Food Lifestyle Awards 2025
Roll up, roll up! The finalists for the Food Lifestyle Awards 2025 have been revealed …
For over a decade, Food Lifestyle has championed the region’s best independent food and drink businesses in the South West through its Food Lifestyle Awards. This year, readers of Food Lifestyle magazine were once again asked to get behind the indie businesses they want to see win the sought-after accolades.
The awards cover businesses in Cornwall to the Cotswolds, Bristol, Bath, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, and each year they receive thousands of votes from readers. Votes are cast for readers’ favourite dining pubs, foodie hotels, products and farm shops in this creative and gastronomically exciting region.
Previous winners include Adam Handling, Harriet Mansell, The Bull Inn, The Angel of Dartmouth, Scarlet Hotel, Gidleigh Park, Salcombe Gin, The Beckford Bottle Shop, Porthminster Beach Cafe, Yallah Coffee, St Ewe and Ashburton Cookery School. Discover who took home awards last year.
Following over 100,000 votes, the finalists for each category have been revealed. The winners will be announced at a swanky awards ceremony which takes place at Harbour House in Bristol on September 15.
The Food Lifestyle Awards 2025 finalists:
Chef of the year – sponsored by Harvey & Brockless
- Adam Glover, The Woolpack
- Ben Champkin, Catch at the Old Fish Market
- Carla Jones, The Idle Rocks
- Margot Henderson, The Three Horseshoes
- Richard Townsend, The Queen’s Arms
Restaurant of the year – sponsored by Lost and Grounded
- Da Costa, Bruton
- Gather, Totnes
- Marmo, Bristol
- Ogo, Bedruthan
- Pythouse Kitchen Garden, Tisbury
Pub of the year – sponsored by Witchmark
- Sign of the Angel, Lacock
- The Acorn Inn, Evershot
- The Ilchester Arms, Symondsbury
- The Mariners, Rock
- The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe
Hotel of the year
- Carbis Bay Estate, St Ives
- Gara Rock, near Salcombe
- Homewood, near Bath
- Priory Wareham, Wareham
- The Painswick, Stroud
Casual dining experience
- Horrell & Horrell, Sparkford
- Lilac Bakery, Exeter
- Outside, Bantham
- The Fish Shed, St Ives
- The Lost Kitchen, Chettiscombe
Exceptional spa experience
- Bristol Lido, Bristol
- Darts Farm, Topsham
- St Michaels Resort, Falmouth
- The Saltwater Sauna, Dorset
- Whatley Manor, Malmesbury
Cool place to stay
- 8 Holland Street, Bath
- Beach Retreats, across Cornwall
- Hinton Hideaways, Crewkerne
- Osip, Bruton
- The Pig near Bath
Drink brand of the year
- Bar Buoy Cocktails, Exmouth
- Pilton Cider, Shepton Mallet
- Rull Orchard, Exeter
- Sprigster, Tisbury
- Tribute by St Austell Brewery
Food brand of the year
- Brickell’s Ice Cream, Shepton Mallet
- ChalkStream Trout, Hampshire
- Newlyn Fermentary
- Westcombe Dairy, Evercreech
- Yeo Valley Organic, Bristol
Outstanding retail experience
- Farro Bakery, Bristol
- Folk Interiors, Totnes
- Hartley Farm Shop and Kitchen, Bradford-on-Avon
- Landrace Bakery, Bath
- Trevaskis Farm, Hayle