Left: Rick Stein enjoys the pre-ceremony hospitality.
Centre: Shaun Hill from The Walnut Inn accepts his AA Restaurant of the Year for Wales award.
Right: Sketch proudly hold up their new five Rosette plate.

Attended by world-renowned chefs and prominent hoteliers, the AA Centenary Awards celebrated not only the achievements of our award winners, but also one hundred years of AA Hotel Services’ contribution to the hospitality industry. In celebration of this very special event, five of our leading five Rosette chefs created the gala menu »Click here to discover who created the menu. Each chef boats a celebrated history and the meal was truly superb.

The awards event recognised and rewarded the excellent services provided by our very best establishments, and also acted as the initial high-profile launch of our new-look and improved lifestyle guides. We continually improve our publications and service provision, increasing the popularity of our guides and consequently making our establishments' inclusion as an AA recognised enterprise all the more prestigious. We aim to maintain this positive growth and develop further over the coming years, and we hope that everyone will both enjoy and benefit from the success with us.

Winners are selected in recognition of their excellence and success within their chosen market, but they must also have shown a significant improvement in their services and facilities in the preceding 12-18 months. The achievements of these establishments throughout the year put them at the pinnacle of the hospitality industry.