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Boatyard Receives Culinary Crown
Peel’s Boatyard Restaurant has been crowned the overall winner of the first Manx Menu contest.
Celebrating the Isle of Man’s diverse Hospitality Sector of Manx chefs, mixologists, waiting-on staff, producers, growers and suppliers, the Manx Menu ran through February.
The 2024 Manx Menu Awards ran from February 5 to March 1 and featured nine categories with top contenders being selected by public vote, followed by a final decision by a panel of independent judges.
The Boatyard was declared the overall winner for their excellence in all four categories (starter, main, dessert and speciality drink). The award for Main Course was jointly awarded to the top two businesses.
The competition, a joint initiative between Business Isle of Man and Visit Isle of Man, was entered by 65 businesses, contributing to 123 individual entries across the award categories with over 2,000 votes cast to pick the finalists.
The winners of the Manx Menu awards will each receive £1,000 in marketing support to help further promote their businesses with the Overall Manx Menu Award winner receiving £1,500 in marketing support.
Award winners for all categories are as follows:
- Overall Manx Menu Award: The Boatyard
- Manx Menu Starter/Light Bites Award: Frank Matcham’s
- Manx Menu Main Course Award: The Creg-Ny-Baa and The Boatyard
- Manx Menu Dessert Award: The Creg-Ny-Baa
- Manx Menu Speciality Drink Award: The Fyn Bar & Shop
- Manx Menu Takeaway Award: The Parish Pantry
- Manx Menu Customer Service Award: The Dovecote Tearoom
- Manx Menu Product of the Year- Food: Fire Island Chillies
- Manx Menu Product of the Year- Drink: Hoolie Rum, Outlier Distilling Company
The judging panel comprised of:
- Janna Horsthius, MD of Robinsons
- Rob Hunter, Chef Lecturer in Professional Cookery and Patisserie UCM Isle of Man
- Aimee Ford, award-winning cake maker and experienced international judge.
Rob said: ‘The Manx Menu was a fantastic opportunity for the hospitality and food production sector to highlight their creativity and commitment to innovation. It was great to see so many impressive entries from such a variety of places across the island.
‘The initiative really helped to emphasise the array of local suppliers and food provenance on island, which is increasingly important. Our catering students are very lucky to have so many fantastic establishments to choose from.’
Rob Hunter
Feedback Surveys
Business Isle of Man is seeking responses from the public and businesses, through a survey about their experience participating in the Manx Menu Contest. Responses received will be used to inform and improve future initiatives.
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