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All the winners of the Yorkshire Evening Post Oliver Awards 2025
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11/03/2025
Here are the winners of the Oliver Awards 2025 which celebrated Leeds' outstanding hospitality sector and the hard-working people behind it.
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Serving up a spotlight on Leeds' food and drink scene, the Yorkshire Evening Post's
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Oliver Awards 2025 saw hospitality heroes come together to celebrate the industry's
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finest.
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It's been real stiff competition this year. The judges' panel had said this has been
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one of the most difficult awards in the 15-year history of the awards to judge. We had some
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real close calls, some really strong contenders.
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I'm judging the takeaway category and there's a lot of new people in that. The street food
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category as well. And it's difficult because people have upped their game now, haven't
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they?
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Yeah, absolutely. This year has been so hard. Very hard. They have upped their game massively
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this year.
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The event was hosted by Rich Williams and the first award was for Best Bar, which was
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won by both Green Room on Wellington Street and Tabula Rasa on Eastgate. The Newcomer
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of the Year award was won by White Cloth Hall, situated in a Grade II listed venue
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on Crown Street behind the Leeds Corn Exchange, which is where the next winners also have
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a venue. The Cheesy Living Co. won Best Cafe or Deli.
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Next up was the Sustainability award, which also had two winners, Below Stairs, who are
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based on South Parade, and fellow winners Harewood Food and Drink Project. The Best
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World Restaurant award was won by the team at Tadda in Headingley.
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Consistency for me, that is what I'm big on at my restaurant. And obviously everyone,
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the restaurants that have been coming here for maybe a number of years, like three, four
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years, they're always in the same category, always consistent. And it's a testament to
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them.
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You'd want everyone to be a winner, because I think the fact that, like you said, the
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consistency, people still being open, people still smashing it week in, week out, no matter
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what's being took to them, be it restaurants, hotels, you know, everything, for them still
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to be open, they're all winners for me.
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The Employee of the Year award returned this year, and it was won by Josh Flesher from
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the Harewood Food and Drink Project. The Best Pub award was won by White Clocks Alehouse,
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based on Turks Head Yard in the centre of the city. Bundabost won the Best Speciality
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award, who are also based in Leigh City Centre on Mill Hill. And Mythos won the Best Street
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Food award for their venue in Chapel Allerton.
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The Best Customer Service award was won by The Four Floor Brasserie, situated within
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Harvey Nichols. And the Rising Star award saw Shyam Al-Kumar from Arty Restaurant crown
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the winner. The next award was voted for by the public.
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People's Choice award, which was for Best Local Restaurant, was hugely popular, clearly
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struck a chord with our readership and people across Leeds. More than 7,500 people cast
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a vote in that, which is, you know, a huge turnout and speaks to the strength of local
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restaurants across Leeds. The final award was Chef of the Year, which
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was won by Minal Patel from Prashad in Driglington. Congratulations to all of the winners.
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