Peppered with new categories, sweetened with more nominations, and garnished with the expertise of an expert panel, the reader’s choice Delicious Dining Awards 2022 is back with a bang! And this year, Travel + Leisure India & South Asia has got a wide menu of categories for you to cast your votes. By Bayar Jain
In the last two years, the pandemic posed a set of challenges for humanity at large, however, it also paved the way for new innovations and experimentations, especially in the culinary industry. In keeping with this ever-evolving nature, Travel + Leisure India & South Asia has added new categories and nominees in its voting menu for Delicious Dining Awards 2022.
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Divided into four sub categories—hotels, stand-alone, beverages or spirits, and tastemakers—this year’s reader’s choice Delicious Dining Awards 2022 encompasses restaurants, bars, and much-loved homegrown spirits and beverages. Plus, in a first, an editorially-led Tastemakers category has also been added to the mix. In short, this year, is bigger, better and fresher!
Take a look at what’s on the menu and get voting.
Hotels
When vacationing, often it’s the hotels and their culinary offerings that make or break a holiday. So it’s only fair to award your favourites for doing such a stellar job! Vote for restaurants in hotels that offer the Best Sunday Brunch or those that pamper you with the Best Service. Cheer for those all-day dining restaurants that cater to your late-night binges or those that bring delicious meals right at your doorstep with their food delivery service. There’s cuisine-specific categories too—think, Best European Cuisine, Best Pan-Asian Cuisine, Best Indian Cuisine, Best Bakery, and Best Farm-to-table.
Raise a toast for the best bars in these hotels—such as the ones that offer the best cocktails, best rooftops, or the best sundowner. In a first, you can even vote for your favourite brewery in a hotel.
To vote for your favourites in the hotels category at Delicious Dining Awards 2022, click here.
Stand-alone
Faced with tough competition from five-star hotels, some stand-alone restaurants still shine bright. Celebrate their resilience by voting for your favourites across categories like Best New Restaurant, Best Café, Best Farm-to-table, Best Vegan Restaurant, and Best Vegetarian Restaurant. Some of the newer categories this year include Best Instagrammable Restaurant and Best Takeaway. In the bars section, vote for your favourite microbreweries, alfresco bars, or even artisanal bars.
To vote for your favourites in the stand-alone category at Delicious Dining Awards 2022, click here.
Beverages/Spirits
In a first for the publication, this year’s culinary awards have expanded to include liquids under its ambit too. To felicitate the deserving in this section, a panel of experts have nominated homegrown spirit labels for you to choose your most loved ones. This includes—but is not limited to—Most Innovative Spirits, Best Beer, Best Gin, Best Sparkling Wine, and more! On the beverages front, you can vote for the Best Indian Tonic Water, Best Homegrown Coffee Brand, Best Homegrown Tea Brand, and Best Non-Alcoholic Mixer.
To vote for your favourites in the beverages/spirits at Delicious Dining Awards 2022, click here.
Tastemakers
Any discussion about the culinary world is incomplete without the mention of the people who make it all come alive—the tastemakers! An editorially-led category, this vertical will celebrate the crème de la crème personalities of the food industry. This year, we honour and celebrate the best pastry chef , cookbook author, innovative chef, mixologist, and much more.
To know more about the Tastemakers category at Delicious Dining Awards 2022, click here.
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