The restaurant industry’s most prestigious event, the London Restaurant Awards, returns with a gala ceremony on 01 September 2008 at Grosvenor House, London.
Its return, after an absence of two years, will be celebrated with more categories for dining excellence in the capital than ever before. And for the first time ever there will also be an award for restaurants outside London. A number of categories are also open for voting through our partners, the Evening Standard and toptable.com
The 2008 London Restaurant Awards will be sponsored by aAIM, one of Europe’s fastest growing commercial property investment companies.
This year’s judging panel features some of the UK's most respected and well-known critics, including Charles Campion (Evening Standard), Giles Coren (The Times), Terry Durack (The Independent), Tracey Macleod (The Independent on Sunday), Fay Maschler (Evening Standard), Matthew Norman (The Guardian) and Jay Rayner (The Observer).
ITN’s Katie Derham will reveal the 2008 award nominees at ITV’s London Television Centre on June 10. Previous winners of the awards include the likes of Le Gavroche for Outstanding Front Of House Team, Nobu for the Award of Excellence and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay for Best Overall Restaurant.
Mark Hix, of Hix Oyster and Chop House is confirmed to produce a specially created menu for the awards ceremony that will be paired with a selection of wines from our sponsor, Jordan Wine Estate.
The awards ceremony will be broadcast on ITV London on Thursday 04 September 2008 at 23.05 (tbc), also on Sky channel 993.
Previous Winners
The list of previous winners of the London Restaurant Awards reads like a who’s who of the restaurant industry. Our winners in 2005 were:
Restaurant Of The Year
Amaya
Halkin Arcade, Motcombe Street, London, SW1X 8JT. Tel: 020 7823 1166
www.amaya.biz
London Tonight Evening Standard Award
Ma Cuisine (at Twickenham and Kew)
6 Whitton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 1BJ. Tel: 020 8607 9849
9 Station Approach, Kew Gardens, London TW9 3QB Tel: 020 8332 1923
www.macuisinekew.co.uk/group.php
Best British Restaurant
The Goring
15 Beeston Place, London, SW1W 0JW. Tel: 020 7396 9000
www.goringhotel.co.uk
Best French Restaurant:
Racine
239 Brompton Road, London, SW3 2EP. Tel: 020 7584 8549
Best Italian Restaurant
Passione
10 Charlotte Street, London, W1 2LT. Tel: 020 7636 2833
www.passione.co.uk
Best Fish Restaurant
FishWorks (at Marylebone and Chiswick)
89 Marylebone High Street, London, W1U 4QW. Tel: 020 7935 9796
6 Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick, London W4 1QP Tel: 020 8994 0086
www.fishworks.co.uk
Best Indian Restaurant
Rasoi Vineet Bhatia
10 Lincoln Street, London, SW3 2TS. Tel; 020 7255 01881
www.vineetbhatia.com
Best Oriental Restaurant
Roka
37 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 1RR. Tel: 020 7580 6464
www.rokarestaurant.com
Best New Restaurant:
Amaya
Halkin Arcade, Motcomb Street, London, SW1X 8JT. Tel: 020 7823 1166
www.amaya.biz
Best Gastro-Pub
The Fox
28 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4LB. Tel: 020 7729 5708
Outstanding London Chef
Tong Chee Hwee (of Hakkasan)
8 Hanway Place, London, W1T 1HD. Tel: 020 7927 7000
Outstanding Front Of House Team
Le Gavroche
43 Upper Brook Street, London, W1K 7QR. Tel: 020 7499 1826
www.le-gavroche.co.uk
Outstanding Wine List
Enoteca Turi
28 Putney High Street, London, SW15 1SQ. Tel: 020 8785 4449
www.enotecaturi.com
LRA Award Of Excellence
Nobu
Metropolitan Hotel, 19 Old Park Lane, London, W1K 1LB. Tel: 020 7447 4747
www.noburestaurants.com