The Dipping Lugger, Ullapool, Ross-shire has been shortlisted for a highly prestigious UK national award.
The restaurant with rooms located on the shores of Loch Broom, features in the Food & Travel Magazine Reader Awards, shortlisted in the Gourmet Bolthole award category, alongside a who’s who of industry names.
The other nominees include Boys Hall (Ashford), The Bull Inn (Totnes), The Feathered Nest (Nether Westcote), Meadowsweet (Holt), The Peat Inn (St Andrews), The Suffolk (Aldeburgh), Uig Sands (Isle of Lewis), Updown (Deal) and Winteringham Fields (Winteringham)
The annual Food & Travel awards are designed to celebrate the world of food, drink, and travel, with the 2024 shortlist reflecting the talent and ever-increasing variety out there.
Each of the award nominations is based on feedback from real guests and individual readers of the magazine.
Each nomination is then judged by a panel of industry experts who draw on real-life experiences to inform their vote and decide the winners in each of the 24 award categories.
Now the nominees including the team from The Dipping Lugger, have to wait until 30th September to be invited to a black-tie dinner which will be held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London, to discover who will win through in each of the award categories.
Award categories include Restaurant of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Chef of the Year, Bar of the Year, Hotel of the Year, Local Hero, Tour Operator of the Year, Airline of the Year, Cruise Line of the Year, City of the Year and Long-Haul Destination of the Year amongst others.
Commenting on The Dipping Lugger’s award nomination Robert Hicks, co-owner of the restaurant with rooms, in Ullapool said:
“The entire team is thrilled to bits that we’ve been shortlisted alongside such prestigious company.
“Ours is a very small family-like team that is hugely dedicated to what we do; everyone mucks in to make sure that all of our guests have the best experience possible.
“Their hard work and dedication are reflected by award nominations like this.
“Helen and I would simply like to thank every member of the team for everything they do in helping make The Dipping Lugger go from strength to strength.’’
