THE North’s annual hospitality power list was announced today at a ceremony at the Northern Restaurant and Bar Show 2016 in Manchester Central.
...it is quite simply the best time ever to be a Northern foodie
Alongside long-established NRB Top 50 fellows such as Living Ventures’ Tim Bacon, San Carlo’s Carlo and Marcello Distefano, and JW Lees chief William Lees Jones, there were nine new entries for 2016 including: Sticky Walnut and Burnt Truffle chef patron Gary Usher; Lunya owners Peter and Elaine Kinsella; and Solita co-owner Franco Sotgiu.
Three special achievement awards were presented to Michael O’Hare of The Man Behind The Curtain, Mohammed Aslam MBE of Aagrah Restaurants, and the Mission Mars team made up of Roy Ellis, Neil Macleod, Joel Wilkinson, Adelaide Winter and Dan Mullen.
Despite only launching in the summer of 2014, O’Hare scooped his first Michelin star barely a year later for his radical debut restaurant, Man Behind The Curtain, in Leeds. More recently O'Hare was announced as the new creative director of GG Hospitality - the hotel and restaurant arm of Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville’s expanding empire.
Michelin star chef Michael O'Hare received a special awardManaging Director of the four-decade-old Aagrah restaurant empire, Mohammed Aslam MBE, was picked ‘not only for building a group of fourteen restaurants across the region but also for his commitment to the cities in which his restaurants are based’.
The team behind the newly formed Mission Mars, a hospitality supergroup comprised of Trof Group owners Joel Wilkinson, Adelaide Winter and Dan Mullen - alongside Revolution bar founders Roy Ellis and Neil Macleod - were also honoured following the unprecedented success of Albert's Schloss, which has smashed regional records for footfall and financial performance.
Thom Hetherington, CEO of organisers Holden Media, says “We received a record number of entrants to the NRB Top Fifty this year, making the judging an arduous but ultimately very rewarding process. There has been an influx of national brands to the North in the last year but if anything that seems to be have spurred the region’s operators onto ever higher levels.
“Restaurants and bars created right here in the North are redefining what can be achieved in the local food and drink scene, both creatively and commercially: it is quite simply the best time ever to be a Northern foodie."
The NRB awards panel comprises a number of experts in the fields of hospitality finance, property, law and consultancy.
NRB Top Fifty 2016
(listed alphabetically by surname and grouped into 50 companies)
Martin Ainscough, Owner, Ainscoughs
Mark Andrew, Managing Director, Mark Andrew Developments
Sax, Arshad, Director, Mughli
Haz Arshad, Director, Mughli
Paul Askew, Chef Patron, The Art School
Mohammed Aslam MBE, Owner, Aagrah Group
Tim Bacon, Chairman, Living Ventures
Paul Moran, Managing Director, Living Ventures
Jeremy Roberts, CEO, Living Ventures
Craig Bancroft, Managing Director, Northcote
Nigel Haworth, Chef Patron, Northcote
Ken Buckley, Managing Director, Bravo Inns
Marie Carter, Director, Beautiful Drinks
Beau Myers, Director, Beautiful Drinks
Sue Crimes, MD, Gusto
Morgan Davies, Founder / CEO, Barburrito
Jimmy del Giudice, Operations Director, Revolution Bars Group plc
Mark McQuater, CEO, Revolution Bars Group plc
Carlo Distefano, Chairman, San Carlo Group
Marcello Distefano, Managing Director, San Carlo Group
James Douglas, Co Owner / Director, Reds True BBQ
Scott Munro, Co Owner / Director, Reds True BBQ
Roy Ellis, Director, Mission Mars
Neil Macleod, Director, Mission Mars
Dan Mullen, Director, Mission Mars 25
Joel Wilkinson, Director, Mission Mars
Adelaide Winter, Director, Mission Mars
Albert's Schloss by Mission MarsJohn, Ennis, Owner, Graffitti Spirit
Matthew, Farrell, Owner, Graffitti Spirit
Nick, Thomas, Owner, Graffitti Spirit
Ged Feltham, CEO, Leelex
Paul Lane, Managing Director, Leelex
Jobe Ferguson, Director, Blackdog Ballroom
Lyndon Higginson, Director, Blackdog Ballroom
Ross Mackenzie, Director, Blackdog Ballroom
Duncan Fisher, Owner, Apartment Group
Kit Graves, Director, Lake District Hotels
Charles Graves, Director, Lake District Hotels
Dan, Hope, Sales & Marketing Director, Lake District Hotels
Chris, Hill, Managing Director, New World Trading Company
Chris Hopkins, MD, Hydes Brewery
Matthew Jones, Managing Director, Jones Bar Group
Ben Jones, Operations & Finance Director, Jones Bar Group
Kim Kaewkraikhot, Chairwoman, Thai Leisure Group
Martin Stead, Owner, Thai Leisure Group
Peter Kinsella, Founder, Lunya
Elaine Kinsella, Founder, Lunya
Terry Laybourne, Owner, 21 Hospitality Group
William Lees Jones, Managing Director, JW Lees
James MacKenzie, Chief Proprietor, Pipe and Glass 50
Mike Magrane, General Manager, The Midland Hotel
Colin Manning, Managing Partner, 60 Hope St
Gary Manning, Chef Patron, 60 Hope St
Fazenda's Tomas MaunierTomas Maunier, Director, Fazenda Rodizio Bar & Grill
Robert Melman, Director, Fazenda Rodizio Bar & Grill
Stephen, Miles, General Manager, Radisson Blu Edwardian Manchester
Dave Mooney, Co Owner & Chef Patron, New Moon Co
Paul Newman, Managing Director, New Moon Co
Lucy Nelson, Sales & Marketing Director, Nelson Hotels
Andrew Nelson, Operations Director, Nelson Hotels 60
Joycelyn Neve, Managing Director, Seafood Pub Company
Michael O'Hare, Chef-Patron, The Man Behind the Curtain
Eamonn O'Loughlin, Owner, Eclectic Hotels
Si Ord, Owner, Sandinista
Andrew Pern, Owner / Executive Chef, The Star at Harome/Star Inn The City
Steve Pilling, Co Owner, Damson Group
Simon Stanley, Co Owner, Damson Group
Jonathan Poole, Director, Red and Blue
Paddy Smith, Director, Red and Blue
Oliver, Robinson, Managing Director, Frederic Robinson 70
Simon Rogan, Co Owner, Umbel Restaurant Group
Richard Smith, Chef Patron, Relax, Eat & Drink/ Brewkitchen
Franco Sotgiu, Co-Owner, Solita
Chris Ure, Owner, Arc Inspirations
Martin Wolstencroft, Managing Director / Owner, Arc Inspirations
Gary Usher, Owner, Sticky Walnut
Steven Walker, CEO, Individual Restaurants
Roger Ward, Owner, The Victorian Chophouse Company
Marc Wilkinson, Chef Patron, Restaurant Fraiche 79
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