Eat, drink & be beautiful

Winners of the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, now in its fifth year, were given out recently. Judged by the biggest personalities in the world of design, hospitality and lifestyle, the awards this year attracted 670 projects from across the globe.

Each year, thousands of designers and operators involved in U.K. and global hospitality enter. There have been more than 2,500 entries in the past five years, from the U.K. and 70 other countries.

The glittering awards ceremony, renowned for its creativity, took place on the evening of Sept. 12 – at the Farmiloe Building in London. It was attended by 500 guests.

2103 JUDGES

Anne Kyyrö Quinn / Architectural Textile designer, Anne Kyyrö Quinn; Casper Vissers / Founder and CEO, Moooi; Chris Bangle / Managing Director; Chris Bourn / International Editor, Time Out; Chris Webb / Senior Director, Interior Design Europe, Hilton; David Kester / Director, Thames & Hudson; Dominic Harris / Founder, Cinimod Studio; Giles Coren / Restaurant Critic, The Times; Janet Wardley / Head of Visual Display, Harvey Nichols; Ken Freivokh / Partner, Ken Freivokh Design; Maxim Velcovsky / Art Director, Lasvit; Mourad Mazouz / Restauranteur, Sketch; Nika Zupanc / Designer; Richard Vines / Chief Food Critic, Bloomberg News; Ross Urwin / Creative Director Home and Lifestyle, Lane Crawford; Sandy Suffield / Creative Director, Wolff Olins; Sebastian Mariscal / Design Principal, Sebastian Mariscal Studio; Stephen Alden / Chief Executive Officer, Maybourne Hotel Group; Tamara Lohan / Founder and CTO, Mr & Mrs Smith; Tom Aikens / Chef, Restauranteur; and Yenn Wong / Owner, JIA Boutique Hotels. 

BEST RESTAURANT

Höst (Denmark) / Norm Architects

BEST BAR

Atrium Champagne Bar (London) / Foster and Partners 

ABOUT THE AWARDS

The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, now in its fifth year, is one of the most innovative and prestigious events in the hospitality and design world – judged by the biggest personalities in the world of design, hospitality and lifestyle.

For more info, visit restaurantandbardesignawards.com