Northern Hospitality winners named

The 2007 Northern Hospitality Awards were held last night with the Lifetime Achievement award going to the North-East's Terry Laybourne, owner of the Jesmond Dene House in Newcastle and the 70-seat Café 21.

 

Yorkshire took four of the eight categories in front of an audience of 250 at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester.

 

Michael Wignall, executive head chef at one-Michelin-starred North Yorkshire's Devonshire Arms took home the Best Chef award.

 

Award winners in full:

 

Best Restaurant: Winteringham Fields, Winteringham, North Lincolnshire

 

Best Newcomer: El Gato Negro Tapas, Rippondon, West Yorkshire

 

Best Chef: Michael Wignall, Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel and Spa, Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire

 

Best Pub: Crofters at Holbeck, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria

 

Best Hotel: Rudding Park, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

 

Best Chef Mentor: Paul Askew, London Carriage Works, Liverpool, Merseyside

 

Best Bar: Trio Bar and Grill, Leeds, West Yorkshire

 

Lifetime Achievement: Terry Laybourne

 

Jesmond Dene House restaurant appoints two senior chefs

 

Terry Laybourne to move Café 21

 

Northern Hospitality Awards

 

by Christopher Walton

 

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