St Albans Food and Drink Awards 2012 open for nominations

Nominate your favourite restaurant, bar, pub, café, producer or food shop for the St Albans Food and Drink Awards 2012. 

The award winners will be announced during the St Albans Food and Drink Festival 2012 which runs from 26 September to 7 October 2012.

Both the awards and the festival are organised by St Albans City and District Council. During the festival many pubs, restaurants and hotels will be staging gastronomic events and offering discounts.

The awards celebrate the variety of local eateries, hostelries, and food and drink producers in the District. You have until 31 July to make nominations for the following award categories:

• Best Restaurant 

• Best Café 

• Best Pub 

• Best Bar

• Local Gem 

• Local Producer 

• Family Friendly

• Kate D’Arcy Award for Exceptional Customer Service 

Cllr Beric Read, Portfolio Holder for Community Engagement and Localism for the District Council, said: “The St Albans Food and Drink Awards contribute to the vibrant food scene in the District by highlighting the variety of cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars available. They also showcase the tasty food and drink that is produced locally. Please nominate your favourite place to eat or drink and ensure that it gets the recognition it deserves.”

Nominations for all the awards categories can be made online at www.stalbansfoodanddrink.com from 1 July to 5pm on 31 July. 

A shortlist will then be drawn up and the public will be invited to vote for their favourites from 17 September. The winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on 4 October.

More information about the St Albans Food and Drink Festival 2012 is available on the festival website, and on our Facebook page (St Albans Food and Drink Festival). Both sites will be regularly updated with the latest inform ation about the Festival. You can also email foodanddrinkfestival@stalbans.gov.uk to join our Festival mailing list. 

Finally, if you are a local business or you are running a food or drink related event in St Albans City and District and would like to be involved in this year’s St Albans Food and Drink Festival email foodanddrinkfestival@stalbans.gov.uk or call 01727 819492 for more information.  

Cllr Beric Read, Portfolio Holder for Community Engagement and Localism for the District Council

Mob: 07956 220264

Amanda Wilkinson, 

Media and Internal Communications Officer 

St Albans City and District Council

Tel: 01727 819317 

E-mail: amanda.wilkinson@stalbans.gov.uk 

www.stalbans.gov.uk

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StAlbansCouncil 

The winners for the St Albans Food and Drink Awards 2011 were as follows:

Best Restaurant – Darcys

Best Café – Soko Coffee

Best Pub – The Holly Bush at Potters Crouch

Best Bar – The Peahen

Local Gem – The Pudding Stop

Local Producer – Redbournbury Mill

Family Friendly – Inn on the Park

Kate D’Arcy Award for Exceptional Customer Service – Sean Hughes of The Boot