October 2009
The Vegetarian Society Awards 2009
Manchester and Edinburgh Restaurants Best for Veggies
30 October 2009
Caterers competed
in two different categories at last night’s Vegetarian
Society Awards 2009. The first award asked voters to nominate their favourite
Vegetarian Society approved café or restaurant while the second
featured any establishment that provides well for veggies. The winners
and nominees are as follows:
Best VegSoc Approved Catering for Vegetarians
The winner is the David Bann Restaurant in Edinburgh.
Other nominees in this category were: Ginger Café – Halifax,
tibits Vegetarian Restaurant – London, Food for Friends – Brighton,
Terre à Terre – Brighton, Dilli Restaurant – Altrincham.
Best Non-Approved Catering for Vegetarians
The winner is Greens in West Didsbury, Manchester.
Other nominees in this category were: Canteen on Clifton Street – Cardiff,
Pizza Express – nationwide, Tampopo – nationwide, The 78 – Glasgow,
The Gate Vegetarian Restaurant – London.
Vanessa
Brown, Head of Corporate Relations for the Vegetarian Society said, “Congratulations to Greens and David Bann, it’s
fabulous to see these top quality restaurants winning this year. It
just shows
that veggies want to eat delicious, imaginative, quality food as much
as everyone else.”
The Vegetarian Society Awards 2009 winners were announced last night
at the Magic Circle Headquarters in London. The evening was hosted by
Wendy Turner Webster, broadcaster and author, and patron of the Vegetarian
Society.
This is the Vegetarian Society Awards’ ninth year and guests came
from across the UK to celebrate the very best in vegetarian food, catering,
and lifestyle, highlighting to the nation those companies and services
which make life better for vegetarians in the UK.
Notes to editors
• For press information please contact Liz or Su on 0161 925 2000 or press@vegsoc.org
mobile 07973 108 165/7, visit www.vegsoc.org/press
• Photographs of the awards celebrations will be available.
• Contact details for the winners are:
• David Bann: David Bann david.bann@btconnect.com 0131 556 5888/ 07843
287843
• Greens: Simon Rimmer, 0161 434 4259.
Shortlist contact details are as below:
o Canteen on Clifton St: Dr Wayne Thomas, food@canteenoncliftonstreet.com
, 02920 454999
o Pizza Express: Alex Whitelaw, alex.whitelaw@pizzaexpress.com , 01895
263146/07766 368187
o Tampopo: Jane Moriarty, janemoriarty@tampopo.co.uk , 0161 861 8862
o The 78: Iain Baird, monostereo@live.co.uk , 0141 334 0633/ 07968 321408
o The Gate: 0208 748 6932
o Ginger Café: Mark Stott, 07775570923
o Tibits: Susie Howard & Nicole Leggett, susiehoward@sister-pr.com
or nicole@sister-pr.com 020 7287 9601
o Food for friends: Natasha Ettridge, natasha@foodforfriends.com , 07875
457 435
o Terre a terre: Olivia Reid, Shop@terreaterre.co.uk , 01273 729051
o Dilli: Dawn Holding, dawn@spirit-marketing.co.uk 0161 972 0448/07766
753310
