Our readers have nominated the top 10 takeaways in Cirencester, Tetbury, Malmesbury and the surrounding areas, and we’re profiling each of them so you can vote for the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard Best Takeaway 2021.

Our eighth contestant is Munch, a sandwich shop owned by Readymade Catering’s Robyn Wood.

Due to the pandemic, Robyn had to close down the café section of the shop permanently, let staff go and rent out part of the unit to another business.

“It’s been really stressful for independent businesses. We closed the door on March 24 last year and really weren’t even sure if we would make it through to reopen that door,” said Robyn, who has run the shop from Love Lane for seven years.

Takeaways have kept the business going, with support from Cirencester residents and students from the Royal Agricultural University.

Robyn and her team have been offering them breakfast rolls, paninis and jacket potatoes, as well as afternoon tea boxes, cake platters and celebration cakes.

“I’m absolutely thrilled and humbled to be honest, we have been so well supported on the estate,” said Robyn after finding out Munch had been nominated.

“I am just so pleased and proud of my staff that we’ve managed to carry on going through and I feel like finally after a really tough year we’re starting to look up and look forward.

“We have worked hard to make every interaction with every single customer as happy, interactive and sociable as it could possibly be – because it has been a time without any of those things.”

Asked how she would feel if Munch won the competition, Robyn said: “Gosh, it would just be incredible and it would be a massive accolade to how hard my staff have worked through the whole Covid pandemic.”

If you think Munch should be crowned the best takeaway in the Cotswolds and North Wiltshire, you can vote for them using the voting coupon in last week’s paper (Thursday, April 8) or this week's (Thursday, April 15).

Or you can check out the other venues we’ve profiled so far:

Once you've got your coupon, simply post it to: Wilts & Glos Standard Best Takeaway, Redhill House, 227 London Road, Worcester, WR5 2JG.

Or you can leave the coupon with the restaurant you voted for when you collect your takeaway.

Voting ends on April 18.