Manchester Food and Drink Festival

The nominees for the 2009 awards are:

Best Food and Drink Retail Outlet

Macro Bar
Noel Chadwick
Barbakan
Unicorn
Ashton Markets
Reserve Wines

Best Wine List

Gaucho
Damson
Sam's Chop House
Michael Caines Restaurant at Abode
Ramsons
Harvey Nichols

Best Coffee Bar and Casual Dining

The Deli
Folk Cafe Bar
Sweet Tooth Cupcakery
Cafe at the Rylands
Kabana
Parched Tea Bar

Healthy and Sustainable Eating

Loch Fyne
Soup Kitchen
Cup
Red House Farm Tea Rooms
Dough
Gabriel's Kitchen

Best Pub

The Britons Protection
The Crown
The Lass O Gowrie
Bar Fringe
The Marble
The New Oxford

Best Bar

Corridor
Apotheca
Common
Electrik
Walrus
Silver Apples

Best Newcomer

Damson
Sanmini
Gabriel's Kitchen
Macaroon
Ostara
Zouk

Restaurant of the Year

The French at The Midland Hotel
The Modern
Grill On The Alley
Isinglass
Ramsons
Chaophraya Ning

Chef of the Year

David Gale
Robert Owen Brown
Ian Matfin
Paul Day
Norman Musa
John Benson-Smith

For more information and to vote, visit www.foodanddrinkfestival.com