The voting is closed! And the finalists who have made it through to the OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS 2026 can finally be revealed!
The OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS 2026 are being held on Monday June 29 at The North Wall sponsored by Wise Investment, Jolly Foods, Soma Collab and The Oxford Collection, alongside Oxford Fine Dining, Hundred Hills, Grape Minds, Tap Social and OXTWO.
The finalists were chosen from over 200 nominees in the ten categories and nearly 40,000 of you voted. So to celebrate our sixth OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS, we have gone all out to give Oxfordshire’s hospitality industry a much needed boost, a massive pat on the back and the recognition and attention it deserves after another difficult year.
The voting was incredibly close so some categories have more than five finalists if there was a tie-break.
The finalists from each of the ten categories will attend the glittering black tie awards ceremony which kicks off with a champagne and canape reception, and follows with an after party to remember at Summertown’s OXTWO.
Here are your finalists in alphabetical order:
BEST NEWCOMER
Alex’s Creperie, Woodstock
Corn Room, Witney
Chequers, Chipping Norton
Market Tavern, Bampton
Moonie’s Pizza, East Oxford
BEST CAFE
Blake’s Kitchen, Clanfield
Il Corno, Covered Market
No 14 Wesley Walk, Witney
Proof Social Bakehouse, Kennington
Waste 2 Taste, Cowley
BEST VEGGIE/VEGAN
Damascus Rose Kitchen, Oxford
Gardeners Arms, Jericho
Lula’s Ethiopian, Covered Market
Oxford Blue, East Oxford
Planted Plates, Milton
BEST CASUAL DINING
Dishoom, Oxford
Dosa Darlings, Cowley Road
Kibou, Oxford
Pierre Victoire, Oxford
Sartorellis, Covered Market
BEST INTERNATIONAL
Antep Kitchen, Cowley Road
Djangos Smokehouse, Didcot
Las Chicas, Faringdon
Ramen Kulture, Oxford
Spiced Roots, Cowley Road
BEST PUB/BAR
Jolly Farmers, Oxford
Plough, West Hanney
Three Horseshoes, Witney
Star, East Oxford
White Rabbit, Oxford
BEST RESTAURANT
Branca, Jericho
Corn Room, Witney
Mizu, Bicester
Old Crown, Faringdon
OXTWO, Summertown
Quod, Oxford
BEST GASTROPUB
Back Lane, Woodstock
Killingworth Castle, Wootton
Kingham Plough, Kingham
Magdalen Arms, East Oxford
White Hart, Fyfield
BEST CHEF
Aimee Collins, Five Little Pigs
James Erasmus, Feathered Nest
Jay Bartlett, Corn Room, Witney
Johnny Parke, OXTWO, Back Lane
Liam and Ryan Simpson, Orwells
Mike North, Nut Tree
OXFORDSHIRE HOSPITALITY WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Becs Harris – Toro
Kay Chandler – White Hart Fyfield
Rebecca Mofford, Oxford Collection
Sandra Ruge – Waste 2 Taste
Tess Taylor – Tap Social
The OVERALL winners will be announced at the OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS 2026 on June 29 at The North Wall, so watch this space!
We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this happen!
