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Tom and Beth Kerridge from the Hand and Flowers, Marlow were crowned for the second year as the Top Gastropub at this years Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub Awards 2013.
The pub made history in 2011 as the first to win two Michelin stars and has a seven-month wait for a Saturday night table
The awards which are now in their fifth year, have established themselves as the leading event for the premium end of the UK food-led pub trade and are based on the results of a poll of top experts.
The Crazy Bear Hotel, Stadhampton played host to the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropubs, the awards were attended by the leading lights of the Gastropub sector.
Scroll down to view the winners from the day
This years' winner Tom Kerridge of the Hand & Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire said
"To win the award was a tremendous achievement by the whole team at the Hand & Flowers and one that myself and my wife, Beth were blown away by. It has given a massive boost to staff morale and helps create publicity and customer interest."
Special category awards
Business Innovation of the Year: The Somers Town Coffee House, Euston, London
Newcomer of the Year: The Swan, Wedmore, Somerset
Gastropub chef of the Year: James Durrant, The Plough, Longparish, Hampshire
Front of House Manager of the Year: Mike Champion, The Red Lion, Cambridgeshire
Highest Climber Award: The British Larder, Bromeswell, Suffolk
Highest New Entry Award: The Gunton Arms, Thorpe Market, Norfolk
The Top 50
1) The Hand & Flowers, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
2) The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent
3) The Star at Harome, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
4) Pipe & Glass Inn, Berverly, North Yorkshire
5) Harwood Arms, Fulham, London
6) The Royal Oak, Paley Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire
7) The Anchor & Hope, Waterloo, London
8) The Hardwick, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
9) Hinds Head, Bray, Berkshire
10) Beckford Arms, Fonthill, Gifford
11) The Bull & Last, Highgate, London
12) Pony & Trap, Newtown, Chew Magna
13) Gunton Arms, Thorpe Market, Norwich
14) British Larder, Bromeswell, Woodbridge
15) Gurnards Head, Treen, St Ives
16) Canton Arms, Stockwell, London
17) Jack in the Green, Rockbeare. Nr Exeter
18) Masons Arms, Knowstone, Devon
19) Olive Branch, Clipsham, Rutland
20) Wellington Arms, Baughurst, Hampshire
21) Drapers Arms, Islington, London
22) Felin Fach Griffin, Felin Fach, Brecon
23) The Angel, Hetton, Nr Skipton
24) Mall Tavern, Notting Hill, London
25) The Eagle, Farringdon, London
26) The Plough, Longparish, Hampshire
27) Butchers Arms, Eldersfield, Gloucestershire
28) The Garrison, Bermondsey, London
29) Pot Kiln, Filsham, Yattendon
30) Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton, St George
31) Ye Olde Sun Inn, Colton, Nr Tadcaster
32) Three Fishes, Mitton, Lancashire
33) The Anvil Inn, Sawdon, Scarborough
34) Jugged Hare, Moorgate, London
35) The Ship, Wandsworth, London
36) The Nut Tree, Murcott, Oxfordshire
37) Freemasons at Wiswell, Wiswell, Lancashire
38) Marlborough Tavern, Bath
39) Masons Arms, Cartmell Fell, Grange over Sands
40) Duke of Cumberland, Henley, West Sussex
41) Rat Inn, Anick, Northumberland
42) Cartford Inn, Little Eccleston, Lancashire
43) Purefoy Arms, Preston Candover, Hampshire
44) Butchers Arms, Hepworth, Yorkshire
45) Wheatsheaf, Northleach, Gloucestershire
46) The Broad Chare, Newcastle
47) Bell Inn, Hampton
48) Millbrook Inn, South Pool, Devon
49) White Hart, Fyfield, Oxfordshire
50) Somers Town Coffee House, Euston, London