
The 2003 winners of the Auchentoshan 'Spirit of Glasgow' Restaurant Awards are:
- The Auchentoshan 'Spirit of Glasgow'
Restaurant of the Year Award
Rococo
- The Auchentoshan 'Spirit of Glasgow'
Formal Dining Restaurant of the Year Award
The Buttery
- The Auchentoshan 'Spirit of Glasgow'
Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year Award
The Mussel Inn
- The Auchentoshan 'Spirit of Glasgow'
People's Choice Award in association with The Evening Times
Ashoka
- The Auchentoshan 'Spirit of Glasgow'
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ronnie Clydesdale
The winners of the 2003 Restaurant Awards, sponsored by
Auchentoshan
Lowland single malt, were announced on Wednesday 19 November 2003, at the
City Chambers in Glasgow.
Hosted by The Lord Provost of Glasgow, the Rt Hon. Liz Cameron and
TV presenters Viv Lumsden and John Amabile, the Awards ceremony
celebrated the quality and diversity the Glasgow dining experience
across a range of categories.
The Lord Provost said:
"Our many restaurants are one of Glasgow's major
attractions for residents and visitors alike. I am delighted to
host this special event, which marks the important contribution
that restaurateurs have made and continue to make to the profile of
this city, and which celebrates the quality and diversity of the
dining experience in Glasgow."
Chairman of the judging panel Matthew Mitchell, Marketing
Manager for Auchentoshan, added:
"The judging for the Auchentoshan Restaurant Awards 2003
proved very demanding, but hugely gratifying. Glasgow should be
rightly proud not only of the five award winners, but indeed of all
the many and varied restaurants which make such an important
contribution to the quality and tangibility of the Glasgow
experience. The city has yet again reinforced its credentials as
one of Europe's finest destinations for eating out."
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The prestigious Restaurant of the Year 2003 Award went to
Rococo
for "The superb quality of the food and wines, equally
matched by the individual exquisite interior and the professional
and attentive staff. High scoring across all categories gave
Rococo the edge."
The phoenix of Glasgow restaurants, The Buttery, continued its
renaissance by beating off stiff competition to pick up the 2003
Best Formal Dining Award. The judges commented "the sheer
quality, presentation and imagination of the menu clearly
demonstrates The Buttery is back to its best." Meanwhile
the Best Casual Dining Award 2003 was scooped by the Mussel Inn,
which was praised for "a menu that presents seafood in
variety of new and tempting dishes, staff that are enthusiastic and
knowledgeable and a relaxed and informal environment with a price
range to match."
Glasgow's love affair with the curry continued as Ashoka in
Ashton Lane came out top in a poll that saw thousands of
Glaswegians vote for their favourite restaurant in The People's
Award. This represents a further endorsement for Charan Gill who
was presented with the Life Time Achievement Award in the
2002 Auchentoshan Restaurant Awards.
The Award Ceremony culminated in the presentation of a Life Time
Achievement Award to Ronnie Clydesdale, the driving force behind
one of Glasgow's greatest gourmet institutions, The Ubiquitous
Chip, a legendary figure not only in Glasgow, but nationally.
Arguably the first voice to promote the top quality of Scotland's
own larder to the dining public, Clydesdale has been a standard
bearer for imaginative and top quality Scottish cooking for over 30
years.
Auchentoshan Awards 2002
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