AA Hospitality Awards 2024: Who Were The Winners?

Chefs, restaurateurs and hoteliers from all over the UK gathered in London last night for the AA Hospitality Awards 2024, a highlight on the industry calendar. This saw a whole host of venues awarded new AA rosettes, as well as prestigious trophies including Restaurant of the Year across England, London, Wales and Scotland. So who won gold for 2024?

AA Hospitality Awards 2024: Full List Of Winners

Four restaurants took home Restaurant of the Year awards. In England, The Greyhound came out tops, a 17th century pub in Beaconsfield helmed by husband and wife duo Daniel Crump. The London winner was The Silver Birch, a friendly neighbourhood eatery in Chiswick centred around British ingredients. Cardiff restaurant Thomas by Tom Simmons took home the gong for Wales, while the Michelin-starred Loch Bay on the Isle of Skye was Scotland’s winner.

A number of restaurants secured new rosettes. Woven by Adam Smith in Berkshire, The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant in Perth & Kinross, and Angel at Hetton in North Yorkshire have now made it into the esteemed five rosette category, classed as places which ‘have highly individual voices, exhibit breathtaking culinary skills, and set standards to which others aspire to, yet few achieve.’

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Eateries including Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay at the Savoy, London, and Lumiere in Gloucestershire, now have four rosettes. And restaurants including Mayfair’s Humo, Musu in Greater Manchester, and The Three Horseshoes in Essex have made it into the three rosettes category.

It was a big night for Tom Aikens, who won Chefs’ Chef of the Year. Aikens has an impressive track record, securing his first Michelin star at just 26, and now runs Muse, an intimate fine dining restaurant in Belgravia, London.

Other winners included 1 Hotel Mayfair, which secured the Sustainable Award; Mingary Castle in the Scottish Highlands, named Restaurant with Rooms of the Year; and The Seafood Restaurant in Cornwall, which took home the Food Service Award. 

Here is the full list of winners for 2024.

Chefs’ Chef of the Year

Tom Aikens, Muse, London

Lifetime Achievement Award

Adrian Ellis, former general manager of the Lowry hotel, Manchester

Outstanding Contribution Award

Sue Williams, Positive Hospitality, director and formerly general manager of Whatley Manor Hotel & Spa

Restaurants of the Year 

• England – the Greyhound, Buckinghamshire
• London – the Silver Birch, London
• Wales – Thomas by Tom Simmons, Cardiff
• Scotland – Loch Bay restaurant, Isle of Skye

Hotels of the Year

• England – Down Hall Hotel & Spa, Hertfordshire 
• London – the Dorchester
• Wales – the Parkgate hotel, Cardiff 
• Scotland – Cromlix, Stirling 
• Northern Ireland – the Ebrington hotel, Londonderry

Group of the Year 

Red Carnation Hotel Group

Small Hotel Group of the Year 

Eden Hotel Collection, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Wine Award

• England – Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms, Lancashire
• Wales – Plas Dinas Country House, Gwynedd
• Scotland – the Balmoral, Edinburgh 

Shortlisted categories

Housekeeper of the Year 

Paula Seddon – Crow Wood Hotel and Spa Resort, Lancashire

Sustainable Award 

1 Hotel Mayfair, London

Inn of the Year

The Cartford Inn, Lancashire 

B&B of the Year

Mallard Grange, North Yorkshire

Restaurant with Rooms of the Year

Mingary Castle, Highlands

Spa Hotel of the Year

Carden Park hotel, Cheshire

Food Service Award

The Seafood Restaurant, Cornwall

College Restaurant of the Year

Senara – Truro & Penwith College

New five rosettes

• Woven by Adam Smith (Coworth Park), Berkshire  
• The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant, Perth & Kinross 
• Angel at Hetton, North Yorkshire

New four rosettes

• Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay (Savoy Hotel), London
• Olive Tree at the Queensberry hotel, Somerset
• Bybrook at the Manor House hotel, Wiltshire
• Lumiere, Gloucestershire 
• Atrium (Lords of the Manor), Gloucestershire

New three rosettes

• The Flintlock at Cheddleton, Staffordshire
• The Old Deanery, North Yorkshire 
• Humo London, London 
• Pignut, North Yorkshire
• The Vines restaurant, Cheshire
• Rookery Hall Hotel & Spa, Cheshire 
• The Three Horseshoes, Essex
• The Cottage in the Wood, Cumbria
• Chartwell at Aldwark Manor, North Yorkshire
• Mallory Court Country House Hotel & Spa, Warwickshire
• Skosh, North Yorkshire
• Musu, Greater Manchester
• The Fanny Talbot, Gwynedd

New four red stars

• Farlam Hall Hotel & Restaurant, Cumbria
• Douneside House, Aberdeenshire
• The Angel hotel, Suffolk
• Lygon Arms Hotel, Worcestershire
• Nutfield Priory Hotel & Spa, Surrey

New three red stars

Penally Abbey, Pembrokeshire