Derbyshire County Council has announced which eateries and watering holes had successfully made it on to the shortlist of each of the categories for this year's county Food and Drink Awards.
The county council-run awards, now in their seventh year, are held to celebrate locally produced top quality food and drink and reward the county's finest producers and businesses.
The successful businesses will find out if they have won at an awards ceremony being held at Thornbridge Hall, Ashford-in-the-Water, on Thursday 25 September.
Celebrity chef Brian Turner will present the awards with county council cabinet member for regeneration Councillor Geoff Carlile, and East Midlands Today presenter Dominic Heale will speak at the ceremony.
The short-listed venues are:
Restaurant of the Year
- East Lodge Hotel and Restaurant, Rowsley
- The Dining Room, Ashbourne
- Buckingham's, Chesterfield
- Soul, Derby
- Fischers at Baslow Hall
- The Peacock at Rowsley
- The Maynard, Grindleford
Bistro of the Year
- The Butlers Pantry, Derby
- The Strand, Matlock
- Old Hall Hotel, Buxton
- The Old Smithy, Monyash
- Red Lion Pub and Bistro, Ashover
- The Crown Inn, Marston Montgomery
Pub of the Year
- The Druid Inn, Birchover
- Saracens Head, Ashbourne
- Chequers Inn, Froggatt Edge
- Royal Oak, Buxton
- Bluebell Inn, Ashbourne
- Holly Bush, Church Broughton
Tea Room/Coffee House of the Year
- Gallery Café, Ashbourne
- Fresh Basil, Belper
- Chatsworth Farm Shop and Restaurant
- No. 6 The Square, Buxton
- The Bloeman Coffee Shop, Allestree
- Woodlands Tea Room, Charlesworth
Restaurant within an Attraction
- Kedleston Hall
- Cavendish Rooms, Chatsworth
- Bournes Restaurant, Denby
- The Great Kitchen, Hardwick Hall
Best International Restaurant
- Ayotaya Thai Restaurant, Dronfield
- La Romana, Moorfield
- Le Mistral, Wirksworth
- Carriages Restaurant and Bar, Buxton
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