12 Winners scoop LUKAS for Best Latin and Spanish restaurants at The Latin UK Awards

Bianca Jagger and local Islington MP Jeremy Corbyn present honours to the best of Latin London...
12 Winners scoop LUKAS for Best Latin and Spanish restaurants at The Latin UK Awards picture

Britain's most popular Latin personalities from the worlds of music, sports, dance, art, business and television enjoyed the musical spectacular including Human rights activist, Bianca Jagger, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Vocalist Of The Year award winner, Gerónimo Rauch, from "The Phantom of the Opera" and the legendary Spurs players Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa and former Spanish & Barcelona FC star, Gaizka Mendietta.

The UK’s ongoing love affair with all things Latin and Spanish, especially its cuisine, culminated at this year’s Latin UK Awards (LUKAS) 2015, with more than 200 venues reviewed by the public and food critics and whittled down to honour the 12 most popular restaurants.

The 12 winners are:
• Spanish Restaurant: Bilbao Berria, Waterloo Road, SE1 8XA
• Argentinian Restaurant: La Patagonia, Camden High Street, NW1 7JE
• Brazilian Restaurant: Made in Brazil, Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town, NW1 8AJ
• Mexican Restaurant: Habanera, Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, W12 7JA
• Ecuadorian Restaurant: Costa Azul, Rockingham Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6PG
• Peruvian Restaurant: Chotto Matte, Frith Street, Soho, W1D 4RB
•. Portuguese Restaurant: Wine and Bread, Church Road, Hendon, NW4 4EB
• Latin Caribbean Restaurant: CocoBamboo, Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park, NW3 4RL
• Latin Restaurant Group of the Year: Ibérica (Marylebone, Canary Wharf, Farringdon, Manchester)
• Fusion Restaurant of the Year: Comedor, Upper Street, Islington, N1 1RG
• Restaurant Outside London: La Choza, Gloucester Rd, Brighton, BN1 4AQ
• Café or Food Stall: Casa Morita, Market Row, Brixton, SW9 8LB (Mexican)

In the only awards ceremony where Latin Americans and Spanish judge their own cuisine, Bilbao Berria, opened last year by the owners of Ibiza’s famous Beso Beach, won Spanish Restaurant of the Year for its unique selection of pinxtos and the Basque and Catalonian influences in the menu. The best Restaurant Group was awarded to also Spanish owned Ibérica. In the category best Argentinian Restaurant, the home-from-home atmosphere 'that transports one to Buenos Aires' won for La Patagonia.

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Published Jun 9, 2015