The results are in from the 2016 Blue Badge Style Awards, supported by Conran and Partners, Thomson Reuters and Hewi accessible bathrooms. All of the nominated venues are now officially holders of the BBS Recommendation with ratings of 2 or more BBS Ticks. The judging was extremely close and all nominees should be congratulated on their ‘style with accessibility’. However, there could only be one winner for each award. After much deliberating and a fantastic ceremony, we can officially announce that the winners are:
Blue Badge Style Best Budget Bar
Winner – No. 1 Duke St, Richmond, London
White Horse at Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Caminos, Kings Cross, London
Urban Standard, Bristol
Pint Shop, Cambridge
Blue Badge Style Best Upmarket Bar
Winner – Bellanger, London
Ginger’s, Purnell, Birmingham
Harvey Nichols, Bristol
One Aldwych, London
Zetter Townhouse, Clerkenwell, London
Cloud 23, Manchester
Blue Badge Style Best Budget Restaurant
Winner – Bryn Williams, Porth Eirias
Scran and Scallie, Edinburgh
Polpo, Covent Garden, London
Ben Tunniclffe, Cornwall
Albion at the Boundary, London
Blue Badge Style and Conran and Partners Best Upmarket Restaurant
Winner – German Gymnasium, Kings Cross, London
Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow
The French, Manchester
Casa Mia, Bristol
HH& Co at Lime Wood Hotel, New Forest
Five Fields, Chelsea, London
M Victoria St, London
Blue Badge Style Best Boutique Hotel
Winner – Dakota, Glasgow
Gwel an Mor, Port Reath, Cornwall
Hope St, Liverpool
Ace Hotel, Shoreditch, London
Zetter, Clerkenwell, London
Blue Badge Style Best Luxury Hotel
Winner – South Place Hotel, London
Edition, Berner’s St., London
G&V, Edinburgh
Dorsett, Shepherd’s Bush, London
Coworth Park, Ascot, Berkshire
Blue Badge Style Best Loo
Winner – German Gymnasium, Kings Cross, London
The Ivy, Kensington, London
Zetter Marylebone, London
Restaurant Story, London
One Aldwych, London
Danni Garcia Marbella, Spain
Chiltern Firehouse, London
Blue Badge Style Most Ludicrous Loo
‘Winner’ – Tom’s Kitchen, London
Café Murano
Hotel du Vin
Armani, Milan
Dinner, Heston Blumenthal
Blue Badge Style and Historic England Best Listed Building
Winner – Beaumont Hotel, Mayfair, London
Alhambra, Bradford
Bank of England, Threadneedle St, London
Booking Office Restaurant, St Pancras, London
Dorsett Hotel, Shepherd’s Bush, London
Blue Badge Style Best European Venue
Winner – Steirereck, Vienna, Austria
G Hotel Galway, Ireland
Stuttgart Airport, Germany
Binafidet, Menorca, Spain
Lanchid 19 Hotel, Budapest, Hungary
Blue Badge Style Above and Beyond Award
Winner – Bank of England
D and D London
Hailo Taxi Drivers
Individual Restaurants
Blue Badge Style Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner – Charlie Lyons, Sesame Lifts
What a fun night and so great to see so many disabled people having a good night out, including 8 Gold Medal Paralympian Sophie Christiansen. More to follow including the gossip of the night!??…………The response was so positive that BBS Awards 2017 will definitely be bigger.