Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2008 | Page 108

life FOOD & LIFE ISLAND DRINK FOOD & DRINK AWARDS 2007 It's really important you vote! ISLAND LIFE FOOD & DRINK AWARDS 2008 Your chance to support and promote the finest food & drink on the Isle of Wight The Food & Drink Awards will take place in November 08 . Keep reading Island Life for more details of the 2008 awards. The 2008 Food and Drink Awards The nomination form for the 2008 Island Life Food and Drink Awards is published on page 109. When you are filling out your nomination form please consider the following; Please write the name of the business/person in full, no abbreviations and if you are nominating an individual please indicate where he/she works. We will not include any duplicate entries, ie: the same person voting more than once. These entries will be discarded. Please use BLOCK CAPITALS when filling out your forms 108 Nomination forms are available in Island Life Magazine, local restaurants/ pubs and local businesses connected with any of the categories. Forms will not be submitted if they do not have a full name, address and contact number for the person nominating. We will be randomly contacting persons to ensure nomination forms are valid. TICKETS FOR 2008 HOW THE AWARDS WORK: Last years F&D awards were a huge success. This year we are holding the event for 600 guests at Havenstreet Steam Railway. Tickets this year will sell-out quickly so please book your space/table now for the Island's most spectacular and glitzy event. To avoid disappointment please call 01983 402599 to reserve your tickets. Single tickets £58.75 + VAT or VIP tickets £100 + VAT. Tables of ten - twelve. A nomination form is included in this issue of Island Life Magazine. Readers are invited to recommend their favourites in a range of categories listed on page 109. From those nominations a short list of three (except AA categories) will be drawn up for each award. The winner of each category will receive an award at a special awards ceremony to be held November 2008. There will also be a draw for nominators to win invitations to the exclusive award night celebrations. categories will go through to the final where they will be judged by the AA. If you would like a supply of nomination forms for your business then please call Island Life on 01983 402599. Now all you have to do is GET VOTING! The AA will visit these premises What role will the AA play? and announce a winner based on very strict criteria supplied by Island Life. The AA's decision will be final, and The AA will judge four categories all visits carried out by the AA will this year, Dining Pub of the Year, be unannounced. Ethnic Restaurant of the Year, The results will not be known Restaurant of the Year and finally until the actual evening of the Chef of the Year. The top FIVE presentation. nominations from each of these www.wightfrog.com/islandlife