Brilliant spring recipes and the chance to vote in our annual awards – and win some fantastic prizes
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the OFM Food Awards, supported by Cuisinart, in which you get the chance to vote for the unsung heroes of the food world, the local retailers and restaurants who deserve to be recognised. Over the last decade we have celebrated food-based campaigns and heroes, cafes and restaurants, producers and pub lunches. The categories, from cookery books to local producers, include those whose vision, commitment and hard work may go unseen by many and this is the chance to encourage them. We really want your votes. This is a difficult time for the food business, and if we can help give a louder voice to those who are putting everything into making great food then the whole thing will be worthwhile.
The Ethicurean in Somerset, winner of our best ethical restaurant in 2011, returns to these pages this month, bringing us some wonderful recipes from their new cookbook. Spring has been a long time coming this year, so don't miss this opportunity to celebrate the new season. There are also recipes from me for soups that are light and seasonal but sustaining enough to be served as a main course.
We also celebrate another annual food event, the extraordinary Cook It Raw, where some of the world's rock star chefs gather and make each other dinner out of what they can find locally.
OFM has been doing a little celebrating itself, as we won the Press Awards Supplement of the Year award last month. So a big shout out to everyone involved. Which reminds me, did I mention that by voting in the OFM awards you could win tea at Fortnum & Mason, a masterclass at Bentley's and even a holiday in the Caribbean? Well, you can, so we look forward to those votes coming in.