The PubChef Food Excellence Awards bring together the results of PubChef's chefs competition together with the pub company food awards.
There are 18 categories in this year's awards — 10 in the chefs' competition, four pub company and four people awards, with the winners all revealed at an awards ceremony of 300 people at Plaisterers Hall, London, today (Thursday, 12 March).
Chefs' competition winners...
The chefs' competition involves a five-month search for the UK's top pub chefs, from chefs entering recipes and background information on their food businesses to a paper judging and cook-off finals at the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board Meat Service(formerly the MLC) offices in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
There are 10 categories in this year's competition, with 28 chefs in the final.
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Young Pub Chef
Sponsored by: Budvar
Winner: Ben Abercrombie
Helyar Arms, East Coker, near Yeovil, Somerset
Dish: Roast guinea fowl breast with confit leg with parsnip and vanilla puree and morel and truffle jus
Finalists: Yarsley Bradley from the Horse and Groom, Charlton, Wiltshire; Christopher Carter from the Bell Inn, Horndon on the Hill, Essex
Global cuisine
Winner:Simon Goodman
Duke of Cumberland Arms, Fernhurst, West Sussex
Dish: Organic salmon, selsey crab thai potato cake, mange tout, sweet chilli butter and baby samphire
Finalists: Arpad Hubai from the Ring O'Bells, Thornton, West Yorkshire; Ian Smith from the Fountain Inn, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
Game
Sponsored by: Game to Eat
Winner: Michael Ward
Highwayman Inn, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire
Dish: Partridge with black pudding croquet, creamed mash, Forages bacon and juniper sauce
Finalists: Simon Winson from the Orange Tree, Thornham, Norfolk; Tim Payne from the Paradise by way of Kensal Green, London
Bar dishes
Chef: Mathieu Eke
Helyar Arms, Yeovil, Somerset
Dish: Probably the best steak sandwich in the world
Finalists: Calum Wilcock from the Three Fishes, Mitton, Lancashire; James Rogers from the Dog, Grundisburgh, Suffolk
Seafood
Sposored by: Royal Greenland
Winner: Michael McBride
Shoulder of Mutton Inn, Kirky Overblow, North Yorkshire
Dish: Pan fried fillets of black bream, saffron potatoes and cabbage
Highly commended: Charlotte Barr from the Old Mill, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire
Finalist: Ross Williams from the Wellington in Wellington, Herefordshire
Pub Classics
Sponsored by: AAK
Winner: Philip Milner
Orange Tree, Thornham, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Dish: Chargrilled cornfed chicken and mushroom pie, smoked bacon mash, Norfolk glazed carrots
Finalists: Richard Upton from the Three Fishes, Mitton, Lancashire; Anthony Williams from The Williams Arms, Braunton, Devon
Team
Sponsored by: Tilda Foodservice
Winner: Stuart Fay and Stephen Treadwell
Pub: The Bell Inn, Horndon on the Hill, Essex
Menu: Starter: Cornish crab tortellini with red wine poached scallop, crab bisque and salmon tuile
Main: Wild rabbit saddle in herb mousse with fondant potato, rabbit leg ballottine and chestnut mushrooms
Dessert: Dark chocolate fondant with hazelnut ice cream and praline.
Finalists: David Deacon and Michael McBride from the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, Kirkby Overblow, North Yorkshire; Tom Lowe from the Railway Gastro Pub, Euxton, Lancashire; Ross Williams and Rupert Davis from the Wellington in Wellington, Herefordshire
Poultry
Winner: Thomas Pickering
Pub: Three Fishes, Mitton, nr Whalley, Lancashire
Dish: Devilled breast of cornfed Goosnargh chicken, devil sauce, chunky chips, onion rings, watercress and field mushrooms.
Highly-commended: Philip Milner from the Orange Tree, Thornham, Norfolk
Finalist: Ashley McCarthy from Ye Old Sun Inn, Colton, North Yorkshire
Desserts
Winner: James Angus Rogers
Pub: Dog Inn, Grundisburgh, Suffolk
Dish: Bone marrow bread and bitter pudding with quince and lemon ice cream.
Highly-commended: Tamara Cookson from the Three Fishes, Mitton, Lancashire
Finalist: Annette Brassey from Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn, Marton cum Grafton, Yorkshire
Meat
Winner: Justin Brown
Sponsor: Essential Cuisine
Pub: Carnarvon Arms, Bughclere, Newbury, Berkshire
Dish: Double cooked shoulder of Highclere estate lamb, roast garlic mash, kurly kale and a rosemary sauce
Finalists: Tim Payne from the Paradise by Way of Kensal Green, London; Simon Goodman from the Duke of Cumberland Arms, Fernhurst, West Sussex
Pub Chef of the Year 2009
Sponsor: Booker
Winner: Michael Ward
Company: Highwayman Inn, Nether Burrow, Lancashire
Highly-commended: Tom Lowe of the Railway Inn, at Euxton, Lancashire
People Awards
Food Pub Manager of the Year 2009
Winner: Alex Tipping
Pub: Royal Oak, Poynings, West Sussex
Highly commended: Leanne Langman from the Swan, Milton Keynes
Finalist: Andrea Solinas from the Avalon Public House and Garden, London
Special Achievement
Mike Bramley, managing director Pubs & Bars division of Mitchells & Butlers.
Green Initiative of the Year (Food)
Winner: Mill Race, Walford, Ross-on-Wye, Hereforshire
Highly-commended: The Earth & Stars, Brighton, East Sussex
Finalist: Battlesteads Country Inn & Restaurant in Hexham, Northumberland.
Pub Company Food Awards
PubChef's pub company food awards recognise development and innovation within pubco's food offers with the last year.
Food Concept of the Year
Winner: Whitbread's Taybarns
Finalists: Grand Union Group's - burger and cocktail bars; Greene King's Hungry Horse
Food Operator of the Year (unbranded)
Winner: Innventure
Finalists: Youngs; ETM Group
Food Operator of the Year (branded)
Winner: Whitbread
Finalists: Marstons Inns & Taverns; Greene King
Catering development professional
Sponsor: TSC Foods
Winner: Sam Pedder
Company: Admiral Taverns
Highly-commended: Janine Wills from Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants
Finalist: Scott Ferguson from Wadworth