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The best restaurant in Manchester has been crowned at the British Restaurant Awards 2023.

The country's culinary elite came together to celebrate the best restaurants and chefs in the country at this year's British restaurant Awards on September 5, and one Manchester favourite was recognised.

20 stories in Spinningfields - known for its skyline views of the city-region - won the regional prize for the Best Restaurant in Manchester in 2023.

This was the fifth edition of the prestigious annual awards, which give out regional awards, awards for luxury restaurant of the year, best chef, best hospitality team and other categories.

The event was hosted by TV presenter Cait King, with celebrity guest hosts including Paris Smith from Made in Chelsea and Olympic Champion Dwain Chambers.

Despite the fact several Manchester restaurants had been nominated for a variety of categories this year, only one went home with an award.
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00:00 The Best Restaurant in Manchester has been crowned at the British Restaurant Awards 2023.
00:06 The country's culinary elite came together to celebrate the best restaurants and chefs
00:11 in the country at this year's British Restaurant Awards on the 5th of September and one Manchester
00:17 favourite was recognised.
00:18 20 storeys in Spinning Fields, known for its skyline views of the city region, won the
00:24 regional prize for the Best Restaurant in Manchester in 2023.
00:29 This was the fifth edition of the prestigious annual awards which give out regional awards,
00:35 awards for Luxury Restaurant of the Year, Best Chef, Best Hospitality Team and other
00:39 categories.
00:41 The event was hosted by TV presenter Kate King, with celebrity guest hosts including
00:46 Paris Smith from Made in Chelsea and Olympic champion Dwayne Chambers.
00:51 Despite the fact several Manchester restaurants have been nominated for a variety of categories
00:56 this year, only one went home with an award.
01:00 20 storeys is an iconic restaurant and bar in the heart of Spinning Fields in the city
01:04 centre and offers a variety of menus including an a la carte menu, a five course tasting
01:10 menu and an afternoon tea menu among many other choices.
01:15 The rooftop venue boasts unparalleled 360 degree skyline views of Manchester with a
01:20 garden terrace which has trees scaling two storeys in height.
01:25 The outdoor lounge bar allows customers to take in the views of the city centre and beyond.
01:30 The 20 storeys kitchen says it has created menus which showcase the best of the North
01:35 West and it aims to source ingredients locally.
01:39 The venue also caters to large events of up to 540 people and private and group dining.
01:45 At the British Restaurant Awards it may have been a disappointing night for one Manchester
01:49 restaurant in particular.
01:51 Adam Reid at the French at the Midland Hotel is regarded as one of the best in Manchester
01:57 and was nominated at the awards three times.
02:00 The best restaurant, best luxury restaurant and best Manchester restaurant but the venue
02:05 ultimately came away with nothing.
02:08 Other contenders for the Manchester restaurant of the year were Dakota Grill, Manor, Wood
02:13 Manchester, Grand Pacific, Sunset by Australasia, Vermillion, Kitten, Peter Street Kitchen,
02:20 The Ivy Asia and Erst.
02:24 Peter Street Kitchen was also up for best luxury restaurant and best culinary experience.
02:30 The Wash House on Shude Hill was in the running for best bar and One Plus was up for best
02:35 takeaway.
02:36 Some of the big winners of the awards included Blur Steakhouse in Tombridge which won best
02:41 new restaurant of the year, 8 by Andrew Sheridan walked away as the best restaurant of the
02:46 year and Lab 22 in Cardiff won best bar.
02:51 Gordon Ramsay was crowned the best chef in 2023 and Uber Eats won best food ordering
02:56 company.
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