The Manchester Food & Drink Festival Awards is back, and Stockport is providing no less than 20 of the shortlisted entries.

The awards, which run annually, aim to celebrate "the people and businesses that make Manchester's food and drink scene so exceptional".

The awards feature 15 different categories, each with eight nominees - and there's an extra category for best foodie neighbourhood, with six nominees.

And Stockport accounts for an impressive percentage of the shortlist - the local nominees are as follows.

• Marple and Marple Bridge – Foodie Neighbourhood of the Year
• Café San Juan – Affordable Eats Venue of the Year
• Patel's Pies – Takeaway of the Year AND Independent Food Producer of the Year
• Auntie Lou's – Café or Coffee Shop of the Year
• Convene – Café or Coffee Shop of the Year AND Newcomer of the Year
• The Dilly Deli – Wine Offering of the Year AND Newcomer of the Year
• The Runaway Brewery – Independent Drink Producer of the Year
• Sticky Fingers Stockport – Independent Food Producer of the Year
• Fold Bistro & Bottle Shop – Neighbourhood Venue of the Year
• The Mekong Cat – Neighbourhood Venue of the Year
• The Magnet Freehouse – Pub or Beer Bar of the Year
• Bruk – Bar of the Year
• The Apple Core – Bar of the Year
• Ōdiobā SK – Bar of the Year
• Bar Caput – Newcomer of the Year
• Oh/Mei/Dumpling – Food Trader of the Year
• Jess Furniss, Where the Light Gets In – Chef of the Year

The shortlist was selected by a panel comprising some of the region's leading food and drink critics, writers and industry experts.

The winners will be decided by vote, which is now open - residents can vote for their favourite in each of the categories, or abstain.

Cast your vote here.

Stockport Council said the borough's many nominations were 'a brilliant showing for our borough'.

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"It's more well-deserved recognition for the venues, traders, chefs and producers who continue to put Stockport on the foodie map."

The winners will be announced on 25 January 2027, in a ceremony at City Hall on Medlock Square.