The Good Food Guide announces regional shortlist for Restaurant of the Year

The Good Food Guide has published the regional shortlist for its Restaurant of the Year awards.

More than 25,000 diners from all over the UK nominated their favourite local restaurants, pubs and cafes between 1 March and 21 April.

The 10 regional winners will now go head to head to become the overall winner of The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year at the Which? Awards on 19 May.

All 10 restaurants will be included in the 2011 edition of the Guide, published in September.

The shortlisted restaurants are:

Wales: Slice, Swansea
East England: Wiveton Bell, Norfolk
London: The French Table, Surbiton
Midlands: Saffron, Birmingham
Northern Ireland: Ginger Bistro, Belfast
North West: Northcote, Lancashire
North East: Artisan, Hessle
Scotland:  La Garrigue, Edinburgh
South East: Vanilla Pod, Marlow
South West: The Swan at Southrop

From the Guide Girl Blog