Bannisters entered and won awards for best People, Produce, Place Tourism Restaurant for Rick Stein at Bannisters and best Small Bar for Bannisters Pool Bar. 

“We are thrilled we won,” marketing director Annie Cochrane said. “The awards are state awards and very highly regarded within the industry.”

“It's an acknowledgement of hard everyone has worked,” Rick Stein at Bannisters head chef Paul Goodenough said.

“We're cooking the best we have ever cooked, we're putting really good food on plates and we hope the people eating that food can taste the passion. 

“We’re trying to be true to what Rick started - honest, fresh produce, simply cooked.”

National winners will be announced on October 30.