The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, is an annual award dedicated to recognising the design and architecture of food and beverage spaces internationally. The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is an independent award system, set up by Marco Rebora in 2008 in the United Kingdom with the encouragement of a panel of judges, including the editor-in-chief of Wallpaper*, Tony Chambers.
Since the first awards in 2009 there have been over 10,000 entries from design and architectural industries and hospitality organisations from 100 countries around the world.
Each year the awards are judged by a new panel of representatives from the fields of art, architecture, design and gastronomy. Notable judges have included Ian Callum, Mark Hix, Gerry Judah, Yotam Ottolenghi, Thomas Heatherwick, Julia Peyton-Jones and Karim Rashid. The winners are awarded at annual ceremonies at a chosen host venue affiliated with the award. In 2012 the ceremony was held at The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Restaurant & Bar Design Awards organises a year-round programme of events based in the UK and most recently Internationally with an aim to build a network between entrants, judges, partners and sponsors.
In 2014 Taschen publications published a book, Restaurant & Bar Design dedicated to the ongoing work of the Awards.
Categories
Each year the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards acknowledges two overall winners under the categories of Best Bar and Best Restaurant.
The number of additional category winners varies each year. The inaugural award in 2008/2009 was open to entrants from UK and identified nine category winners. In 2009/10 the awards became International and introduced two more category winners under the titles International Restaurant and International Bar. The awards also have a number of sub-categories.
Overall Winners
2009
The Olde Bell Inn (Hurley, UK) / Studioilse
Carbon (London, UK) / B3 Designers
2010
Galvin La Chapelle (London, UK) / DesignLSM
The Tote (India) / Serie Architects
2011
Busaba Eathai (Bicester, UK) / David Archer Architects
Smack (Leamington Spa, UK) / Steve Smith & Adrian Baynes
2012
A Cantina (Spain) / Estudio Nomada
Graffiti (Bulgaria) / Studio Mode
2013
Höst (Denmark) / NORM Architects
Atrium Champagne Bar (London, UK) / Foster and Partners
2014
FEI (China) / A.N.D. Les Haras (France) / Jouin Manku 2015 Dandelyan (London, UK) / Design Research Studio The Jane (Belgium) / Studio Piet Boon 2016 Blue Wave (Barcelona, Spain) / El Equipo Creativo German Gymnasium (London, UK) / Conran & Partners 2017 Westlight (New York, USA) / Studio Munge The Penny Drop (Melbourne, Australia) / Design by Golden 2018 Rosina (Las Vegas, USA) / Simeone Deary Design Group under a consulting agreement with Gensler Sean Connolly (Dubai, UAE) / Alexander & Co 2019 SPINE Beirut (Beirut, Lebanon) / Gatserelia Design Alice & Fifth (Johannesburg, South Africa) / TristanPlessisStudio 2020 Garden Hotpot (Chengdu, China) / MUDA-Architects INNS Bar (Chengdu, China) / Wooton Designers 2021 Leña at Hotel Puente Romano (Marbella, Spain) / Astet Studio More 7 Bar at The Linow Hotel (Xi'an, China) / Republican Metropolis Architecture 2022 1111 Ones (Hong Kong, China) / M.R. Studio Curious at W Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia) / Hachem