Who Bagged What at This Year’s Manx Menu!

The island’s best bites and bevs have been crowned as the winners of this year’s Manx Menu Awards were revealed at Woodbourne House last night.

VIBE Plant Based Café took home the top prize, scooping the Overall Award, plus gongs for Customer Service and Innovation. Not a bad night’s work.

Organised by Business Isle of Man and Visit Isle of Man, the contest saw over 100 entries from 57 local businesses, with public votes and a panel of judges deciding the winners.

Catering students from UCM served up a special menu on the night — fair play to them.

But here’s what you’re here for…

Manx Menu 2025 Winners:

• Overall Award: VIBE Plant Based Café

• Takeaway: Peel Fisheries Chippy

• Small Plate: Filbey’s Little Food Shack

• Large Plate: Little Fish Café

• Dessert: Just Jenny’s

• Cocktail: Kiki Lounge

• Customer Service: VIBE Plant Based Café

• Innovation: VIBE Plant Based Café

• Sustainability: Kiki Lounge

• Food Product: Lush Bakes

• Drink Product: Kerroo Brewing Company

The Front of House Hero winners, voted for by the public, were:

• Vinus – Pop-up Purple

• Bü?ra – Coast Bar & Brasserie

• Jess – Filbey’s Little Food Shack

VIBE owner Laura Mowat said she was ‘absolutely thrilled’, while judge Matt Berry praised the ‘skill, pride and care’ across the entries.

That’s your lot — go support these places, along with all other local hospitality businesses. They need it!