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Cumbria Food Awards celebrates the best of the county

by CWH
4 March 2022
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Winners of the Cumbria Food Awards 2022

TV chef and Hairy Biker Dave Myers said the county’s food and drink stars are “simply the best” as he hosted the first Cumbria Food Awards.

Dave was at Kendal College for the event when some of the county’s best known chefs, restaurateurs and business owners were recognised.

He told the audience that as a proud Cumbrian, it was brilliant to be part of so much success. Achievements such as Michelin stars fed down to the whole industry, including producers.

“In Cumbria, the world is already our cockle,” he joked. “I love being part of this, I’m proud to be the Cumbrian bloke who cooks on the telly.

He added that he’d been “overwhelmed personally” to be back in the county and to see how the industry had developed and achieved global significance.

Simon Rogan, who has just received a third Michelin star for his flagship restaurant, L’Enclume at Cartmel, was presented with the evening’s top award for Outstanding Contribution.

He’s marking 20 years in Cumbria this year and the award organisers felt that the combination of his commitment to sustainability, hyper local food, excellence, determination to push forward and his promotion of Cumbria all over the world was worthy of the evening’s top award.

Video messages for Simon ended with a tribute from his friend and former colleague, Jean-Christophe Novelli. The French TV chef said he’d marked Simon out for great things from their first days of working together in the mid-1990s but that his friend had far outstripped his predictions.

Dave Myers, host of Cumbria Food Awards 2022

After receiving the award, Simon told the 150 guests: “I don’t think my ticker can take much more than this, there’s been some major surprises in the last few weeks. It’s been a long journey and the last few weeks have been extraordinary.

“After all the hard times we’ve had over the last couple of years, for me, not being able to travel and being in Cartmel with my team has just been the icing on the cake and I think that’s really got us home this year.”

Praising his colleagues in Cumbria, London and Hong Kong, he added: “It’s an honour to work alongside my team.”

Before the awards were announced, 50 students from Kendal College, one of the country’s leading providers of hospitality training, cooked and served a three-course dinner for the finalists, sponsors and special guests, with food provided by northern grocer Booths and drinks by Lakeland Vintners. The event was in association with headline sponsor Caterite.

The Restaurant of the Year Award was closely fought but in the end, it was the memorable cooking by chef Ben Wilkinson of Keswick’s The Cottage in the Wood that clinched it, ahead of Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume and The Lounge on the Green at Houghton near Carlisle.

The Cottage in the Wood also produced the Rising Star winner, as pastry chef Katherine Altham received the special award presented by Kendal College, in recognition of her achievements and potential.

The Rogan stable didn’t go away empty handed, however, as they clinched Innovation of the Year for Simon Rogan at Home.

Tom Barnes, executive chef for Simon’s restaurants in the North West was named Chef of the Year and Henrock, the Rogan restaurant at Windermere’s Linthwaite House Hotel won Hotel Restaurant of the Year.

The independent and free-to-enter awards were launched last summer with the aim of recognising and celebrating excellence in the county’s food and drink sector and to give the industry a reason to celebrate after such a challenging period.

Nearly 500 nominations and business entries were received, which were whittled down to 39 finalists across 13 categories by a panel of independent judges.

Cumbria Food Awards winners

Food Producer of the Year

Sponsored by H&H Group

Lovingly Artisan, Kendal

Drinks Producer of the Year

Sponsored by Cranstons

Lakes Brew Co, Kendal

Specialist Food Retailer of the Year

Sponsored by Hawkshead Relish

Tebay Services

Street Food Seller of the Year

Sponsored by Lakes Cottages

Yard 46, Kendal

Pub, Bar or Taproom of the Year

Sponsored by L+M Events

The Factory Tap, Kendal

Café of the Year

Sponsored by Cumbria Crack

Harry’s at Yew Tree Barn, Low Newton

Casual Dining Venue of the Year

Sponsored by Lakeland Vintners

The Yan at Broadrayne, Grasmere

Newcomer of the Year

Sponsored by The Westmorland Family

Heft, High Newton

Innovation of the Year

Sponsored by Cartmell Shepherd

Home by Simon Rogan

Dining Pub of the Year

Sponsored by Lamont Pridmore

The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale

Hotel Restaurant of the Year

Sponsored by Shortridge

Henrock, Windermere

Chef of the Year

Sponsored by Lakeland Inns

Tom Barnes, Executive Chef, Simon Rogan Restaurants in the North West

Restaurant of the Year

Sponsored by More? The Artisan Bakery

The Cottage in the Wood, Keswick

Special awards

Eco Business Innovator of the Year

Sponsored by Eco-I North West

Lakeland Brewhouse, Ulverston

Rising Star

Sponsored by Kendal College

Katherine Altham, The Cottage in the Wood, Keswick

Outstanding Contribution

Sponsored by Caterite

Simon Rogan

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