Living Ventures has scored a hat trick in the Manchester Food & Drink Festival Awards with Manchester House winning three awards including best bar.
The venue (pictured), which opened in Manchester’s Bridge Street a year ago, received the titles of restaurant of the year, newcomer of the year and bar of the year at last night’s ceremony.
Living Ventures also achieved the accolade of The Howard and Ruth Award for Outstanding Achievement going to its co-founder and chief executive Tim Bacon. The company’s other venues include Australasia in Manchester’s Spinningfields, Blackhouse Grill restaurants and The Alchemist bars in Manchester and London.
The award for best pub went to The Dockyard in MediaCityUK in Salford Quays, which was opened by Steve Pilling and Simon Stanley at the end of last year, with design by Lomax Interiors.
The winner of best food pub was Thwaites’ Eagle and Child in Ramsbottom, north of Manchester, which is run by licensee Glen Duckett. Its previous awards include the UK’s best Sunday lunch in the Observer Food Monthly Awards.
The awards were held last night at Manchester Town Hall at the end of the annual Manchester Food & Drink Festival.
Full shortlists and winners
Bar of the Year
WINNER: Manchester House, Bridge Street
Kosmonaut, Northern Quarter
Mr Cooper’s House and Garden by Simon Rogan, Peter Street
Grand Pacific, Spinningfields
Revolucion de Cuba, Peter Street
Neighbourhood, Spinningfields
Restaurant of the Year
WINNER: Manchester House, Bridge Street
63 Degrees, Northern Quarter
Mr Cooper’s House and Garden by Simon Rogan, Peter Street
Aumbry, Prestwich
Australasia, Spinningfields
Nutter’s, Rochdale
Newcomer of the Year
WINNER: Manchester House, Bridge Street
Superstore, Northern Quarter
Red’s True BBQ, Lloyd Street
Volta, West Didsbury
Mr Cooper’s House and Garden by Simon Rogan, Peter Street
Salvi’s Cucina, John Dalton Street
Pub of the Year
WINNER: The Dockyard, MediaCityUK
The Marble Arch Inn, Rochdale Road
The Eagle Inn, Salford
New Oxford, Salford
The Magnet, Stockport
The Rising Sun, Queen Street
Food Pub of the Year
WINNER: Eagle and Child, Ramsbottom
The Wharf, Castlefield
Albert’s Chop House, Albert Square
The Red Lion, High Lane
The Parlour, Chorlton
Dukes 92, Castlefield
Chef of the Year
WINNER: Adam Reid, The French, Peter Street
Mike Jennings, Grenache, Walkden
Aiden Byrne, Manchester House, Bridge Street
Eric Moreau, 63 Degrees, Northern Quarter
David Spanner, Australasia, Spinningfields
David Leong, Yuzu, Faulkner Street
Coffee Bar or Tea Shop of the Year
WINNER: Richmond Tea Rooms, Richmond Street
Fig and Sparrow, Northern Quarter
North Tea Power, Northern Quarter
Sugar Junction, Northern Quarter
Proper Tea, Cateaton Street
Takk, Northern Quarter
Cheap Eats of the Year
WINNER: Viet Shack, Unit 8 Arndale Market
Almost Famous, Great Northern Warehouse
Luck, Lust, Liquor and Burn, Northern Quarter
Tampopo, Albert Square
Pita Pit, Piccadilly Place
Splendid Sausage Company, John Dalton Street
Best Food and Drink Pop Up Event, Club or Project of the Year
WINNER: Beat Street Manchester
Best Street Food of the Year
WINNER: Mei Mei
Best Food and Drink Retailer
WINNER: Epicerie Ludo, Chorlton
The Howard and Ruth Award for Outstanding Achievement
WINNER: Tim Bacon, Living Ventures
