2025 DELIVEROO AWARDS REVEAL THE NATION’S FAVOURITE RESTAURANTS

• CRUNCH from London wins Deliveroo’s biggest accolade - Independent Restaurant of the Year 2025.
• Sqew Shawarma Bar, Leeds wins a new 2025 award - Luke Littler x Deliveroo Best Kebab Award.
• Enrico Pinna, co-owner of Ad Maiora, Manchester, wins the all-new Rising Star Award.
• Other notable award winners include GAIL's Bakery, which won Heart of the Community Award, and Naeem Aslam, Director at Aagrah in Leeds, wins the Lifetime Achievement Award

• Over 160,000 votes were cast to select winners of the cuisine and Best Kebab awards in five different regions across the UK and Ireland.
  
  

  Following over 160,000 customer votes being cast, Deliveroo can reveal the winners of its 2025 Restaurant Awards, which celebrate the best and most loved local restaurants across the UK and Ireland.
  
  

The most coveted award - Independent Restaurant of the Year UK & Ireland 2025 - has been won by ‘next level sandwich’ restaurant, CRUNCH (London) after battling it out at a cook-off held at Deliveroo Editions in London, against Regional Independent Restaurant of the Year Award winners GET BAKED from Leeds & Manchester (North England & Midlands), Oowee Diner, Bristol (South England & Wales), Big Mannys’ Pizza, Aberdeen (Scotland) and Seed, Belfast (Ireland Region).

The award was judged by Deliveroo’s CEO and founder, Will Shu; returning judge, food critic and journalist Jimi Famurewa; and the awards' youngest ever judge, TV Chef and personality Tilly Ramsay. Competing finalists had forty-five minutes to cook their most popular dish on Deliveroo for the panels' discerning taste buds. Each restaurant was assessed against criteria including brand personality, food quality and value, packaging and presentation, customer reviews and loyalty, innovation, and going the extra mile.

CRUNCH's most popular Deliveroo dish, the "Patty Melt", dazzled judges with its "next level" flavours featuring truffle beef, red Leicester, and black truffle mayonnaise on golden brioche. The panel also noted the glowing 5* reviews from customers and its growing cult following. Most notably, the judges commended the owners of CRUNCH for creating a new era of game-changing sandwiches and their fearless approach to cooking.

Michael Medovnikov, Co-founder of CRUNCH: "From our humble beginnings in a Shoreditch pub to winning Independent Restaurant of the Year for UK & Ireland with Deliveroo in just a few years – it's an absolutely surreal and incredible feeling! We poured our hearts into every single sandwich we've made for our customers, so this award is for our amazing team and all the customers who've supported us from the start of this wild journey. Thank you to Deliveroo and everyone who voted for us to receive this amazing recognition!"

Jimi Famurewa, food critic and Deliveroo restaurant awards judge, said: “It’s an honour to be a returning judge for Deliveroo’s UK & Ireland restaurant awards, and I was blown away by the passion and talent on display at the Independent Restaurant of the Year cook-off. Each finalist brought something unique and delicious to the table, making the final decision incredibly tough for us. However, CRUNCH from London stood out amongst the fierce competition, showcasing immense creativity, fine dining-level technique and mindblowing flavour that impressed us all."

Deliveroo also introduced several new award categories for 2025, including the Luke Littler x Deliveroo Kebab Award, fronted by the UK darts champion himself, which saw a shortlist of ten “Littler-approved” restaurants go head to head in a public vote to crown the nation’s best kebab spot Sqew Shawarma Bar from Leeds has won the title. Founded by Mitch Renshaw in 2021, who was inspired by the authentic shawarma he enjoyed at E. Mono in London. The restaurant offers a menu featuring chicken, lamb, falafel, and halloumi options, served in Khobez wraps, durum rolls, or as platters and bowls, accompanied by house-made sauces and sides. Their top-selling kebab on the Deliveroo app amongst locals is Khobez, followed by Chicken Shawarma.

Mitch Renshaw, Owner of Sqew Shawarma Bar in Leeds, commented on the win: “To win the first-ever Luke Littler x Deliveroo Kebab Award is unbelievable. We’re still pinching ourselves! To know that so many of our loyal Lioners have voted for us to win means so much, especially after being personally approved by Luke Littler himself. It is an incredible feeling and a real testament to the hard work and passion of our entire team who make and serve our freshly made Kebabs to the local community with love, every day. This golden shish trophy will take pride of place in our shop – it’s a massive honour.”

