Vote for Which? Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year award

May 2, 2008 - PRLog -- The Guide invites members of the public to nominate their favourite independently owned establishment in their region – preferably one that offers regional dishes or uses local produce - online at http://www.which.co.uk/gfgaward , by text or by sending in a postcard.

Nominations are invited until Friday 23 May 2008 (http://www.which.co.uk/gfgaward ). Ten regional award winners will be announced at the end of May and will feature in the 2009 edition of The Good Food Guide.

These restaurants will go on to compete for the Restaurant of the Year award, which will be chosen by a panel of experts led by Elizabeth Carter, Consultant Editor of The Good Food Guide.  The award will be presented as part of the annual Which? Awards, at a ceremony on Tuesday 17 June 2008 at the British Museum.

Elizabeth Carter, Consultant Editor, The Good Food Guide, says:

“When we launched this award last year we had a great response from the public. There are some fantastic gems up and down the country serving up great quality local produce, and we want people to tell us about them so that we can give them the accolades they deserve.”
- Ends –

Notes to editors

For further information, updates on voting, or an interview, contact Sarah Gartside.
To find out more log on to: http://www.which.co.uk/whichawards

The Which? Good Food Guide - Restaurant of the Year award
>   The public are invited to vote for their favourite independently owned and run restaurant, pub or café in their region, preferably one that offers regional dishes and/or seeks out local producers.
>   The public can vote by:
•   Registering online at www.which.co.uk/gfgaward  
•   Texting GFG, followed by the name and town of the restaurant, to 62233 (standard network charges apply)
•   Submitting a postcard that is available from restaurants
>   All voters will be entered into a prize draw. The prize is a meal for two at the regional winning restaurant most local to the entrant and voting is not necessary to enter. For a chance to win, send a postcard with your name and address to The Which? Good Food Guide, 2 Marylebone Road, London NW1 4DF. The closing date for receipt of entries is 23 May 2008. The first entry to be drawn at random after 23 May 2008 will win a meal for two at the winning restaurant most local to the entrant. The prize draw is open to all UK residents aged 18 and over with the exception of employees of Which? Limited, their immediate families or anyone connected with Which?. There is only one prize and the winner will be informed in writing within 7 days of the closing date. To claim the prize you must contact Which? by midnight 14 days after. No refund or cash alternative is available. If the prize is declined or if the winner forfeits the prize under these terms and conditions, then Which? may at its absolute discretion draw an alternative winner. Which? reserves the right to substitute an alternative of equivalent value at its absolute discretion. Which? reserves the right to revise the closing date or extend the period for accepting entries. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of receipt. Which? reserves the right to publicly display the name of the winner in any Which? publication. The decision of Which? is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Incomplete, illegal, misdirected or late entries will not be accepted. Which? takes no responsibility for entries delayed, incomplete or lost due to technical reasons or otherwise. By entering the competition, entrants will be deemed to have understood the above rules and agreed to be bound.

# # #

Which? is the leading independent consumer champion in the UK and has been testing products and services, as well as campaigning on behalf of the consumer, since 1957. It is committed to making individuals as powerful as the organisations they have to deal with in their daily lives. which.co.uk (http://www.which.co.uk ) provides up to date, impartial, expert information on thousands of products and services to help people make the right choices, whatever they’re buying.