The annual Observer Food Monthly Awards, in association with Waitrose, have once again demonstrated our readers’ praise of producers, shopkeepers and restaurants in the UK. The awards were presented at a ceremony hosted by Gordon Ramsay on the 22 March 2007.

Featuring names old and new and covering businesses from Devon to Edinburgh, the awards also recognise people who have made outstanding contributions to the food industry.

Best producer
Falko Konditormeister, Edinburgh

Ethical contribution
Friends of the Earth

Best newcomer
Acorn House, Kings Cross

Hall of fame
Professor Tim Lang

Best restaurant
Canteen, Spitalfields, London

Best cheap eats
The Left Bank, Glasgow

Best breakfast
Rocatillos, Bristol

Best Sunday lunch
Fence Gate Inn, Fence, Lancashire

Best bar
Pintxo People, Brighton

Best shop
Riverford Farm Shop, Devon

Best veggie
Café Maitreya

Best location
Fifteen, Cornwall

Best food book
Nigel Slater’s Kitchen Diaries

Best TV programme
Gordon Ramsey’s The F Word

Observer Food Monthly was voted supplement of the year in the 2006 British Press Awards.

The judges praised OFM for “the emphasis on photography and innovative commissioning, it captures the style, passion, glamour, politics, taste and fashion of food”.
Leading an award-winning product is Nicola Jeal, Editors’ Editor of the Year at the 2006 BSME Awards.

OFM Magazine
Clive Jones
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clive.jones@guardian.co.uk