Congratulations to my friends at the Restaurant Awards!

Bistrotheque's Studio East on the roof of Westfield at the Olympic site

Big congratulations to my great friends Pablo, David and Tom for winning the American Express Innovation Award at the 2010 London Restaurant Festival Awards last night.


The chap from Amex with Head Chef Tom Collins, with Co-Owners Pablo Flack and David Waddington
Pablo and David own the legendary East London venue

Giles SS11 and Giles/M.A.C after party

Photography by Alasdair McLellan
I may be biased as he's my best friend, but I thought the Giles show was AMAZING and contained touches of absolute genius.  After winning the ANDAM award two seasons ago one of the stipulations was that Giles had to move his catwalk show to Paris.  His extremely welcome return as top dog in London fashion went down a storm.

Giles' incredible eye astounds me