The very best of the city’s sprawling food scene has been revealed in the nominations for the 2024 Manchester Food and Drink Festival Awards.
The likes of Bundobust, Flawd, Fat Pat’s, Sureshot Brewing, Higher Ground, Pollen and Gooey are among the nominees this year for awards from Takeaway of the Year right through to Restaurant of the Year.
114 traders, chefs, pop-ups, restaurants and pubs have been sent up for gongs, across 18 categories, with voting for the public awards now open at the MFDF website.
MFDF judges, made up of a panel of writers, critics and other food and drink experts, will then score the nominees during a ‘mystery dining visit’, with the winners being named at a gala event on January 29, 2024, at New Century.
Here are the nominees in full:
Plant Based Offering of the Year
Bundobust
Lily’s Indian Vegetarian Cuisine
Bahn Ví
The Walled Gardens
Maray
Speak in Code
Flawd Wine
The Mekong Cat
Takeaway of the Year
Fat Pat’s
Ad Maoira
Unagi Street Food & Sushi
Ciaooo Garlic Bread
Wright’s Fish and Chips
Maida Grill House
Al Madina
Burgerism
Independent Drink Producer of the Year
Sureshot Brewing
Stockport Gin
Cloudwater Brew Co
Tarsier Spirit
Pod Pea Vodka
Manchester Union Brewery
Squawk Brewing Co
Track
Independent Food Producer of the Year
Pollen
Great North Pie Co
La Chouquette
Gooey
Yellowhammer
The Manchester Smoke House
The Flat Baker
Companio Bakery
Foodie Neighbourhood of the Year
Levenshulme
Stockport
Altrincham
Urmston
Prestwich
Monton
Sale
Stretford
Coffee Shop of the Year
Grapefruit Coffee
Cafe Sanjuan
Another Heart to Feed
Idle Hands Coffee
Bold Street Coffee
Smoak
Ancoats Coffee Co
Siop Shop
Food Trader of the Year
Baratxuri
Chaat Cart
Triple B
Tawny Stores
Little Sri Lankan
Pico’s Taco’s
Oh Mei Dumplings
Fat Pat’s
Affordable Eats Venue of the Year
Nila’s Burmese Kitchen
Great North Pie Co
Cafe Sanjuan
Noodle Alley
Tokyo Ramen
Lily’s Deli
House of Habesha
Ornella’s Kitchen
Food and Drink Retailer of the Year
Ad Hoc Wines
Out of the Blue Fishmongers
Littlewoods Butcher
Wandering Palate
New Market Dairy
Petit Paris Deli
Cork of the North
La Chouquette
Pop Up or Project of the year
Our Place
Platt Fields Market Garden
Tawny Stores
Yellowhammer
SAMPA
Little Sri Lankan
Suppher
Fare Share
Micky’s
Pub or Beer Bar of the Year
The Marble Arch
Track Brewery Taproom
The City Arms
Runaway Brewery Taproom
Fox & Pine
Reddish Ale
Station Hop
Heaton Hops
Bar of the Year
The Jane Eyre
Blinker
Red Light
Sterling Bar
Hawksmoor
Schofield’s Bar
10 Tib Lane
Flawd Wine
Neighbourhood Venue of the Year
Restaurant Örme
Stretford Canteen
OSMA
Ornella’s Kitchen
The Oystercatcher
Yellowhammer
Fold Bistro & Bottle Shop
The Jane Eyre
Great Service Award
Hawksmoor
Higher Ground
Schofield’s Bar
Where The Light Gets In
Climat
Wood Manchester
Sterling Bar
Tast Catala
Newcomer of the year
Climat
Higher Ground
Restaurant Örme
Fold Bistro & Bottle Shop
The Jane Eyre
Madre
New Century Kitchen
Stretford Canteen
Chef of the Year
Joseph Otway (Higher Ground)
Danielle Heron (OSMA)
Luke Richardson (Climat)
Julian Pizer (Another hand)
Shaun Moffat (The Edinburgh Castle Pub)
Patrick Withington (Erst)
Seri Nam (Flawd Wine)
Mike Shaw (MUSU)
Restaurant of the Year
Higher Ground
Climat
Another Hand
10 Tib Lane
OSMA
Erst
The Spärrows
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