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2025 Food and Travel Reader Awards - the winners
London, UK – 20 October 2025 — Food and Travel magazine is delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Food and Travel Reader Awards. Now in its 14th year, the prestigious awards, which are nominated by and voted on by the readers, recognise outstanding achievements across the culinary and travel industries, celebrating everything from restaurants, chefs and bars to hotels, cruise lines, tour operators and destinations around the world.
This year’s winners were revealed at a glittering Gala Dinner held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London. Guests enjoyed a champagne reception courtesy of Champagne Pommery, followed by a gourmet dinner created by acclaimed chefs James Mearing (Cromlix) and José Pizarro (Pizarro). Each course was perfectly paired with fine wines selected by Liberty Wines.
The winners’ edition of the magazine is on sale 28 November, so ensure you get your copy by subscribing at foodandtravel.com/subscribe.
Full list of winners of the 2025 Food and Travel Reader Awards:
Restaurants of the Year
London: The Ritz
Outside London: The Seahorse Dartmouth
Timeless Classic: Trinity, Clapham
Newcomer: Wildflowers, Pimlico
Chef of the Year
Angela Hartnett
Bar of the Year
Satan’s Whiskers, Bethnal Green
Hotels of the Year
British city: The Goring, London
Rural: Kinloch Lodge Hotel, Isle of Skye
Gourmet bolthole: The Black Swan, Oldstead
Bed and breakfast: Number 38 Clifton, Bristol
International: Capo d’Orso Thalasso & Spa Hotel, Italy
Local Hero
The Little Kitchen, Farnborough
Book of the Year
Plant to Plate by Gaz Oakley
Tour Operator of the Year
CV Villas
Cruise Lines of the Year
River: Viking River Cruises
Ocean: Oceania Cruises
Boutique/Adventure: Hebridean Island Cruises
Airline of the Year
Singapore Airlines
Cookery School of the Year
Orchards Cookery, Salford Priors
Long-haul Destination of the Year
Australia
Short-Haul Destination of the Year
Greece
City of the Year
Valencia
Breakthrough Chef of the Year
Tom Waters, Gorse
Sustainability Award
Douglas McMaster, Silo