Good Food Guide Awards 2025: The Birmingham restaurants shortlisted for prestigious awards

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Published 8th Jan 2025, 12:56 BST

Updated 8th Jan 2025, 12:58 BST

The shortlist for The Good Food Guide Awards 2025 has been shared

The shortlist for The Good Food Guide Awards 2025 has been revealed.

Celebrated at a glittering ceremony on Monday 3rd February at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in central London, The Good Food Guide Awards 2025, in partnership with OpenTable, are gearing up to name the best of emerging and established excellence in British dining in 2025.

The awards will be hosted by TV presenter and restaurant-goer, Richard Bacon.

The shortlist, which has been revealed ahead of the ceremony, comprises some of Britain’s most prolific restaurants with The Ritz Restaurant, St John and Opheem among the contenders for Restaurant of the Year, sponsored by OpenTable.

Renowned Birmingham chef Alex Claridge reckons this is going to be the city's 'weirdest restaurant yet'. The name is certainly striking. The intimate 14-cover restaurant will serve a menu of around 12 courses to 14 guests sat around a Omakase-Style, monolithic kitchen counter for one sitting per service. The dishes, mostly featuring seafood and coastal ingredients, will be served directly by the chefs. — Renowned Birmingham chef Alex Claridge reckons this is going to be the city's 'weirdest restaurant yet'. The name is certainly striking. The intimate 14-cover restaurant will serve a menu of around 12 courses to 14 guests sat around a Omakase-Style, monolithic kitchen counter for one sitting per service. The dishes, mostly featuring seafood and coastal ingredients, will be served directly by the chefs. | BirminghamWorld

placeholder image — Renowned Birmingham chef Alex Claridge reckons this is going to be the city's 'weirdest restaurant yet'. The name is certainly striking. The intimate 14-cover restaurant will serve a menu of around 12 courses to 14 guests sat around a Omakase-Style, monolithic kitchen counter for one sitting per service. The dishes, mostly featuring seafood and coastal ingredients, will be served directly by the chefs. | BirminghamWorld

West Midlands nominations

Birmingham’s first two star Michelin restaurant Opheem has been shortlisted in the Restaurant of the Year category, with Albatross Death Cult also nominated for Best New Restaurant.

Across the region, Grace & Savour in Hampton in Arden, Solihull, has been nominated for Most Beautiful Restaurant.

The Good Food Guide Awards are by invitation only and will take place at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London on Monday 3rd February 2025.

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