The hunt is on to find the restaurant of the year 2010

2nd March 2010, 8:35am

The search for The Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year 2010 has kicked off, and any restaurant, pub or café across the UK can enter the awards.

Judges are looking for independently-owned establishments that deliver excellent regional dishes and use local producers where possible. In line with this year's Which? Awards theme of 'Who cares, wins', they're also looking for restaurants where the customer service is top class.

Food lovers are being asked to put forward their favourite British eateries by logging on to www.which.co.uk/gfgaward or sending in a postcard, available for restaurants to download at www.which.co.uk/gfgpostcard. The closing date for entries is 21 April.

Elizabeth Carter, editor, The Good Food Guide, said: "Despite the recession, there's still a big appetite for dining out in the UK. To be in with a chance of winning The Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year award, make sure you ask your customers to nominate you if they've enjoyed their dining experience."

Nominees do not need to have appeared in the guide to be considered but need to achieve Good Food Guide standards. Ten regional winners will be announced in early May. They will then go head to head to be crowned the overall winner of The Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year award at the Which? Awards on 19 May. All ten finalists will appear in the next edition of the guide.

More than 23,000 nominations were received last year, but Ronnies restaurant in Thornbury beat off stiff competition to win.

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• 11 Aug 2010 - Good Food Guide sees restaurants outside London gain more recognition
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• 10 Jun 2009 - Ronnies wins Good Food Guide award
• 04 Sep 2008 - Good Food Guide recognises 40 top eateries

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