Amore Ristorante e Pizzeria wins the 2025 Let Glasgow Flourish Awards
Amore Ristorante e Pizzeria on Ingram Street, Glasgow was announced winner of The Robertson Silver Spade award at this year's 'Let Glasgow Flourish' awards, held today at Trades Hall.
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Last Updated: 28 February 2025 13:21
The restaurant received the accolade for their magnificent floral displays, which focus on the red, white and green of the Italian flag. Owner, Eufemio Perella; Romano (his son and General Manager) and Jordan Tam (Restaurant Manager) are pictured outside the restaurant with the Silver Spade.
Commenting on the win, Romano Perella, General Manager, Amore Ristorante e Pizzeria, said: “We're delighted to have won The Robertson Silver Spade Award at the Let Glasgow Flourish Awards. We want to make the exterior of the restaurant colourful and entice dinners from both home and abroad to try our wonderful restaurant. Our floral displays brighten up Ingram Street and we’re happy to play a part in making Glasgow a flourishing and welcoming place for local, national and international visitors.”
Other winners include a number of hospitality businesses across the city. The DRG Group won gold, silver and bronze awards for their floral displays in their city centre venues including - Barolo, Amarone and The Citizen. Last year’s winners, Meze Meze, won a gold award along with Mharsanta, La Vita, The Corinthian Club and The Merchant Chippie. Silver award winners included Ardnamurchan, Sloans, The Islay Inn and The Ubiquitous Chip.
Local office premises, including Woolgar Hunter, The Robertson Trust and HF Group were also awarded silver for their floral displays.
Places of worship across the city were commended for enhancing their outdoor areas, including King’s Park Church; Struthers Memorial Church; Baitul Rahman Mosque and Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib.
Commenting on the awards, Stephen Docherty, Deacon of The Incorporation of Gardeners, said: “We’re thrilled to present this year’s Let Glasgow Flourish Awards, now in their 42nd year. Congratulations to Amore Ristorante e Pizzeria for winning The Robertson Silver Spade and to all the businesses who were awarded bronze, silver and gold awards today. This year is the 850th anniversary of the city and never has there been a more important time for it to look its best. We’re delighted that so many of our businesses play their part in enhancing their outdoor areas and entrances with beautiful planting and floral displays.”
Competition judges (who are all volunteers associated with The Incorporation of Gardeners) explored businesses throughout Glasgow during the first two weeks in August 2024, while the flowers were in full bloom, and awarded points for each display they found, culminating in a list of finalists. The overall prize is The Robertson Silver Spade, which the winner keeps for one year. Bronze and silver winners received certificates and gold winners received certificates and trophies.
The awards ceremony was attended by representatives from the Incorporation and the wider Trades House crafts and associated organisations, along with representatives of 75 local businesses and organisations which won awards. Awards were presented by Jacqueline McLaren, Lord Provost of Glasgow.
The awards were launched in 1983 by The Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow and the Robertson Silver Spade was first awarded in 1992. Prizes are given at three different levels and presented to commercial or other organisations within the city which create and maintain an arboreal or floral display of a high standard which enhances the local area. The awards are available for projects from simple hanging baskets and window box displays to larger impressive and ambitious plantings. This year’s judging was across the city and took in the city centre, east end, west end, south side and Merchant City areas.
The Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow was founded around 1605 as a trade guild to protect the gardening and horticulture trade in the city. It now operates solely as a charity, giving significant grants each year to not-for-profit gardening projects in the city, recently including support for projects at The Everywhere Garden at The Royal Hospital for Children and The Children's Wood in the North Kelvinside area. The Incorporation also provides study bursaries to gardening and horticultural students.
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