The Idle Rocks restaurant in St Mawes, Cornwall has today been shortlisted in the 2017 Seafood Restaurant of the Year competition.

The award, presented by Seafish and The Caterer, is designed to find the best restaurants cooking and serving delicious seafood dishes. Launched in 2015, the competition assesses restaurants on the quality of the seafood dishes they serve, their responsible sourcing policies and their knowledge of fish and shellfish species both front and back of house.

Progressing to the next round of the competition, during July and August, the top ten restaurants will next be visited by a mystery diner judge. This round of judging will produce a top five finalist list which will be further appraised by the judging panel in early September, with the overall national winner announced at a presentation in London in September.

Along with a bespoke trophy, three members of the team from the winning restaurant will be invited on an all-expense paid study trip to Brixham, to further hone their knowledge regarding the catching, processing and supply of seafood.