TV stars and local heroes, top chefs and talented newcomers: Nigel Slater introduces our winners
Welcome to the 2017 OFM Awards issue. The awards, now in their 14th year, would be nothing without you, the readers who voted in such awesome numbers for their favourite people, restaurants, pubs and shops. Your votes are much appreciated. Thanks to each and every one of you who took the trouble to tell us about those they felt deserved one of our awards, be it for Cheap Eats and Places to Drink, the best Sunday Lunch, an Ethical Food Project or a particularly inspiring Instagram feed. The winners come from far and wide: a patisserie in Didsbury, a pub in Hastings and a guesthouse in Cornwall are among them. You have chosen a mixture of famous names and local heroes and, of course, our Food Personality of the Year. Thank you all.
As well as all your votes, we also have a panel of judges who nominate the Newcomer of the Year (we like to keep our ear to the ground, too), Best Producer and Lifetime Achievement categories. A big thank you to our esteemed panel.
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