The Ox In A Box Food Awards are back! And all 10 categories have now been announced! So you can now vote for them all right here!

These include BEST NEWCOMER, BEST PUB/BAR, BEST CAFE, BEST RESTAURANT, BEST VEGGIE/VEGAN, BEST CHEF, BEST GASTROPUB, BEST INTERNATIONAL, BEST FOOD HERO and OXFORDSHIRE HOSPITALITY WOMAN OF THE YEAR!

There are 10 categories to vote for and you can vote once in each category. Voting ends at the beginning of May. Last year over 30,000 people voted and this year we want to beat our record! All you have to do is click through to vote.

THE CATEGORIES ARE:

  1. 1) Best Newcomer 2025  https://www.surveyhero.com/c/pxkkvr4f

2) Best Chef 2025  https://www.surveyhero.com/c/zdfzytwb

3) Best Pub/Bar 2025 https://www.surveyhero.com/c/tstqz4up

4) Best Gastropub 2025  https://www.surveyhero.com/c/fm3riudp

5) Best Restaurant 2025  https://www.surveyhero.com/c/iaayc9tg

6) Best Cafe 2025 https://www.surveyhero.com/c/3sz7rsuf

7) Best Veggie/Vegan 2025 https://www.surveyhero.com/c/nvmbddr7

8) Oxfordshire Hospitality Woman Of The Year 2025 https://www.surveyhero.com/c/rx9yazyg

9) Best International 2025 https://www.surveyhero.com/c/dbmmfkvh 

10) Best Food Hero 2025 https://www.surveyhero.com/c/339pwzai

Sponsored by headliners Goldstar Recruitment and The Feathers, with Brandpay and Jolly Foods, as well as Oxford Fine Dining and Grape Minds on board, and Raymond Blanc of Le Manoir fame lined up to host, the voting has kicked off, with thousands already voting. FIND OUT WHAT TO EXPECT HERE

The awards will be held on Monday May 12 at The Ashmolean, with a fabulous after party at Dishoom’s Permit Room in Oxford

The top four nominations from each category will be invited to the glittering ceremony where the winners will be announced, so get voting and pick your favourite. 

You can only vote once in each category and voting ends at the beginning of May

This is your chance to vote for your favourite Oxfordshire cafes, restaurants, pubs, chefs, food genres and heroes. Yes, it’s your votes that count, and you alone can choose the finalists. And don’t worry if you don’t know each nominee, just vote in each category for the ones that you do!