For the second time in a week, Hot Dinners found themselves in a room of gilded youth all connected with the food industry. Last week it was Zagat's 30 under 30, this week we were celebrating the inaugural Young British Foodies awards (aka the YBFs).
Held in Camden behind the York & Albany, last night's bash was very much about the current food scene, bringing in mixologists, food events as well as bright young things in the chef department. As you'd expect from such a street bash, the party food was quite different too with planks of canapes, mini bread boards of sourdough with Hansen & Lydersen's smoked salmon as well as two street vans - the legendary Rib Man and Street Kitchen's airstream parked out in the street outside.
The organisers said they'd been inspired by the YBA (Young British Artist) movement of the 1980s and certainly last night's awards felt like they had their finger firmly on the pulse of a burgeoning scene.
And the winners were:
- Rising star of mixology: Geoff Robinson from Hoxton's Happiness Forgets (@happinesshoxton)
- Mobile mover and shaker: Andy Waugh (The Wild Game Co (@wildgameco))
- Best Food Experience Artist: Kevin Darcy (@platterform)
- New Best Alchemist of the Oven: Bridget Hugo (@thewildcaper)
- Meat/Charcuterie Personality: Charlotte Harbottle (@girlbutcher working at Lidgates)
- Coffee King or Queen: Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood of Colonna & Smalls (@colonna_smalls)
- Most Irreverent Young Chef, supported by Norwegian Seafood Council: Douglas McMaster(former winner of BBC Young Chef of the Year @dougiemcmaster)
- Honorary YBFs: Mark Gevaux (aka The Rib Man @theribman) and Ole Martin Hansen of Hansen and Lydersen salmon (@hansen_lydersen)
