Kerridge, who owns the Coach, the Hand & Flowers and the Butchers Tap, all in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, has been shortlisted for the awards’ Chef of the Year category, which recognises a chef who has had an impact in the past 12 months.
However, he wasn't the only pub chef to feature, as Dan Smith from the Fordwich Arms in Fordwich, near Canterbury, in Kent, made it onto the Chefs to Watch list.
The awards, which are being announced at London’s Hurlingham Club on Monday 11 June, feature three shortlisted categories – Chef to Watch, Restaurateur of the Year and Chefs Chef of the Year – with nominees being voted by for the National Restaurant Awards academy voters.
Annual event
The annual awards are now in their 11th year and celebrate the top 100 UK restaurants, voted for by the nation’s top chefs, restaurateurs, food writers, critics and other food experts.
The shortlisted categories are:
Chef of the Year
- Nieves Barragán Mohacho – Sabor, Mayfair, west London
- Gareth Ward – Ynyshir, Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales
- Andrew Wong – A Wong, Pimlico, central London
- Tom Kerridge, the Hand & Flowers, the Coach, the Butcher’s Tap, all in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
- Simon Rogan – Roganic, in Marylebone, west London, and L'Enclume, in Cartmel, Cumbria
- Gary Usher – Wreckfish in Liverpool, Sticky Walnut in Chester, Hispi in Didsbury, Manchester, Burnt Truffle in Heswall, Merseyside
Restaurateur of the Year
- Neil Rankin and Sam Lee – Temper
- Jyotin, Sunaina and Karam Sethi – JKS Restaurants
- Zoe and Layo Paskin – The Palomar, The Barbary, The Blue Posts
- Will Lander and Daniel Morgenthau – Woodhead Restaurant Group (The Quality Chop House, Clipstone, Portland)
- Harneet and Devina Baweja – Gunpowder, Madame D, Gul & Sepoy
- Brett Redman – Jidori, Neptune
Chef to Watch
- Selin Kiazim – Oklava, Kyseri
- Tomos Parry – Brat, Shoreditch, east London
- Alex Bond – Alchemilla, Nottingham
- Tom Brown – Cornerstone, Hackney Wick, east London
- Luke Selby – Hide, Mayfair, west London
- Martin Carabott – Hide, Mayfair, west London
- Pip Lacey – Hicce (central London – exact location to be confirmed as site is not yet open)
- Dan Smith – the Fordwich Arms, Fordwich, near Canterbury, Kent
- Endo Kazutosh – Endo at Rotunda, White City, west London
- Duncan Ray –The Little Fish Market, Hove, East Sussex
Full awards list
- The Estrella Damm National Restaurant of the Year
- The Service Award, sponsored by Liberty Wines and Champagne Devaux
- Lifetime Achievement, sponsored by Lavazza
- Sustainable Restaurant of the Year, sponsored by Aubrey Allen
- Gastropub of the Year, sponsored by Estrella Damm
- The Best Restaurant in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, sponsored by Hildon
- OpenTable Fit For Foodies award
- Restaurateur of the Year
- Chefs’ Chef of the Year, sponsored by RitterFresh
- Chef to Watch, sponsored by Woods Foodservice
- Cocktail List of the Year, sponsored by Seedlip
- Wine List of the Year
- One to Watch, sponsored by Schweppes