All the big news from Yorkshire Evening Post's restaurant awards nominations announcement
Forget about the Oscar nominations, this week there’s only one awards announcement that matters: the Yorkshire Evening Post’s Leeds Oliver Awards 2018 shortlist!
D&D’s Modern British fine-dining restaurant Crafthouse has earned the most nominations this year, including nods for Best City Centre, Best British, Best Service, Best Fine Dining, and Best Chef for their head chef Lee Murdoch.
Newcomer HOME picked up four nominations - including Best Newcomer, Service, Fine Dining, and British - as did Ox Club and Vice & Virtue, who’ll also be battling it out in the Chef, Fine Dining, and City Centre categories, with the former also up for Best British, and the latter Best Service.
While the Michelin guide might think Man Behind The Curtain is worthy of their elusive star, the Yorkshire Evening Post - who have nominated Mr Nobody for best cafe/bar despite the fact it’s a restaurant and it closed down several months ago - obviously have more refined tastes. It’s put the restaurant up for a total of 0 awards this year - not even Best Street Food, whose nominees range from an actual street food vendor, to restaurants inspired by street food, to er, a kebab takeaway and a coffee shop.
The 2018 ceremony is expected to take place this March at Elland Road, the full list of categories and nominees - including Livin' Italy and Salvo’s competing for Best Indian - can be found on the YEP website, or, if you can’t be bothered filling out a survey to read the article, here:
Best City Centre
Crafthouse
Gusto City Centre
Ham & Friends
Issho
Kendells
Ox Club
Tattu
Vice & Virtue
Best British
Crafthouse
Ham and Friends
Home
The Moody Cow
Ox Club
Shear’s Yard
The Rythre Arms
The Swine That Dines
Town Hall Tavern
The Clarendon
Best Service
Aperitivo
Bengal Brasserie (City Centre)
Crafthouse
Home
Ipsum Vinoteca
San Carlo
Sukhothai
Vice & Virtue
Best Lunch
Crab & Lobster
Friends of Ham, Leeds
Heaney & Mill
Pintura
Salvo’s
The Golden Fleece, Birkenshaw
Queen o’ ‘t’owd Thatch
La Casita (City Centre)
Best Cafe/Bar
Alchemist
Bundobust
East 59th
Hyde Park Book Club
Mr Nobody
Neighbourhood
Northern Monk Refectory
The Liquorist
Best Newcomer
Amalthea Greek Bistro
Falafel Guys
Ham and Friends
Home
Issho
Neighbourhood
Tattu
Best Fine Dining
Burlington at the Devonshire Arms
Crafthouse
Home
Horto at Rudding Park
Ox Club
The Box Tree
Vice and Virtue
Best Indian
Akbar’s
Bengal Brasserie (City Centre)
Bundobust
East Bar Lounge Grill
Grand Indian Lounge
Sheesh Mahal
The Cat’s Pyjamas
Aagrah
Best Indian
Amici
GalleryFortyOne
Gusto (City Centre)
Ipsum Vinoteca
La Cantina 44
Livin’ Italy
Salvo’s
Vivido
Best European
Amalthea Greek Bistro
Iberica
Ipsum Vinoteca
Kendells Bistro
Ricci’s Tapas and Cicchetti
La Casita (City Centre)
Souvlaki
Best World
Issho
Man’s Market
Pintura
Sukhothai
Tattu
Thai Aroy Dee
Zaap
Best Hotel/Restaurant
Black Swan, Helmsley
Burlington at the Devonshire Arms
Dakota Hotel
Downcliffe House Hotel, Filey
Grassington House
Crab & Lobster
Conniston
Best Suburban
Amalthea Greek Bistro
Aperitivo
Divino
East Lounge Bar Grill
Filmore & Union
Gallery FortyOne
La Cantina 44
Olive & Feta
Best Rural
Black Swan,Helmsley
Crab & Lobster
Grassington House
Hide & Hoof Restaurant
Queen o’ t’owd Thatch
The Rythre Arms
Best Chef
Aperitivo - Jimmy Fleming
Crafthouse - Lee Murdoch
Kendells - Steve Kendell
Ox Club
Vice & Virtue - Luke Downing
Best Street Food
Bundobust
Caravanserai
Falafel Guys
Humpit
I Am Donner
Kerala Coffee Shop
Zaap
Outstanding Contribution
TBA
Overall Winner
TBA
