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Nutters Restaurant scooped Manchester Restaurant of the Year 2008 title at the Marketing Manchester Awards dinner last week. The awards were presented at a glittering ceremony at Manchester Central by ex Coronation Street star Sally Lindsey in front of an audience of 400 of the regions most influential tourism representatives.

The restaurant scored the highest rating ever by their mystery shopper saying that Nutters offered great customer service and the food was described as absolutely perfect in all respects.

 

 

 

 

TV chefs Andrew Nutter, Brian Turner and the BBC\'s Two Hairy Bikers brought Johannesburg to a stand still last week when they took part in the Johannesburg Food and Drink Festival. They fronted a convoy of 600 Harley Davidson bikers from all over South Africa to open the food festival at Gauteng Estate.

The convoy which closed roads and highways was part of a charity present run where each biker brought a gift to give to an underprivileged child.

Carl Tait and Jenny Harrisson have been selected from many leading restaurants in the UK to win a place in one of four heats in this years Young Chef/Young Waiter competition run by The Restaurant Association.

Both Carl and Jenny work at Nutters and will now compete in the heat of this prestigious competition, which takes place at Darlington.

Seen amongst the trade as the industries premier award, Young Chef/Young Waiter is aimed at under 24\'s who are passionate about food and its service and, whether winners or not, entrants will enjoy the experience that the award offers in competitive cooking with their peers.

Nutters Restaurant scores highest rating in Taste of Lancashire Awards Scheme with a staggering 91.76%

 

 

Nutters Restaurant hits the headlines again, but this time it\'s not Andrew Nutter or even the food itself!

The Restaurant which is enjoying a rich vein of success at the moment reached the final round of the AA Notable Wine List Awards 2007 - 2008 and received the title "Notable Wine List of the Year 2007-2008" chosen from over 1000 wine lists across the UK, based on overall quality, price and presentation.

This year\'s festival showcased the restaurants skills.

Not only was Andrew Nutter up for the prestigious Manchester Chef of the Year award, but Andrew\'s chef de partie Michael Pilkington, 22, was just beaten in the Young Chef of the year category.

Helen Whittaker did really well finishing runner up in the Young Waiter competition winning a meal for 2 at Hipping Hall.

 

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For the second year running Nutters Restaurant has been nominated for this prestigious award, which is for those who never compromise on flavour, manufacture or quality and show a remarkable commitment to serving up fabulous local food.

 

 

 

Andrew Nutter and other top UK celebrity chefs including Brian Turner, Reza Mohammed, Steve Warpole, Martin Blunos and James Tanner stole the show at Africa's largest food, wine and lifestyle exhibition.

The annual event this year broke all records with over 90,000 visitors of the four day event.
The highlight of the event was the gourmet signature banquet. A gastronomic fusion of fashion and food created by the worlds leading chefs.

 

 

Nutter\'s Restaurant was piped to the post at the recent Manchester Tourism awards held at the Hilton Hotel Manchester.

Short listed for two awards, "The Taste of Manchester" and also "The tourism Restaurant of the year". Judging was done by a whole panel of experts and a "mystery diner" report. We have taken there comments on board and are aiming to win in 2008...

 

Watch out for Nutter on ITV'S DAILY COOKS throughout June, July and August!

 

 

 

 

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Michael Winner - The Sunday Times notorious food critic gives nutters the thumbs up. In fact Mr Winner was so impressed by his mixed crostini starter and his Bury black pudding and scallop main course that he later admitted he had changed his opinion on restaurants in the north.

Andrew Nutter is tasting the high life after his restaurant was voted one of the ten best celebrity chef establishments in Great Britain by the Times, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Jamie Oliver, Rick Stein and Heston Blumenthal.

The list compiled by a team of inspectors and thousands of readers highlighted that Nutter may be famous for his wacky TV persona, but his cooking is not at all off the wall, with loyal fans following him to his vast mansion since the move.

Andrew also does a cooking demonstration the first Thursday of every month, priced at £45.00

Watch Andrew transform the best of local produce in front of you into a mouth watering meal, then sit down and enjoy with a glass of wine.

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Nutters Restaurant Rochdale stole the show at the spectacular Booker Awards Dinner by picking up the Restaurant of the Year 2005 and then the overall title of UK Best Caterer 2005.

In front of a packed audience of 500 at the Concept Centre, Milton Keynes, including top chef Gordon Ramsey and comedian Al Murray, Andrew, Jean and Rodney Nutter were given a standing ovation as they picked up the two biggest awards of the evening.

The judging process had been very intense and the restaurant had been visited by a panel of mystery diners over the past six months. Nutters was highlighted for it's excellence in innovation, professionalism and outstanding service. The family run restaurant now in its twelfth year was praised for it's commitment to the industry and entrepreneurial spirit.

Alongside the titles they also received £1000 and a trip to South Africa. When asked about what he would do with the prizes Celebrity Chef Andrew Nutter quipped he would spend most of the money on a fantastic party for his staff and send his parents on a well deserved break to South Africa.