Nigel Haworth takes top prize at Craft Guild of Chefs Awards 2017

01-Jun-2017 - Last updated on 27-Apr-2021 at 13:20 GMT

Chef Nigel Haworth and Northcote Manor received the top honour at the Craft Guild of Chefs Awards last week (1 June).

Haworth was presented with the Special Award as part of a ceremony at the Westminster Park Plaza hotel recognising the top culinary talent across the UK.

The chef took over the kitchens at the four-star hotel in 1984 and has held a Michelin star at its restaurant since 1996.

He also runs five Ribble Valley Inns across the north west with his business partner Craig Bancroft, and launched the Northcote cookery school in 2014.

Vineet Bhatia London, the tasting menu-only Indian restaurant, won the New Restaurant Award, fighting off competition from Ben Chapman’s Kiln, Aquavit London and Gary Usher’s Burnt Truffle.

The People’s Choice Award was given to Harry Lomas MBE BEM, executive head chef at The Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire, after an online vote.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Apprentice Chef Award - Tom Hamblet, South Lodge Hotel

Armed Services Chef Award - Cpl Ian Mark, Royal Air Force

Banqueting and Event Chef Award - Karen Poynter, Chester Boyd

Chef Lecturer Award - Mathew Shropshall, UCB College of Food

Competition Chef Award - Simon Webb, Culinary Olympics

Contract Catering Chef Award - Glynn Lawrence, Sodexo Prestige

Development Chef Award - Glenn Evans, Las Iguanas

Ethnic Chef Award - Tong Chee Hwee, Hakkasan Group

Innovation Award - The Clink Charity

New Restaurant of the Year Award - Vineet Bhatia London