THE AWARDS
The Bath Good Food Awards 2017 will reward and recognise the very best of the city’s restaurants, cafes and local producers in more than 30 categories.

The judging for restaurants, cafes and delis

will be conducted by mystery diners from our judging panel visiting shortlisted establishments to compare and contrast the public nominations over a two month period.

The judging for the Local Producers

categories will take place in the form of a blind tasting event

All winners will be announced at the Gala Awards evening in Bath on 24th September 2017.

JUDGING CRITERIA

JUDGING CRITERIA FOR BATH GOOD FOOD AWARDS

The awards are open to all restaurants, cafes and delis within the BA postcode designation for Bath.

Bath residents and visitors are voting for their favourite establishment via voting slips, or online. Voting closes on 7th May, and votes will then be counted. A shortlist of 5 from each category (10 for Best Chef, Best Restaurant and Best Front of House) will then be announced.

The shortlist is then given to our team of judges, who will have the responsibility of


judging the shortlisted entries. Shortlisted establishments will be advised that they will be visited by a mystery diner, but will not know when.

Each judge will be responsible for one or more full categories, in order to ensure consistent judging. For example all the shortlisted businesses in the category of ‘Best Italian’ will be visited by the same judge. Where there is cross over, or an establishment shortlisted for 2 or more awards, the relevant judges will visit together.

Judges will score each shortlisted business on set criteria, laid out in the judging rules. Scores will be awarded based on these set criteria, which include:


Style and variety of menu
Mood/welcome/front of house
Speed and quality of service
Family friendliness
Quality of presentation of dishes
Quality of food
Innovation/imagination
Seasonality/use of local produce
Value for money
Overall comments

The panel of judges meet once judging is complete, and individual judges will present their results, which are discussed and approved as a panel, at which stage the final winner and highly commended are selected.

JUDGING CRITERIA FOR BATH GOOD FOOD AWARDS LOCAL PRODUCERS

Products will be judged within a range of different categories. To qualify for entry, producers must be situated within a 50 mile radius of the city of Bath.

The three producers in each category with the most votes will be shortlisted for tasting and judging by a panel of judges in late April 2017.

Shortlisted producers will be asked to submit product samples for blind judging. Those

shortlisted for ‘outstanding contribution to sustainability’, ‘best local butcher’, ‘best local meat’ and ‘best local grower’ will be judged via a written entry, which will be sent to shortlisted businesses once the voting is complete.

All products will be prepared for serving, within their categories and served blind to the judges. The judges will be aware of the names on the shortlist, but will not know the origins of the products they are tasting.

The judges will score each product on a standard set of criteria, including but not limited to appearance, texture, flavour and point of difference. Products will be

discussed in the judging forum, and scores recorded.

The judges will then be shown the packaging and further points will be awarded based on style and impact of presentation and clarity of product message.

Final decisions on winners and runners up will be made by totalling scores and by a panel discussion with the judges.