Tilly Ramsay also judged a brand new category for 2025, the Rising Star award, alongside Deliveroo’s CEO and founder, Will Shu, and Dame Karen Jones DME, which aims to celebrate an individual in the early stages of their industry journey, showcasing remarkable talent, ambition, and excellence.

Enrico Pinna, co-owner of Ad Maiora in Manchester, was crowned the 2025 Rising Star at the Deliveroo Restaurant Awards by the judges, who recognised him for remarkable tenacity. Starting his Italian sandwich business from a single flat during COVID, he now successfully runs three beloved shops in Manchester, attracting a cult local following, including Manchester footballers. Enrico triumphed over strong finalists Daisy Johnston (Senior Marketing Manager, Master Bao, London), Harry Pykett (founder of Homeboy Pizza Co, Leeds), and Jonny Beckett (Founder of Wing It, Belfast), all commended for their ambition.

Enrico Pinna, co-owner of Ad Maiora in Manchester, commented on the win: ""We started selling sandwiches from our flat less than three years ago, and in a short time we’ve achieved some incredible milestones, this award is one of them. We’re proud and grateful to be recognised, and we truly believe this is just the beginning for Ad Maiora. There’s still so much more to show the world, and we’re just getting started!”

First launched in 2018, Deliveroo’s Restaurant Awards celebrate and recognise the very best and most-loved restaurants across the country - from local independent burger joints to neighbourhood sushi restaurants and all the dishes, cuisines, and flavours in between. This year saw a total of 65 awards up for grabs, with more than 160,000 votes cast by hungry fans keen to show support for their favourite local restaurants.

All winners will be announced on Deliveroo’s social channels from Wednesday 28 May as part of a 2025 Restaurant Awards social takeover, which will spotlight all 65 award winners.

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• Images of the ALL winners here
• Additional winners' quotes can be found here
• Full cuisine winners grids are here
  
  

*Deliveroo Customer reviews of CRUNCH (see screenshots here)

• 5* Honestly, I think about this place a lot. Easily one of the best sarnies I’ve had in a while. Love love love
• 5* Great sandwiches done in a novel way. Would definitely order again.
• 5* Great food and ingredients. The most tasty and filling sandwiches in the City of London!!
• 5* Perfect for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• 5* Amazing. Hands down the best sandwich I’ve ever had. If I could, I’d order it every single day. Totally obsessed!
  
  

National Independent Restaurant of the Year Awards 2025

• Independent Restaurant of the Year UK & Ireland 2025 -CRUNCH, Old Spitalfields Market, London.
  
  

Regional Independent Restaurant of the Year Awards 2025

• Independent Restaurant of the Year, Ireland 2025 - Seed, Belfast
• Independent Restaurant of the Year Scotland 2025 - Big Mannys’ Pizza, Aberdeen
• Independent Restaurant of the Year South England and Wales 2025 - Oowee Diner, Bristol
• Independent Restaurant of the Year North England and Midlands 2025 - GET BAKED, Manchester & Leeds
• Independent Restaurant of the Year, Greater London 2025 - CRUNCH, Old Spitalfields Market, London.
  
  

New for 2025 Luke Littler x Deliveroo Best Kebab Award 2025

• Sqew Shawarma Bar, Leeds - Luke Littler x Deliveroo Best Kebab Award 2025 winner
  
  

New for 2025 Icon Awards 2025

• Lifetime Achievement 2025 - Naeem Aslam, Director of Aagrah, Leeds
• Changing the Game 2025 - Rich Myers, Founder of GET BAKED, Manchester & Leeds
• Rising Star 2025 - Enrico Pinna, Co-Founder of Ad Maiora, Manchester
• Role Model 2025 - Tim Vasilakis, Founder of The Athenian, London, Bristol, Birmingham, Swindon, and Sheffield.
  
  

Above and Beyond Awards 2025

• Heart of the Community Award 2025 - GAIL's Bakery, nationwide
• Environmentally Sustainability Award 2025 - Bujo, Dublin (Sandymount, Terenure Village)
• Customer Obession Award 2025 - Burger Me Up, Birmingham (Stirchley)
• Rider Love Award 2025 - Thunderbirds, London: Canary Wharf, Charing Cross, Clapham Junction, The O2, Wimbledon, Parkden Resorts, Westfield Stratford
  
  

For further information, visit the Deliveroo Restaurant Awards website here.