More than 120 finalists and guests gathered to hear
the public verdict on best restaurant, best food pub, best café and best food
shop before going on to enjoy the now traditional fabulous foodie showcase,
sampling mouth watering treats provided by finalists and aptly demonstrating
why the city has a reputation for making the ordinary taste extraordinary when it
comes to food.
Award for best restaurant went to Brighton’s
original vegetarian eaterie, Food for Friends in Prince Albert Street, followed
by Terre a Terre in East Street, with the Chilli Pickle, now firmly established
in the MyHotel overlooking Jubilee Square, taking third place.
The Ginger Pig in Hove Street took Best Food Pub
2012, just holding off fierce competition from The Basketmakers in Gloucester
Road who came in second but only by one vote,
narrowly beating The Foragers in Stirling Place in Hove into third place.
Café culture clearly works in the North Laine which
dominated this award with another vegetarian outlet, Iydea in Kensington
Gardens, winning first place; Moksha Caffe in York Place taking second; and Mange
Tout, in Trafalgar Street, coming in third.
The Best Food Shop trophy was once again carried off
by the much-loved Infinity Foods, also vegetarian, in Gardner Street, this year
celebrating its third successive victory, with The Brighton Sausage Company in Gloucester
Road taking second position and third place going to ice cream maestros Boho
Gelato in Pool Valley.
“This year’s awards
competition was even better than last year, fiercely fought and yet there was a
fantastic atmosphere with a lot of camaraderie between the city’s favourite
food places at the awards presentation.” said Paula Seager, MD of Natural PR,
who runs the awards.
“The competition once
again shows what a superb and unique range of independent restaurants, food
pubs, cafés and food shops we have in the city and that there is huge support
for them here, as the public came out in force to vote for their favourites
again.”
“We want to thank
everyone who took part, our sponsors mylivevision, all the food outlets who
joined the competition and the public who voted so enthusiastically – and we
hope that they will all support us again when we launch the Brighton & Hove
Foodie Awards 2013 at the city’s Spring Harvest Food and Drink Festival next
April.”
Companies interested in sponsorship
of next year’s awards can contact Sandra Murphy at sandra@naturalpr.biz. For a full list of finalists and fantastic
pictures of the fun had by all at the awards party go to www.brightonfoodawards.com.
