Enjoy a house cocktail at the marble topped bar, dine in the light-filled conservatory amidst olive trees and plants, choose from a daily evolving seasonal menu inspired by the regional dishes of Spain and Italy, cooked on the wood fire oven and charcoal grill…
Centrally located on Oxford’s famous High, the Old Bank Hotel is a breath-taking statement in design. The 5 star hotel has 43 luxury bedrooms, many with unrivalled views of the city’s most famous landmarks…
Oxford’s 17th century Old Parsonage Hotel and Parsonage Grill combines original charm and character with all the luxury, amenities and technology available to an independently owned 5 star hotel and restaurant….
On Oxford’s bustling High Street, peering out onto St Mary’s Church and the iconic Radcliffe Camera, Quod Restaurant with its unrivalled location forms the lively hub of the Old Bank Hotel…
An introduction from Jeremy Mogford:
I am lucky enough to have enjoyed a lifetime in the hospitality industry with my involvement with Browns Restaurants, Rules in London and my current Oxford collection of the Old Bank and Old Parsonage Hotels, Quod Restaurant, Parsonage Grill and Gee’s Restaurant.
Wishing to give something back to the hospitality industry which has been very good to me and combining it with my longstanding link to literary Oxford, in 2013 I decided to sponsor a brand new short story prize which had to specifically relate to the subject of food, drink or both…
And so the Mogford Prize for Food & Drink Writing was born, and we will be inviting entries from November this year (2018) for our seventh competition.
Every year we invite two judges to join Jeremy in choosing the winner of the £10,000 award: One will be a writer and the other, a journalist involved in the food and drink industry. Past judges have included Lawrence Norfolk and Rick Stein in 2016; Philip Pullman and Mary Berry in 2017; and last year, we were fortunate to have Bill Bryson along with Lorraine Pascale.
Entries for the 2019 prize open this November and we’re very excited to announce that joining Jeremy is Julian Barnes, Man Booker Prize winner who has kindly agreed to be a judge. Our second judge this year is Tim Hayward, FT contributing writer and winner of the Restaurant Writing Award at the Guild of Food Writers Awards 2018…
