RAISE a glass and toast the champions!

These are the eight winners of The Press Pub Awards 2011, after a bumper list of nominations and months of judging.

The Swan, on the corner of Bishopthorpe Road and Clementhorpe in York, won the award for best overall pub, and received a barrel of beer from local champion brewer, Rudgate, as a prize.

All other pubs received framed certificates in recognition of their achievements.

Thanks again to everyone who nominated pubs for the awards and who voted in the readers’ choice poll, and thanks also to Rudgate for kindly donating the barrel of beer to the overall winner.

The successful pubs

• Best Landlord – Shaun Collinge, The Maltings, Tanner’s Moat, York

• Best Community Pub – The Black Swan, Wistow

• Best Outdoor Area – The Lamb And Lion, High Petergate, York

• Best Food Pub – The Crown, Great Ouseburn

• Best Real Ale Pub – Brigantes, Micklegate, York

• Best Entertainment Pub – The Waggon & Horses, Lawrence Street, York

• Readers’ Choice Pub Of The Year – Tanglewood, Malton Road, York.

York Press: Shaun Collinge, of The Maltings in York, who received the Best Landlord award

Shaun Collinge, of The Maltings in York, who received the Best Landlord award

York Press: Paul Marshall, of the Waggon & Horses in York, which was named Best Entertainment Pub

Paul Marshall, of the Waggon & Horses in York, which was named Best Entertainment Pub

York Press: Kevin Jones, manager of Brigantes, which was named Best Real Ale Pub

Kevin Jones, manager of Brigantes, which was named Best Real Ale Pub

York Press: Head chef Bruce Hutton, left, and manager Simon Finnigan, collected The Readers’ Choice Pub Of The Year award for The Tanglewood

Head chef Bruce Hutton, left, and manager Simon Finnigan, collected The Readers’ Choice Pub Of The Year award for The Tanglewood