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We are delighted to announce The Ox In A Box Food Awards 2022 and we need your help. Get voting!
The Ox in A Box Food Awards are being held in 2022 to highlight and reward Oxfordshire’s hard working chefs, restaurants, pubs and cafés, especially after the devastating effects of the pandemic on our beloved hospitality industry.
Raymond Blanc will be our special guest at the Ox In A Box Food Awards black tie ceremony (date TBC) to help us celebrate the best of Oxfordshire’s food scene.
The awards will also be donating to The Thomas Franks Foundation
Founded in 2019 by Frank and Emma Bothwell, the Thomas Franks Foundation was created to provide support to disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young adults across the UK.
During the COVID-19 situation, thanks to generous donations from clients, suppliers and many more, the Foundation’s Feeding Communities, has been providing thousands of nutritious, healthy meals each day to those in need. To date the Foundation has provided over 1,000,000 fresh, free meals.
But it’s all down to you! The winners will be decided by the voting public.
All we need you to do is to vote for your favourite in each category by clicking on the images below, follow us on social media and share.
We have spent months whittling down our final list to around ten nominations for each of the 12 award categories.
There are 12 categories to vote for and every day we will be releasing new categories.
VOTE HERE! THE CATEGORIES ARE:
- Best Newcomer 2020 https://surveyhero.com/c/amyaqdpq
2) Best Newcomer 2021 https://surveyhero.com/c/gjmxdmsv
3) Best Chef
4) Best Pub https://surveyhero.com/c/szg4istx
5) Best Gastropub
6) Best Restaurant https://surveyhero.com/c/xyx7e7cu
7) Best Cafe https://surveyhero.com/c/tycfau4h
8) Best Pop Up https://surveyhero.com/c/7qbqbqve
9) Best Veggie/Vegan https://surveyhero.com/c/hj9cq73p
10) Best European http://: https://surveyhero.com/c/7z7bzgp7
11) Best Global https://surveyhero.com/c/4ngsxeqv
12) Out Of The Box – the most remarkable pandemic transformation/innovation award
All you have to do is click through on the voting link of each category and vote for your favourite Oxfordshire cafes, restaurants, pubs, chefs and flavours.
Each category will be launched at oxinabox.co.uk and on all social media, so keep your eyes peeled.
Ox In A Box was launched earlier this year to celebrate the best Oxfordshire has to offer so running the Ox IN A Box Food Awards was a natural next step and ties win with our ethos and expertise of a fair and transparent, independent, genuine event.
The team at oxinabox.co.uk have been writing and reviewing restaurants for over 20 years and eat constantly and extensively in Oxfordshire. Food is our passion.
It couldn’t be easier to vote for your favourite.
Follow these simple steps: visit oxinabox.co.uk every day, click on the food awards page and vote.
The top three finalists from each category will be announced in due course and invited as our guests to the winners ceremony, which has been kindly sponsored by Thomas Franks, Goldstar Recruitment, Oxford Wine Company, Oxford Fine Dining and Chalgrove Gin.
The overall winner will be picked by the Ox In A Box team on the night at the awards ceremony.
All developments, winners and finalists will be announced online at oxinabox.co.uk
Get voting!
Our Sponsors
Goldstar is Oxford’s leading catering and hospitality recruitment agency. It has been working with Oxford’s leading restaurants, hotels, universities and gastro pubs since 2009 and its team is made up of experienced hospitality recruiters and former industry professionals. It covers temporary recruitment, relief chefs and casual waiting & bar staff as well as a permanent division ready to fill any key vacancies required.
Oxford Fine Dining has gained a truly formidable reputation catering throughout Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds. We have built an extensive and impressive portfolio of weddings, corporate events and private dining experiences in the most prestigious venues. Our continued expansion has led to the creation of our sister companies designed to cater for all eventualities of style and location.
Cotswold Fine Dining delivers weddings and events in stunning Cotswold locations, whilst Oxford Farm Weddings offers a relaxed, luxury wedding occasion with the same fine dining standards. Fine Feasts has been created to offer dramatic and exceptional outdoor catering, on our bespoke BBQ grills, for festivals and special celebrations.
Chalgrove Artisan Distillery
HQ of the multi award winning OX44 Gin
Chalgrove Gin use a neutral grain spirit which is 96% ABV (alcohol by volume) to create their Oxford Dry Gin. They then add the flavour using selected botanicals.
The base botanicals (including juniper berries and coriander) are added to the spirit to macerate for 24 hours, after which the additional botanicals are then added to the pot still and then begins the distillation process.
The Oxford Wine Company
The original Oxford Wine Company was founded in 1840 and traded from 125 High Street, Oxford until 1914. The name was revived in the early 1990s by MD and owner Ted Sandbach, metamorphosing from ‘The Oxford Hamper Company’ through ‘The Oxford Wine and Hamper Company’ and finally becoming ‘The Oxford Wine Company’ in the Spring of 1992. Since then expansion has been rapid and the company now bears very little resemblance to its relatively humble origins. Driven forward by Ted, this is a company which never stands still!
The Food Awards will be captured by freelance Oxfordshire-based photographer Ed Nix.
