Elizabeth Carter, consultant editor of the guide, commented: “Over the past couple of years Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias have grown in stature and I’m really pleased to be able to rank them with the best chefs in the UK in the Waitrose Good Food Guide 2015.

“The brothers have come to understand what people want to eat, put a high premium on seasonality and freshness, and deliver dishes that are vibrantly seasoned, intricately composed and utterly delicious. As a result, Casamia is proud, vital, and very much worth a visit.”

Jonray Sanchez-Iglesias said: “We are ecstatic to have won Best Chefs in Waitrose Good Food Guide 2015. We’ve worked so hard in the last eight years to earn recognition and the fact that a guide we respect so much thinks we’re worthy of this title is simply amazing. We’re not going to stop here; we’re going to work even harder, trying new ways to create spectacular food.”

His brother Peter added: “We are thrilled to achieve a spot in the top 50 in such a highly acclaimed guide alongside restaurants such as L’Enclume in Cumbria, The Fat Duck in Bray and The Ledbury, London. The UK restaurant scene is full of exceptional culinary talent and to be considered as one of the best, and the only top 50 restaurant in Bristol, gives us such encouragement and inspiration to continue pushing boundaries within our kitchen and hopefully one day make number one.”

The brothers join a renowned alumni who have been given this award in previous years including chefs Clare Smyth, Angela Hartnett, Simon Rogan and Jason Atherton.

The Chef of the Year award is one of eight editors’ awards featured in The Good Food Guide 2015. The full list includes:
Chef(s) of the Year – Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias, Casamia, Bristol
Chef to Watch – Gareth Ward, Ynyshir Hall, Powys
Best New Entry: Restaurant – André Garrett, Cliveden, Berkshire
Best New Entry: Pub – The Broad Chare, Newcastle
Pub of the Year – Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire
Wine List of the Year – The Sun Inn, Dedham, Essex
Local Gem of the Year – Delilah, Nottingham
Best Set Lunch – Tuddenham Mill, Suffolk

Carters of Moseley in Birmingham was named the Readers’ Restaurant of the Year by the Good Food Guide. Carters had previously been shortlisted for the award after being voted the Readers’ Restaurant of the Year for the Midlands in June 2014.