It’s voting time for the St Albans Food & Drink Awards 2018.

You can vote for your favourite restaurant, café, pub, bar, producer or shop from more than 190 businesses nominated.

The winners will be unveiled during St Albans Food and Drink Festival which will run from 26 September to 8 October.

People were invited to make their nominations back in June and now it is being put to the public vote.

The awards for best restaurant for Everyday Dining and Best Takeaway are set to be the most fiercely-contested categories with more than 30 nominees for each.

Nominations have also flooded in for the Kate D’Arcy Award for customer service with 27 people having had their names put forward for this special award. This special award for customer service is in memory of Kate D’Arcy, a much-loved restaurateur who died in June 2010.

Voting will remain open until 11.59pm on 26 August 2018. Only one vote per person per award is permitted.

The winners of these annual awards will be announced at a Festival Awards Dinner at Sopwell House Hotel on Monday 8 October. The event will be just one of the many highlights of the St Albans Food & Drink Festival.

Others include the CAMRA Beer Festival and the St Albans Feastival on Sunday 30 September.

You can see a full list of nominees and select your favourites for each of the 14 categories at: www.enjoystalbans.com/foodanddrink