SLTN awards review


SLTN AWARDS 2010 RESULTS


Award for Innovation in Trade Marketing Sponsored by 999 Design


Winner: Corona Extra


Spirits Bar of the Year Sponsored by Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands Winner: Blythswood Square, Glasgow


Community Pub of the Year Sponsored by McEwan’s


Winner: The Puffer Bar & Restaurant, Easdale Island, Argyll


Barperson of the Year Sponsored by Britvic Soft Drinks Winner: Ash Kartik Kakade, The Social, Glasgow


Beer Quality Award Sponsored by Tennent’s Lager


Winner: Clockwork Beer Co, Glasgow


Style Bar of the Year Sponsored by Red Bull Winner: Dusk, Aberdeen


Mixologist of the Year Sponsored by Pernod Ricard UK & Barnomadics


Winner: Mal Spence, Blythswood Square, Glasgow


Social Responsibility Award Sponsored by Diageo Great Britain Winner: The Fort Hotel, Broughty Ferry


Award for Best Smoking Facilities Sponsored by Imperial Tobacco


Winner: The Secret Garden at Hawke & Hunter, Edinburgh


Music Pub of the Year Sponsored by PRS for Music Winner: Hootananny, Inverness


Wine Award Sponsored by Forth Wines


Winner: La Bonne Auberge, Glasgow


Cider Bar of the Year Sponsored by Bulmers Winner: The Three Judges, Glasgow


Hotel of the Year Sponsored by Hallgarten Druitt


Winner: Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, St Andrews


Restaurant of the Year (£35 and Over) Sponosred by Bunnahabhain Winner: The Peat Inn, by Cupar, Fife


Restaurant of the Year (Under £35) Sponosred by Bunnahabhain


Winner: Wedgwood The Restaurant, Edinburgh


Independent Pub/ Bar of the Year Sponsored by Maitre’D Winner: Orocco Pier, South Queensferry


Pub Caterer of the Year Sponsored by Booker


Winner: Biadh at MacSorleys Music Bar, Glasgow


Family Outlet of the Year Sponsored by Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd Winner: The Vu and Water Lily Restaurant, Bathgate


Licensee of the Year Sponsored by Wallaces Express


Winner: Graham Blaikie, The Mercat Bar, Edinburgh


New Business of the Year Sponsored by Molson Coors Winner: The Old Loans Inn, Troon


Independent Multiple Operator of the Year Sponsored by Smirnoff


Winner: G1 Group Light Background


Entrepreneur of the Year Sponosred by Bruce & Co


Steven McLeod, Aurora Hotel Collection


Industry Achievement Award Sponsored by Maxxium UK Peter Taylor OBE, The Town House Collection


Regal Eagle Dark Background


COTLAND’S world famous hospitality industry lifted the gloom over the economy when its fi nest venues and operators were honoured in Glasgow last month. Prizewinners engaged in a broad spectrum of licensed trade activity around the country celebrated as the 23 winners of the 15th annual SLTN Awards were unveiled by Tess Daly, co- host of BBC 1’s Strictly Come Dancing, at the fi ve-star Hilton Hotel on October 21.


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The event, which took place before an audience of 700 in the Hilton’s Grand Ballroom, proved to be especially memorable for hotelier Peter Taylor OBE. Taylor took home the 2010 SLTN


Award for Industry Achievement, in association with Maxxium UK, on account of his long and successful career in the Scottish hotel sector. The Award was recognition, too, of his mentoring work with young people and new businesses, and in promoting the wider tourism and hospitality industries in Scotland.


It was a sweet moment for the operator, who defi ed the critics and numerous logistical challenges over the past two years to bring the stunning Blythswood Square hotel in Glasgow to life.


In a brief acceptance speech,


Taylor paid tribute to the team at the Town House Collection, in particular managing director Hans Rissmann, as he stressed that “great hotels are not all about investment in bricks and mortar, they are very much about investing in people”. Also celebrating an SLTN Award for individual achievement was Steven McLeod, the chief executive and


Tess unveils the class of 2010


• Prizewinners come from all over Scotland at 15th SLTN Awards • Hotel boss Peter Taylor takes latest Industry Achievement title


Tess Daly announces the winners of the 15th annual SLTN Awards, which climaxed with the presentation of the Award for Industry Achievement to Town House boss Peter Taylor OBE.


founder of the Aurora Hotel Collection. In the citation which preceded his unveiling as the SLTN Entrepreneur of the Year, in association with Bruce & Co, Tess Daly explained how McLeod had established a stunning portfolio of luxury hotels in Central Scotland, as well as business interests in limousine hire, design and house building, by the age of just 35. McLeod’s presentation came after the celebrity compere announced the results of 21 contested awards, which covered a broad gamut of trade disciplines. And it wasn’t just people and businesses in the big cities who walked off with the prized corkscrew trophies, as winners came in from Argyll, Fife


and West Lothian, as well as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness (see panel left for full winners’ details). The Awards presentation was the centrepiece of a packed night of entertainment enjoyed by guests. Before dinner, cocktails and beers


were served courtesy of Diageo Great Britain, and when the offi cial proceedings came to a close, hospitality was provided to the wee small hours in the Whyte & Mackay and Red Bull rooms. Special outdoor smoking shelters were laid on by Imperial Tobacco.


• See pages 16-21 for our special SLTN Awards picture review.


November 11, 2010 - SLTN - 15


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