The small business impressed judges with their great food, high mystery shopper score and measures taken to cater to customers’ ever-evolving dietary needs.
Owner Lorraine Priestly has Coeliac disease and has led the way in offering gluten-free menu items, she’s also involved in projects working with Coeliac UK to help ensure other restaurants can improve their gluten-free offering. In addition, Nacho Cheese offers vegan, vegetarian and dairy-free dishes, and the packaging used is compostable and biodegradable.
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We are so excited to have won Best Takeaway in Britain! It is so important to us to offer exceptional service and food, as well as catering to customers’ ever-evolving dietary needs, and so to have been recognised for this is amazing! We would like to say a huge thank you to our staff for their hard work, as well as our loyal customers, as we couldn’t have got here without them. We are so pleased and can’t wait to continue to have a positive impact on the takeaway industry.”
Celebrating the behind the scenes heroes who make takeaways brilliant, and the Game Changer, for restaurants that are making waves in the industry.
Best Takeaway Chef in Britain
Sugoi JPN - Osamu Mizuno
Osamu has over 20 years of experience in London’s Japanese fine dining restaurants. He blew judges away with his Chingon Nori Taco
Nori + Taco = Noritaco: A crispy seaweed tempura shell with Japanese Latin fusion filling of tuna, salmon, pico e gallo, lamb lettuce, sushi rice, sesame seeds, aonori, chive & kimchee sauce
Mohammed Miah is always on top of his deliveries, At his first delivery of the night, a young boy answered the door and told Mo that his mum was not well. He went in and the mother was in labour! Mo called the ambulance, reassured the mother, helped the children with the takeaway and waited with them until the paramedics arrived.
During all of this, Mo also remembered to call the restaurant to get his other two takeaways collected to ensure the other customers still received their food.
Chris’s Fish N Chips has already won a fair share of awards and this year they claim one of the top awards of the night.
Strad and Gina are leading the way in sustainability, they removed palm oil to help with deforestation, they use sunflower oleic oil and have zero plastic packaging. Alongside this they recycle used oil, food waste is given to farms to turn into feed and are actively improving the community by litter picking.
We've split the UK into twelve regions and awarded the best takeaway in each region based on public votes, mystery shopping and a submission stating why they should win.
New to the British Takeaway Awards, Rikshaw impressed judges with their Indian street food, dedication to customer service, impressive website and staff’s knowledge on allergens.
New to the British Takeaway awards, The Brothers Fish Bar serves high quality fish and chips, engage with the local community through fundraising and has a very high mystery shopper score.
Finalists
Capones Pizza Parlour
179 Selsdon Park Road, CR2 8JH
The Fat Pizza
18 Elm Parade, Elm Park Avenue, Elm Park, RM12 4SA
A Local Legend restaurant owned by a hard working couple who are passionate about their business and delivering high quality Indian food. Chili Tuk Tuk were finalists last year and with a number of other awards under their belt and a lot of hard work, they are walking away as regional champions in one of the most competitive areas – Central London
Holding on to their title for a second year in a row, Casa Rosa continue all of the hard work throughout the year, supporting more local charities, retaining great staff and strive to promote healthier choices
Nonnas Wood Fired Pizza has finally become champion due to their fresh and locally sourced products. With team incentive trips to Naples, staff morale has never been better.
New to the British Takeaway Awards, Cheeky Moo’s received a Local Legend status on Just Eat in record time. Judges were really impressed by Cheeky Moo’s investment in their staff including hiring younger staff and funding training.
Although a smaller set up and a few years old, S&S Kitchen has already introduced hit the ground running catering for different dietary and allergens on their smaller menu offering, they don’t provide any plastic cutlery and only use sustainable packaging.
Finalists
Irmak BBQ Dunstable
220 High Street North, LU6 1AU
J’s Grill
142A Cambridge Road, SG4 0JN
Mexigo
113 Week Street, ME14 1RB
Willett's
Unit D5 Harlow Business Centre, Lovet Road, Harlow, CM19 5AF
Nacho Cheese are back and better than ever. Being Celiac herself, Lorraine knows how important it is to cater for allergens and have made nearly all of their menu available as gluten free.
Nacho Cheese always offer friendly, relaxed and personable service to both new and regular customers.
After narrowly missing out last year, WIWO is back in lead position.
WIWO impressed judges with one of the highest mystery shopping scores across the board. They are dedicated to supporting charities and rewarding local emergency service workers with a discount.
Finalists
Mama's Indian Takeaway
58 Clear Water Way, Cardiff, CF23 6DJ
Traditional No 8 Fish & Chip Shop
Clifftonville Street, St Johns Street, Whitland, SA34 0AP
New to the British Takeaway Awards, Buena Comda impressed judges with their skills and experience within the food industry. They are heavily involved with the local community including providing food for the women’s refuge residents.
Bear Kitchen have stepped up their game this year, they use local suppliers and work hard to source quality, fair-trade, ethical ingredients for their innovative menu. Bear Kitchen also aid the development of young chefs in the industry & have an apprentice scheme for staff.
Finalists
Hirds Family Fisheries
163 Backhold Lane, Halifax, HX3 9DL
Menston Spice
33a Main Street, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6NB
Tavassoli's Cafe, Bar & Grill
14 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NU
The Sweetie People
5 Drake Fold Wyke, Bradford, BD12 9NU
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