THOUSANDS of people around the Bolton borough voted for their favourite restaurants in the Bolton Evening News' Eating Out Awards.

At the same time, a panel of judges reviewed the Eating Out columns throughout the year to select the very best.

At stake were the Bolton Evening News' Restaurant of the Year 2001 trophy, plus two Highly Commended restaurants, from the weekly reviews.

And one restaurant also took the trophy for the most votes sent in to the BEN Readers' Restaurant of the Year competition.

Now, the polls have closed and the votes have been counted.

Click HERE to view the results.