2008 FINALISTS

Best Restaurant
•        Brasserie Black Door, Newcastle Upon Tyne
•        El Gato Negro, West Yorkshire
•        Holbeck Ghyll, Cumbria
•        The London Carriage Works, Liverpool
•        The Peacock at Rowsley, Derbyshire

Best Hotel
•        City Inn, Manchester
•        Hilton Manchester Deansgate
•        The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
•        Malmaison, Liverpool
•        Radisson Edwardian, Manchester

Best Bar
•        Bar Lounge, Chester
•        Harvey Nichols, Manchester
•        Jake's Bar & Grill, Leeds
•        MOJO, Manchester
•        Sandinista, Leeds

Best Pub
•        The Bayley Arms, Lancashire
•        The Highway Man, Lancashire
•        The Q Bar, Cheshire
•        The Shoulder of Mutton, Harrogate
•        The Swettenham Arms, Cheshire

Best Newcomer
•        Barburrito, Manchester
•        The Cock O Barton, Cheshire
•        Hipping Hall, Lancashire
•        The Pipe & Glass Inn, East Yorkshire
•        Wensleydale Heifer, Leyburn

Best Chef Mentor
•        Peter Conlin, Head Chef, Malmaison, Leeds
•        Matthew Nugent, Executive Chef, Heathcotes, Lancashire
•        Alison Seagrave, Head Chef, Harvey Nichols, Manchester
•        Marc Verite, Chef Director, Warehouse Brasserie, Southport
•        Eyck Zimmer, Executive Head Chef, The Lowry Hotel

Best Chef
•        Lisa Allen, Head Chef, Northcote Manor, Lancashire
•        Paul Askew, Chef Patron, The London Carriage Works, Liverpool
•        David Kennedy, Executive Chef, Black Door Group, Newcastle Upon Tyne
•        Simon Shaw, Chef Patron, El Gato Negro, West Yorkshire
•        Eyck Zimmer, Executive Head Chef, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester

Best Wine Offering
•        The Devonshire Brasserie and Bar
•        Hillbark Hotel
•        Malmaison, Liverpool
•        Northcote Manor, Lancashire
•        Warehouse Brasserie, Southport

The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at The Lowry Hotel, Manchester on Monday 7th April 2008