Two Consecutive FOOD Awards Reinforce Aspect Bar's Championing Of Seaside Chefs
Morecambe Bay
eatery, Aspect Bar and Bistro, has achieved a major coup ahead of it staging
the final of the Seaside Chef of the Year contest this weekend, by winning a FOOD
Awards 'Best Bistro” award for the second year running.
Aspect's
owners, Paul and Judy Bury, learned of their success on November 8 at a gala
dinner at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel. They were delighted by the news, especially
as it is the diner's voice that counts in these awards.
The timing
could not be more perfect. Having won
the FOOD Awards 'Best Bistro' title in 2014, Aspect decided to use it as a
platform from which to champion chefs in traditional seaside resorts around
Britain's coastline. By launching the
Seaside Chef of the Year contest, it selflessly set out to change the image of
seaside food in Britain and prove that, despite the prejudice and inherent
British food snobbery, seaside eateries could be regarded as destination restaurants. Its efforts have not been in vain.
The contest
attracted entries from around Britain's coastline and has resulted in two
finalists – Stuart White from the Victoria Hotel in Sidmouth and Anthony
Greenland from the Best Western Vine Hotel, Skegness, reaching a cook-off
final.
This
interactive event will be staged at Aspect on Sunday, with guests at a ticketed
dinner being able to find out how the cook-off has progressed, what the judges
thought of the dishes and why the chefs created the dishes in the way that they
did. They will also enjoy a banquet menu
that comprises the starters and mains of Aspect's executive chef, Gavin Riley,
and the desserts of Anthony and Stuart.
The contest
will be judged by Paul and Judy, Gavin and guest judge, Stefano Corvucci,
otherwise known as the Boho Chef. He
will fly in from Bologna that day, to deliver his verdict on the cook-off and
the dishes created.
The major
triumph of this event will, however, be the fact that it has already made waves
and begun to shift British perceptions of food served on promenades and by
piers.
Paul Bury
says: “This contest is challenging the
traditional image of seaside food and proving that seaside eateries, like
Aspect, can be amazing destination dining venues. It has taken on the snobbery that exists in a
foodie world in which diners will readily head to an untried country inn or
city restaurant for a meal, but think twice about driving to the seaside. It has already begun to give seaside chefs a
voice and with ambassadors like Stuart and Anthony, we can continue to spread
the word. Regardless of who wins, both
chefs can be proud at having got this far and been part of this groundbreaking
and perception shifting competition.”
A few tickets
for the Sunday evening event and dinner are still available. Call 01524 416404 to be part of foodie
history in the UK.
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