The winners of this year’s Food Made Good Awards have been announced, acknowledging the British restaurants making the food industry a more ethical, sustainable, and truly good place.

Tapas bar Poco has been awarded Business of the Year at the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s Food Made Good Awards. The Bristol eatery was chosen for its creative, environmentally-conscious use of vegetables and meat and comprehensive waste-free initiatives. Less-intensively-farmed animals are favoured and every ingredient is used to its utmost ability in the kitchen, before being transferred to the bar to find a new use.

We are proud to feature Poco in the UK edition of Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery. When we first spoke to owners Ben Pryor, Tom Hunt and Jen Best, they explained their views on sustainability. “We opened Poco because we believed that we could contribute to a considerable shift towards a more sustainable food system, by creating our own best-practice benchmarks and spreading awareness through leading by example.”

Other winners of the 2018 event included ethical water company Belu, who were named Supplier of the Year, and Cardiff’s Dusty Knuckle Pizza, who were crowned the People’s Favourite.

Run by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA), the Food Made Good Awards celebrate extraordinary British chefs and suppliers that are making the food industry more ethical and sustainable – without compromising on quality or taste. “Year after year, chefs and restaurateurs continue to delight me with their winning submissions to The Food Made Good Awards, demonstrating how food can be a powerful force for good,” says Raymond Blanc, OBE, President of the SRA. “Their greatest reward would be for consumers to eat in their dining rooms and for their colleagues across the industry to follow their lead.”

Eleven other Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery restaurants also received awards at the 2018 ceremony. We congratulate them on their success:

Source Fish Responsibly: for the business doing most to help ensure plenty more fish in the sea.

WINNER: Lussmanns Sustainable Fish and Grill, Hertfordshire

Support Global Farmers: for the business going above and beyond in ethical sourcing.

RUNNERS-UP: The Gallivant, East Sussex

Open Right Award: Celebrating site opened in last 12 months with sustainability built-in.

WINNER: Fhior, Edinburgh

Reduce Reuse Recycle: for the most impactful way of keeping as much as possible out of landfill.

WINNER: ODE-truefood, Devon

RUNNERS-UP: Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxfordshire

Waste No Food: rewarding the very best ways of ensuring food stays out of the bin.

RUNNERS-UP: Petersham Nurseries, London

Good to Go Award: For the restaurant doing most to prove you don’t have to remove principles when taking away food.

RUNNERS-UP: Kingfisher Fish and Chips, Plymouth

The People’s Favourite: Publicly-voted award run in partnership with delicious. magazine.

RUNNERS-UP: The Breakfast Club, Soho

Treat Staff Fairly: for the business doing most to value staff through pay & beyond the paycheque.

WINNER: Cafe St Honoré, Edinburgh

RUNNERS-UP: The Breakfast Club, London & South East

Support The Community: for the business making food do good as well as taste good in its area.

WINNERS: The Breakfast Club, London and South East

RUNNERS-UP: Harissa Kitchen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Feed People Well: for the business doing the most to support adults and kids make good choices when eating out.

WINNER: Farmacy Kitchen, London

Visit the Sustainable Restaurant Association's website to view a full list of winners.

Other things you need to know:

TL&CC Australian restaurants Arimia Estate and Oakridge Estate are collaborating for a special dinner at the annual Margaret River Gourmet Escape festival. Called ‘From the Earth’, the dinner will feature a five-course meal that celebrates local, sustainable and estate-grown food and wine. The festival runs from 16-18 November and boasts an impressive line-up of chefs, including Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein, Guy Grossi and Skye Gyngell. Click here for more.

Ten per cent of the publisher’s revenue from sales of the Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery guides sold in the UK goes to the SRA.