Stone, who headed the AstraZeneca catering operation, Ray King and Philippa James, who runs a successful cookery school and is Lancashire Life’s cookery editor.

The winners were presented with the coveted Cheshire Life Food and Drink Awards plaques to display. But no one left empty handed as of those shortlisted also took home commemorative plates.

A raffle, with prizes including a holiday to the Maldives and a helicopter flight, also raised a massive £3,500 for on of Europe’s leading cancer centres, The Christie in Manchester.

There will be full coverage and a selection of photos of the awards in the December issue of Cheshire Life. Scroll down to view all the photos

Cheshire Hotel of the Year
Sponsored by Epitome Celebrations

Doubletree by Hilton, Chester

North Wales Hospitality Dining Excellence of the Year
Sponsored by Prestbury Worldwide Resorts

Kinmel Arms, St George

City Restaurant of the Year – Liverpool
Sponsored by R Noone and Sons

Lunya, Liverpool

Cheshire Dining Pub of the Year
Sponsored by Visit Chester and Cheshire

Bells of Peover, Lower Peover

City Restaurant of the Year – Manchester
Sponsored by R Noone and Sons

Rosso, Manchester

Cheshire Restaurant of the Year
Sponsored by Catering Connections

Michael Caines @ Abode Chester

Cheshire Food Hero of the Year
Sponsored by e-Foods

Cheshire Smokehouse, Morley Green, Wilmslow

North West Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Robinsons Brewery

Lisa Allen, Northcote Manor

View all the nominations and videos

Food and Drink Awards

Chocolate Old Tom

Linda Myers, Rachel Smythe, Louise Sydney and Malgorzata Mazurek

Dylan Hughes and Dylan Thomas

Selwyn and June Lowe

Rachel Smythe, James Allen, Malgorzata Mazurek, Piers Mortimer and Linda Myers

Emma Bray and John Gibson

Canapes

Barbara and Keith Barnett with Bill and Bev Morley-Scott

Cheshire Life Editor, Louise Taylor and Paul Taylor

Alex Wood and Nicola Trew

Sally and Andrew Poulter

Jenny and Trevor Stone with Philippa James

Jenny and Trevor Stone

Helen Barnes, Diane Taylor, John Taylor, Alex Routledge, Rose Peill and Kate Peill

Holly Massey, Stephanie Downing, Marc Mattocks, Amanda Heeks, Philip Larkin and Laura Mattocks

Bob Dunn and Andrew Parker

Steve Ramsdale, Sarah Gibbs, Emma Williams and Ian Calder

Susan and Neil Blair

Gemma Mercer, Dave Rotherham and Angela Brinkworth

Lancashire Life Editor, Roger Borrell, Andrea Bommer and Barbara Borrell

Jane Casson, Jonathan Slater, Louise Garforth, Emma Bellis, Chris Brown and Samantha Ratcliffe

Katherine Swarbrick, Peter Hartley, Janet Brierley and Judith Mackrill

Luke Summersgill, Katherine Lachance, Tom Smith, Paul Sutton, Susan McCabe and Peter Hartley

Emma Mayoh and Jane Sykes

Hansi Klein, Helen Coulthard and Aled Humphreys

Stuart Thomson and Jessica Lowe

Claire Palmer and Ana Nogueira

Food and Drink Awards guests

Steve Goodwin, Lisa Allen and Nigel Haworth

Edwin Booth with Lisa Allen and Steve Goodwin

Nigel Howarth and Lucy Meacock

Publisher, Andy Phelan

Lucy Meacock

Rosemary Watts

Food and Drink Awards at the Midland Hotel Manchester

Janet Lowe

Peter Hartley, Susan McCabe, Katherine Lachance, Luke Summersgill, Tom Smith and Paul Sutton from The Black Bull, Rimmington with James Wellock

John Taylor, Helen Barnes, Diane Taylor and Alex Routledge of The Masons Arms, Cartmel Fell

James Guest, Sarah Caunce, Gwyn Roberts, Tim Watson and Lynn Cunnah-Watson from The Kinmel Arms, St George

Katherine Swarbrick and Judith Mackrill from The Gibbon Bridge, Chipping

Peter and Elaine Kinsella from Lunya, Liverpool

Dave Rotherham, Grant Mercer, Ian Rudge and Chris Buckley from Bells of Peover, Lower Peover

Food and Drink Awards guests

Celebrations...

The award winning team from Rosso, Manchester

A very happy moment from the team at Rosso, Manchester

Richard Wiltshire, Stuart Collins, Jana Benson, Faye Kelly, Neil Parker and Amy Rowland of Michael Caines at ABode, Chester

Siobhan Sewell and Kate Mountain from Aumbry with James Wellock

Reg Johnson and Bud Swarbrick of Johnson and Swarbrick, Goosnargh

Jenny Taylor and Nathan Millar from Cheshire Smokehouse

Chris Buckley from The Bells of Peover starts celebrating

The winning guests from Doubletree by Hilton

Richard Wiltshire, Stuart Collins, Jana Benson, Faye Kelly, Neil Parker and Amy Rowland of Michael Caines at ABode, Chester

Douglas Dale, Marc Sanders, Andy Lemm and Colin Fox of The Wild Boar, Crook

Peter and Elaine Kinsella of Lunya, Liverpool

John Taylor, Helen Barnes, Diane Taylor and Alex Routledge of

Food and Drink awards at the Midland Hotel, Manchester

Ray King chatting with Suzanne Heaven.

Nigel Howarth

Edwin Booth with Lisa Allen and Steve Goodwin.

BBC North West presenters, Ranvir Singh and Gordon Burns with Gordon's wife, Sheelagh Burns and Cheshire Life Editor, Louise Taylor and husband Paul.

Steve Dean and Sally Hall.

Johnny Hustler, Lucy Meacock and Roger Borrell

Johnny Hustler (Archant's M.D.) with Lucy Meacock (Granada TV presenter) and Roger Borrell (Lancashire Life Editor)

Cordelia Robinson, Tim Thurston (Archant Life Commercial Director) and his wife, Sally, John Robinson, Suzanne Heaven (Archant Life Group Publishing Director) William Robinson and Johnny Hustler (Archant's M.D.)