Sogood

 Lille's version of Pret with self-serve soup.

 and hot food to go.

Breakfast Bar None

 All you can eat breakfast bar at Yorks Bakery Cafe, Birmingham - another reason they get our Cafe of the Year accolade.

 £5 per person for unlimited porridge, cereal, fruit, toast and bagels available until midday (2pm at weekends).

Wow Display

Guest Spot

Photos from an Israeli supermarket sent in by Jane Cox, Glendoick Garden Centre Cafe & Food Hall.  
Will we see something similar at her award-winning site in Perth?

Great Cafes Cafe of the Year 2013

 I am awarding Cafe of the Year to Yorks Bakery Cafe in Birmingham.

Great coffee (from the Caravan roastery in London), good food and terrific ambiance - more reasons why they get the accolade on  Monday.

Sweet Tooth in Lille

 Sugar Tarts - the local speciality.

 Bread Pudding cake

 Artfully displayed Waffle and chocolate pommes de terre.

Miss-Match

Miss-matched china is so in fashion that Churchill China have launched a retro range which has the pluses of being vitrified and not needing to be acquired in junk shops.  Spotted by my colleague Charles.

The English Are Coming

Lille, France boasts almost no cafes such as we have in the UK and the first are just opening up.  Coffee Makers import Has Bean coffee from Staffordshire - a real export success.

 Ambient display of pastries and sandwiches

 The one small chain that does exist is called Notting Hill Coffee.