I’m delighted to have been asked to serve as judge for the Free From Food Eating Out Awards (FFEOA) again this year. Last year was great, though it’s hard to believe that it was a year ago already…
We’ve completed the first stage of the judging process, and the results of the second stage have been announced (see below). More details are available on the FreeFrom Food Eating Out Awards website.
This is the third year of the awards, and the shortlist shows how very much easier it is getting for people with allergies to find a safe, reliable – and enjoyable – place to eat out. How many of these places have you tried? If there’s one near you that you haven’t visited yet—or even if it’s your local and you go often—go and eat there soon. And often. We need to support places that work so hard to offer safe food options for people with allergies.
The winners will be announced at the Food Matters Live conference, in November.
Cafés, coffee shops and tearooms – sponsored by Can I Eat There?
- Blackberry Grove (Cheshire)
- British Motor Museum (Banbury)
- Bugs Play Café (Bungay, Suffolk)
- Café Lauderdale (Dunbar, East Lothian)
- Cafe Nouveau (Frome)
- Follow Your Bliss (Bangor)
- Good2Go (Perranport, Cornwall)
- Heaven Scent (Kinross)
- Labyrinth Holistic Café (Stockton on Tees)
- Little Amsterdam (Banbury)
- Lu-Ma Café (SW London)
- Mad Hatters Tea Emporium (Stafford)
- Nutkin Café (SE London)
- Pure Nest Café (NW London)
- Rainbow Vegetarian Café (Cambridge)
- Romeo’s (Islington, London)
- Roost (Bagshot, Surrey)
- The Acorn Café (Norwich)
- The Beach Hut Café (Sandwich)
- The Mae Deli (London, West End)
- The Olive Tree Bistro Café (Holmfirth)
- Yorica (Soho, London)
Café chains
- Loungers (country-wide)
Fish and Chip shops
Independent Fish & Chip shops
- Bizzie Lizzie’s (Skipton)
- David’s Fish and Chips (Brixham, S Devon)
- Kingfisher Fish & Chips (Plymouth)
- Olley’s (South London)
- Quayside (Whitby)
- Rockfish (Dartmouth)
- The Fish Factory (Worthing)
- Vinegar Jones (Bowness on Windermere)
Fish & Chip shop chains
- Churchill’s Fish & Chips (various)
Pub restaurants –sponsored by Genon Laboratories
Independent Pub Restaurants
- On the Waterfront (Exeter)
- The Alford Arms (Hemel Hempstead)
- The Cock, Hemingford Grey (Peterborough)
- The Flowing Spring (Reading)
- The Duke of Edinburgh (Maidstone)
- The Royal Oak (Marlow, Bucks)
- The Sandford Pub (Dorset)
Pub chains
- JD Wetherspoon (countrywide)
Restaurants – sponsored by Riso Gallo
Independent Restaurants
- 2 Oxford Place (Leeds)
- Asparagasm (Nailsworth, Glos)
- Farmstand (Central London)
- Fishers Restaurant (Bristol)
- Indian Summer (Brighton)
- Knife and Fork (Banbury)
- La Polenteria (Central London)
- Mommi (S London)
- Neds Noodle Bar (S London)
- Niche Food & Drink (Central London)
- Percy’s Country Hotel & Restaurant (Devon)
- Radley’s Bistro & Bar (Hastings)
- Rainbow Vegetarian Café (Cambridge)
- Rainforest Café (Central London)
- Rustic Stone Restaurant (Dublin)
- The Crown Post Restaurant (Harwich)
- The Port House (Dublin & London)
- The Willow (Kingston on Thames)
Restaurant chains
- Center Parcs (countrywide)
- Filmore & Union (Yorkshire)
- Pho (countrywide)
- Strada (countrywide)
- The Clink Restaurants (countrywide)
Corporate Hospitality & Venues
- Suzanne James
- Number 8 Business Rooms
- The Spark Conference Centre (Southampton)
B&Bs and guest houses – sponsored by Thomas Ridley Foodservice
- Aviator – a hotel by TAG (Farnborough)
- Brocco on the Park (Sheffield)
- Knife and Fork (Banbury)
- Strattons Hotel (Swaffam, Norfolk)
- Swandale Guest House (Yorkshire)
Schools, colleges and universities – sponsored by Thomas Ridley Foodservice
- Brenscombe Outdoor Centre (Dorset)
- HC3S (Hampshire County Council Catering Services)
- Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester)
- Southampton Solent University (Southampton)
- University of Winchester (Winchester)
Food manufactured for food service
Savoury
- Mum’s Mill: Gluten-free Bread Mix
- Aviko: Sweet potato Fries
- Brakes: La Boulangerie 9" Gluten Free Sub Rolls Mixed Case, White & Multigrain
- ilumi: Kerala Chicken Curry
- JJ Food Service: Super Crisp Chips 3/8
- Nairn’s: GF Super Seeded Wholegrain Cracker
- Paramount 21: Gluten-free Butternut, goat’s cheese and beet burger
- Pidy: Gluten Free Neutral Tartelette Cases 5cm
- Pieminister: Gluten free Heidi Pie
- Pieminister: Gluten free Moo Pie
- Snowbird: Gluten-free Fully Cooked & Frozen Lamb Koftes
Sweet
- Borough 22: Raspberry Pistachio Glazed Doughnuts
- Brakes: Gluten-free Carrot Cake
- Brakes: Gluten-free Sticky Toffee Puddings
- Honeybuns: Squillionaire
- Nairn’s: GF Breakfast Biscuit Breaks (Apricot)
- Nestlé: GoFree Corn Flakes (single serve pouch)
- Pidy: Gluten Free Sweet Tartelette Cases 8.5cm
- Taywell: Chocolate Dairy Free Frozen Dessert
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i know of one of the entries that should be disqualified misguiding people into thinking they are one thing and taking peoples hard earned money for personal gain
Hi Victoria
Thank you for your comment. If you are able to provide me with some details via email (contact me on lucy@free-from.com), I will pass it on to the Free From Eating Out Awards team, who will investigate.
Lucy