The awards, now in their eighth year, celebrate the best in British food and produce, from independent producers to the UK's most revered chefs.
Commenting on winning the food personality award, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall said: "I'm thrilled to have been given this award, particularly as it comes from OFM readers – a highly discerning bunch. The magazine and its readers have championed the idea that the way we choose to eat has massive consequences, first for us as individuals, but also for our communities and ultimately for the sustainability of food production on the whole planet.
"That used to be a fringe concept, but now, thanks to campaigning journalism and changing public opinion, governments and industrial food producers are beginning to understand. They are beginning to realise that their whole future, as well as ours, depends on making food production sustainable now, not postponing the issue indefinitely."
The winners for 2011 are:
• Lifetime achievement: Michel Roux Senior
• Best restaurant (sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet): Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
• Food personality (sponsored by Weber Barbecues): Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
• Best cookbook (sponsored by Harvey Jones Kitchens): Plenty, Ottolenghi
• Best place to drink: Mark's Bar, HIX, London
• Best producer: Johnny Pusztai at J. T. Beedhams & Sons, Nottingham
• Best newcomer: Maltby Street, London
• Outstanding contribution: Tristram Stuart, author of Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal
• Young chef of the year: Paul Foster, Head Chef, Tuddenham Mill, Suffolk
• Best Sunday lunch: Bull & Last, Kentish Town, London
• Best food blog: Eat Like A Girl
• Best ethical restaurant (Cafédirect): The Ethicurean, North Somerset
• Best independent local retailer: The Cheese Shed, Bovey Tracey, Devon
• Best cheap eats: Koya, London
• Reader's cocktail: Bittersweet Addiction by Simon Amster
• Reader's recipe (sponsored by Bordeaux Wines): Chicken and Pistachio Curry by Maria Kuehn
Allan Jenkins, editor of Observer Food Monthly (OFM), said: "At a time when everyone is tightening their belts it is inspiring to see Observer readers vote in their thousands to celebrate their food heroes. We are proud, too, to support people, places and producers making a difference in their community."
