Thousands of nominations have come flooding in over the last few weeks for this year's Newcastle Love awards and now there are just days left to send a vote your favourites places' ways.
In the region of 30,000 readers had their say when ChronicleLive first launched Newcastle Loves in 2019. After a successful launch and a ceremony in the city centre, we had a clear vision of making the awards a yearly occasion and were quickly thinking ahead to what the year would bring. Sadly, Covid had other ideas and we sadly had to press pause on Newcastle Loves for two years in a row, at a time when people involved in the local hospitality sector fought tirelessly to keep their businesses afloat and come up with new ideas to adapt to the unpresented and unnerving situation.
And that's exactly why we were so determined to bring Newcastle Loves back for 2022, with a rejigging of categories, to introduce a few new ones including one championing people's efforts during the pandemic.
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The shortlists in each of the 12 categories will be revealed next week but, before then there is a chance to get your nominations into make all the difference. The deadline for entries is 11..59pm on Sunday, July 4.
Once the nominatio9ns have been counted, we will draw up the finalists for each award and the voting will open, before the prizes are handed out at an awards ceremony in August. Full details on this will be released at the same time as the shortlists.
You can cast your nominations HERE. are in the form at the bottom of the article.
he 12 categories are:
*Best Bar
*Best Pub
*Best Restaurant
*Best Casual Dining
*Best Late Night Venue
*Best Club Night
*Best Outdoor Space
*Best Entertainment Venue
*Best LGBTQ+ Venue
*Best Cocktail Haunt
*Covid success story
*Best Sunday dinner
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