The Observer Food Monthly Awards celebrate leading chefs, restaurateurs, bars and food producers from across the country. This year’s awards event took place in London, hosted by Nigella Lawson and Jay Rayner.
Jamie Oliver collected the award for Best Food Personality, Claudia Roden took home Lifetime Achievement and Refugee Community Kitchen won Outstanding Achievement.
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Matt Lovell and Rob Hampton’s London restaurant The Oysterman was announced as Best Restaurant. Observer readers also voted for their favourite restaurants from different parts of the UK, with two Glasgow food places being included in the Scotland section.
Here’s what the awards had to say:
Julie’s Kopitiam, Glasgow
Malaysian coffee house that delights locals with keenly priced street-food and home recipes, including char kway teow, pandan panna cotta and mooli fritters with XO sauce.
1109 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 3YG; 0141 237 9560; facebook.com/julieskopitiam
Two Fat Ladies at the Buttery, Glasgow
If you weren’t sure where you were, the tartan-clad dining room will give it away, as will Scottish classics such as cullen skink, or west-coast scallops with haggis.
652 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8UF; 0141 221 8188; twofatladiesrestaurant.com
You can find more winners here.