At the Wakefield Civic Society Awards evening held at Wakefield Town Hall on 10th April, Society President Kevin Trickett MBE announced that the Society’s Dining Club members had voted Tết Restaurant in Cross Square as their ‘Restaurant of the Year’ in 2024.
Mr Trickett explained that the Society had started its monthly Dining Club in 2010. Each month, members of the Club, who are members of the Society, visit a different restaurant and then, at the end of the meal, score their experience of the evening. At the end of the year, scores are totalled up and the ‘Restaurant of the Year’ Award is presented to the establishment achieving the highest score. Typically, between 25 and 35 members turn out each month with members paying their own way on the night.
Mr Trickett added:
“Our monthly Dining Club outings are always popular and well-supported. They provide a relaxing way for members to meet up and have an enjoyable social evening together. And we know that our award, which recognises good service and great food, is much appreciated by the restaurants who have received one over the years. We have visited Tết in previous years and the restaurant has always scored highly but, in 2024, it just pipped the competition to carry off the award.”
The award was presented to Tết employees Alice and Ryan who were representing the owner, Linh Hoai Le Thi (who was watching the presentation from the restaurant on-line on the night).
Our photo shows Dining Club Organisers Rachel Forster and Ela Hazebrouck, with Alice and Ryan, and the Mayor of Wakefield, Councillor Darren Byford.
