GOLD AWARD

THE PIPE & GLASS INN

West End, South Dalton, Beverley, East Yorkshire (01430 810246; www.pipeandglass.co.uk)

A former gatehouse dating back to the 15th-century with a country pub feel and plenty of outside dining, the Pipe & Glass serves local and seasonal produce. Dishes include Yorkshire Blue cheese salad, lamb with a mutton and kidney faggot and venison suet pudding with chanterelle mushrooms. Sweet-toothed diners will be tempted by the impressive choice of desserts, including apple and bramble crumble and warm treacle tart with roast plums and eggnog ice cream. The restaurant offers separate vegetarian, children’s and Sunday lunch menus.

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SILVER AWARD

CAFE 21

Trinity Gardens, Quayside Newcastle (0191 222 0755; www.cafetwentyone.co.uk)

Terry Laybourne’s Café 21 is a stylish but relaxed restaurant that capitalises on his long-standing rapport with Northumbria’s best producers. On the menu are Neil Robson’s Craster kippers served in a warm salad with Ratte potatoes, endive, a soft poached egg and mustard dressing, and oak-smoked salmon plated simply with a hunk of wholemeal soda bread.

SILVER AWARD

THE HARROW AT LITTLE BEDWYN

Marlborough, Wiltshire (01627 870871; www.theharrowatlittlebedwyn.co.uk)

Proprietors Roger and Sue Jones have transformed this former derelict inn into a Michelin-starred restaurant specialising in fine British food, with everything from the asparagus, peas and broad beans to the milk, cheese, pork and game supplied by nearby farms. The restaurant is famed for its excellent truffles – try the wild mushroom and English truffle risotto or the cauliflower and white truffle soup.

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