Welcome to the 2024 Velvet Food & Drink Awards! Back for a second year, following 2023’s successful launch, these awards are designed to give credit where the residents of our area - that’s YOU - genuinely consider it due.
So, as before, we’re asking members of the public to nominate their favourites in each of our 12 categories: Producer, Farm Shop/Deli, Pub/Bar, Tearoom/Coffee Shop, Street Food/Pop-up, Restaurant, Chef, Food Hero, Sustainability Hero, Equality Hero, Hospitality Hero and Community Hero - find the full details for each category HERE.
Any business or individual working within Velvet’s circulation area (see map, right) is eligible and nominating is easy: click HERE to fill in the swift and simple form, telling us what makes your favourite/s stand out from the culinary crowd. (If you need a little nudge: in entering, your name will automatically go into a draw to win a dinner-and-drinks voucher for two.)
You’ve got between 1am on March 26 2024 and midnight on May 3 2024 to get your nominations in. The three businesses or individuals with the most nominations per category will then be shortlisted and the winners chosen by a panel of independent, industry-expert judges - you can read their bios HERE.
Together with our sponsors - listed HERE - we will then announce those winners at a special champagne-and-canape reception at Newmarket’s historic Jockey Club Rooms, taking place on the afternoon of Monday, June 10.
So whether you’ve got a soft spot for a particular bakery’s buns, swear the coffee in your local cafe can’t be beaten or book every special–occasion meal at a specific restaurant, we want to hear from you!
These awards are YOUR awards, so get those nominations in. . .