The 2007 Northern Hospitality Awards were held last night with the Lifetime Achievement award going to the North-East’s Terry Laybourne, owner of the Jesmond Dene House in Newcastle and the 70-seat Café 21.

 Yorkshire took four of the eight categories in front of an audience of 250 at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester.

 Michael Wignall, executive head chef at one-Michelin-starred North Yorkshire’s Devonshire Arms took home the Best Chef award.

 Award winners in full:

 Best Restaurant: Winteringham Fields, Winteringham, North Lincolnshire

 Best Newcomer: El Gato Negro Tapas, Rippondon, West Yorkshire

 Best Chef:  Michael Wignall, Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel and Spa, Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire

 Best Pub: Crofters at Holbeck, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria

 Best Hotel: Rudding Park, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

 Best Chef Mentor: Paul Askew, London Carriage Works, Liverpool, Merseyside

 Best Bar: Trio Bar and Grill, Leeds, West Yorkshire

 Lifetime Achievement: Terry Laybourne

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by Christopher Walton

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