RESTAURATEUR Eric Paxman is cooking up a winning recipe.

Erics Restaurant, which opened its doors in Lindley a year ago, has enjoyed amazing success with glowing reviews.

Eric took on the premises at Lidget Street where three restaurants had previously been run and carried out major refurbishment, including creating more space, replacing the shop front and door, rewiring, installing new flooring, replacing seats and tables and re-equipping the kitchen to provide a first class facility to allow us to produce first class food.

He was visibly stunned by the award. Its been an amazing year. People said I was mad to start a new business at this time but I have a great staff and great support. Im overwhelmed by this award and it has crowned a fantastic first 12 months since we opened on Bonfire Night in 2011.

Also nominated in the category, sponsored by Britannia Rescue, were PartyDreamz and The Lollipop Tree.