It's not just fancy restaurants and gastropubs which earn awards for their food - neighbourhood takeaways get recognised too.
Good Food Awards now dedicate a category to honouring takeaways such as pizza shops and kebab houses. Around the country, 105 takeaways have won 2020 Good Takeaway Awards. These do not include fish and chip shops, which , while .
Takeaways in Wrekenton, Blyth, Newcastle, Low Fell and Washington all won prizes.
So if you can't be bothered to cook, or fancy a treat, these are the pizza shops, kebab houses, a curry takeaway and a dessert parlour which the Awards rate highly.
The businesses are judged on the food, hygiene score, how they rank against competitors and on customer feedback.
Good Food Award Winners for Takeaways in the North East for 2020
Blyth
Gateshead
Low Fell Pizza and Grill House, Low Fell
Newcastle
Balti Masters of Kenton, Kenton
