THE Lancashire Telegraph’s first-ever Food and Drink Awards have been launched .

We are asking readers to select the best pubs, restaurants and takeaways in the region in our awards, with the winners announced in a special supplement in December.

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And today we want you to tell us who serves up the best pub grub available in East Lancashire.

All week people have been putting forward their suggestions on our Facebook page and website and today we want your vote to decide the winner.

We have narrowed it down to a seven-strong shortlist based on the popularity of your suggestions.

The Oyster and Otter in Blackburn, The Ranken Arms, Hoddlesden, Crown and Thistle in Darwen, Holmes Mill, Clitheroe, Park Inn, Accrington, Bonny Inn, Clayton-le-Dale and the Ribchester Arms.

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Francesca Winrow, head of content at the Lancashire Telegraph, said: “We have some brilliant restaurants, pubs and takeaways in East Lancashire and this is a great chance to celebrate some of the best on offer locally.

"To kick things off we asked readers this week to nominate the best places to get excellent pub food. All the nominees deserve their place in this final, and to be honest it is really difficult to choose between them.”

Over the next two months we will be revealing a different category every Monday and calling on readers to help us decide the shortlist. Then on Fridays, voting will open.

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You can also send an email to robert.kelly@nqnw.co.uk, or send a copy of this page to Robert Kelly, 1 High Street, Newspaper House, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1HT with your favourite from the shortlist and you will get five votes for your selection.

The closing date for the online poll and email is on Tuesday at 5pm and Friday for postal votes.