The Dover and The Devonshire both won awards this year.
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00:00The Good Food Awards for 2025 have been presented at the Theatre Royal in the West End.
00:06The room was filled with some of the best chefs in the country all eagerly awaiting to see if they have won a prize.
00:13The event was hosted at Andrew Lloyd Webber's theatre.
00:16Here is what he had to say about London and Britain's food scene.
00:21And what it has now turned into because London is now one of the greatest
00:26and Britain is one of the greatest places to come and eat anywhere in the world.
00:38After that the awards were well underway and the Dover was nominated for the most beautiful restaurant of the year.
00:45Here is how they got on.
00:47The winner of the most beautiful restaurant is the Dover!
00:56I was lucky enough to speak to the winners celebrating the Dover's incredible achievement of most beautiful restaurant in the UK this year.
01:14Well, first of all I'm speechless because to win an award in the UK is a big prize.
01:23As you can see from my voice I'm still emotional.
01:25This is a big win for the team that helped us to make Dover happen.
01:31I'm very emotional.
01:33It's so important. I think part of the Dover success is all down to design.
01:38It's all about the setting in which people can enjoy their food and enjoy the time.
01:42The whole experience comes from walking into a beautiful restaurant and immediately feeling at ease and being somewhere that you want to spend time in.
01:50The design of the Dover is totally part of the success of where we are today.
01:57The Dover wasn't the only London restaurant to pick up an award last night.
02:02In an unlikely turn of events London restaurant The Devonshire won best value for money.
02:09Back and forth over which restaurant offered the best value.
02:13Who would have thought that a city centre booth known for its crowds of Guinness drinkers would snatch the award.
02:21It is astonishingly cheap. Three courses for under £30 in central London has to be the bargain of the year.
02:29I'm sure you'll have worked this out already but the winner is The Devonshire.
02:34So with two London restaurants picking up awards both The Devonshire and The Dover it was a good night for the capital.
02:43However no eatery in London won best restaurant of the year.
02:49Unfortunately that was taken by OSIP down in Somerset and best new restaurant was awarded to Scoff in Manchester.