Champions of Scottish Restaurant Awards revealed

24th February 2010, 10:56am

The champions of the Scottish Restaurant Awards, in association with online reservation and review site 5pm.co.uk, have been announced.

Hosted by food critic & broadcaster Tam Cowan at Edinburgh's Corn Exchange, the Scottish Restaurant Awards were set up to celebrate the creativity, customer service and top quality dining on offer throughout Scotland.

The top accolade of Restaurant Of The Year went to The Peat Inn (Fife), while its chef/proprietor, Geoffrey Smeddle was handed the Chef Of The Year crown.

The Best Fine Dining title was given to Edinburgh restaurant Martin Wishart, while the Best Pub Grub award was won by The King's Wark.

Meanwhile the Best Newcomer went to Rocpool Reserve Hotel (Inverness) and the coveted Best Customer Service tribute was won by Hotel Du Vin (Glasgow).

Initial nominations for restaurants were made by diners, restaurateurs and suppliers online, with the shortlist and winners being chosen by a judging panel. 

The panel included Sunday Mail columnist, Alison Craig; Beverly Payne, director of The Collection Ltd; Gordon Muir, head of marketing at Matthew Algie; Debbie Nelson from health at work and Neil Thomson, founder member of the Federation of Chefs.

Charles Shaw, chairman of 5pm.co.uk, said: "The culinary standard in Scotland gets better and better every year. As the country's favourite online reservation and review site, 5pm.co.uk is delighted to support the recognition of these fantastic chefs and restaurateurs."

5pm.co.uk is co-sponsor of the The Scottish Restaurant Awards with Business 7.

The full list of finalists is available from www.scottishrestaurantawards.co.uk

Related Articles:

• 31 Oct 2011 - Scottish Restaurant Awards finalists announced
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• 24 Sep 2010 - Nominations begin for The Scottish Restaurant Awards 2011

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