Food Lifestyle Awards 2024

The winners of the Food Lifestyle Awards 2024 were revealed on September 30 at Nancarrow Farm near Truro. Discover who went home with gongs and browse the behind-the-scenes images of what went down on the night

For over a decade our awards have celebrated the South West’s best chefs, restaurants, dining pubs, foodie hotels, drinks products, farm shops and more. To mark our evolution into Food Lifestyle, this year we established new categories in the lifestyle realm including exceptional spa experience, cool place to stay and outstanding retail experience, providing readers with even more opportunity to get behind their favourite indie businesses. Each year we receive tens of thousands of reader votes and previous winners include Jack Stein, The Beckford Bottle Shop, Crocadon, Emily Scott and Scarlet Hotel. 

The winners were revealed at a celebratory supper and awards ceremony at Nancarrow Farm in Cornwall on September 30. The feast, cooked by the Nancarrow team led by head chef Jack Bristow, included dishes such as ricotta ravioli with heritage tomato, lovage and Old Winchester, and grilled hispi cabbage with lamb-fat crumb, Cornish seaweed and shallot. Quality ingredients were supplied by Nancarrow Farm, Trewithen Dairy and St Ewe eggs. Fine wines were supplied by Ellis Wines, Knightor Winery and Pebblebed Vineyards. Further drinks were provided by Thatchers, Trevethan Distillery, Navas and Yallah Coffee.

Read on to find out who you made this year’s winners, and scroll to the bottom of the page for a sneak peek of what went down at the event.

Food Lifestyle Awards 2024 winners

Chef of the year – sponsored by Knightor Winery

Winner

Adam Handling, The Ugly Butterfly

Finalists

Cass Titcombe, Brassica Restaurant
Connor Reed, River Cottage
Elly Wentworth, The Angel of Dartmouth
Paul Ainsworth, Paul Ainsworth at No6

Restaurant of the year – sponsored by Trencherman’s Guide

Winner

The Angel of Dartmouth

Finalists

Appleton’s Bar & Restaurant, Fowey
Bristol Lido, Bristol
Restaurant Mine, Falmouth
Root, Wells

Pub of the year – sponsored by Thatchers

Winner

The Queen’s Arms, Corton Denham

Finalists

Harbour Inn, Porthleven
The Cotley Inn, Chard
The Tartan Fox, Newquay
The Tolcarne Inn, Newlyn

Hotel of the year – sponsored by Trevethan Distillery

Winner

The Old Bell Hotel, Malmesbury

Finalists

Bedruthan, Mawgan Porth
Homewood, Bath
The Greenbank Hotel, Falmouth
The Pig at Harlyn Bay, Padstow

Casual dining experience – sponsored by Trewithen Dairy

Winner

Darts Farm, Topsham

Finalists

FARA, Glastonbury
Sacred Grounds, Exeter
Situ, Penryn
St Eia, St Ives

Exceptional spa experience – sponsored by South West 660

Winner

Gaia Spa, Boringdon Hall, Plymouth

Finalists

Chewton Glen, New Forest
Gara Rock, Salcombe
Scarlet, Mawgan Porth
The Headland, Newquay

Cool place to stay – sponsored by Bramley

Winner

Star & Garter, Falmouth

Finalists

Atlanta Trevone, Padstow
Durslade Farmhouse, Bruton
The Collective at Woolsery, north Devon
Wildcomfort, Dartmouth

Drink brand of the year – sponsored by Indy Coffee Guide

Winner

Yallah Coffee

Finalists

Girls Who Grind
Loveday Distilling
Somerset Cider Brandy
Trevethan Distillery

Food brand of the year

Winner

St. Ewe

Finalists

Black Bee Honey
Cornish Sea Salt
Cut to the Smoke
Granny Gothards

Outstanding retail experience – sponsored by Ellis Wines

Winner

Durslade Farm Shop, Bruton

Finalists

Botanica Studio, Bath
Nkuku, Harbertonford
Rise Market & Bakery, Bridport
Sunshine & Snow, Bideford

The Food Lifestyle Awards 2024 were supported by Bramley, Churchill, Darts Farm, Ellis Wines, Knightor Winery, South West 660, Thatchers, Trevethan Distillery and Trewithen Dairy

Photography by Guy Harrop.

Find out who won last year’s Food Reader Awards.

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