The Golden Chopstick Awards have named the country’s best East and Southeast Asian restaurants. Founded by Gok Wan, the awards celebrate the kitchens’ contribution to the UK catering industry.
Now the winners for 2024 have been released. The Golden Chopsticks took to Instagram to reveal the winners of 19 different awards as they were announced at a glamorous event.
And the winner of The Golden Chopsticks Best Restaurant in England was none other than JM Oriental, a Colindale venue with a perfect five stars on Tripadvisor. It’s not their first Golden Chopsticks award, as they also won Best Fusion 2022 after only being open for a year.
JM Oriental serves modern Cantonese cuisine in a casual setting. The menu includes all the classic dim sum dumplings and more innovative concepts such as truffle grilled duck and braised lobster with morel mushrooms and truffle sauce.
The restaurant also won The Golden Chopsticks for best design and for best dim sum. Other winners in London were Singapulah for Best Newcomer, The Spice Lab for Best Street Food and Gouqi for Fine Dining. The full list of winners is below:
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Restaurant in England Award – JM Oriental, London
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Restaurant in Wales Award – Gigi Gao’s Favorite Authentic Chinese, Swansea
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Restaurant in Scotland – Cosmo World Buffet
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Restaurant in Northern Ireland – Cosmo World Buffet
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Newcomer – Singapulah, London
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Delivery Experience – The Dragon Palace, Saundersfoot, Wales
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Design – JM Oriental, London
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Restaurant Multi-Site – Cosmo World Buffet
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Vegetarian/Vegan Dish Award – Woo Tan Scran, Liverpool
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Sweet Treat Award – ALS Gongcha, Sheffield
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Golden Cocktail Award – Chamber 36, Liverpool
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Street Food Award – The Spice Lab, Mercato Mayfair
- The Golden Chopsticks Heat and Eat Award – Marks & Spencer
- The Golden Chopsticks Best Dim Sum Award – JM Oriental, London
- The Golden Chopsticks Fine Dining Award – Gouqi, London
- The Golden Chef Award – Andrew Yeo (Hakkasan London)
- The Golden Chopsticks Food Influencer Award – Julie Lin
- Ken Hom Lifetime Achievement Award – Chee Hwee Tong at Gouqi London
- Golden Future Award – Chop Chop at the Hippodrome
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