What is a Local Champion in the Mosey app?

A Local Champion is a title on your Mosey profile and beside your name on a rating. You earn it in Northampton by rating five places, answering three Top 3 questions and making one list, all in one place. It records the work you did and not the opinions you gave.

What's the best way to keep track of the Northampton places I rate?

Mosey is a food app where you rate places by the dish, keep lists and share them with friends. Rate each Northampton place as you eat, tag it, and keep your picks in a list with a note on why each belongs.

Does the Local Champion title depend on my opinion of Northampton places?

No. The title never depends on what you say about a place, so a blunt rating counts as much as a glowing one. It is earned by rating five places, answering three Top 3 questions and making one list in Northampton, and it says nothing about which places are best.

Is there a prize for being a Local Champion in Northampton?

No. The Local Champion title carries no discount, prize or reward. It is a mark on your Mosey profile that shows you rated, ranked and listed places in Northampton, and you can share it as a picture with your first name if you choose.

Where are my Top 3 answers kept in Mosey?

Your Top 3 answers for Northampton are kept in a private Mosey list called My Northampton top 3s, with a section for each question. Nobody else sees it. Answering three questions is enough for the title, and you can change your picks whenever you like.

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Local Champion Northampton: Rate, Rank and List

Mosey · November 11, 2026 · 5 min read

The local champion Northampton title is for people who already know the town's food and want a way to show it. In the Mosey app, you earn it by rating five places, answering three Top 3 questions and making one list, all in Northampton. There is nothing to buy, no prize and no judging of your taste.

What is a Local Champion Northampton title?

A Local Champion is a title that appears on your profile and beside your name on a rating. The app puts it plainly: rate 5 places, answer three Top 3 questions and make one list, all in the same place. It never depends on what you say about a place. A one-star review and a five-star review count alike. What counts is that you did the three things.

The app asks you to be a local champion for the food places of the town you choose. Choose Northampton, and the three steps happen here. You can also share a card that shows the title.

How do you rate 5 places in Northampton?

You rate 5 places in Northampton by eating there, then opening the app. Only the place and the stars are needed. You can add the dishes you ate, tags, a photo and a few words, but none of that is required. Five places is a modest number: a week of lunches, a Saturday of coffees or a weekend of family dinners will do it.

Choose a mix. A cafe, a diner, a dinner room, a bakery and a market stall give the picture a shape. If you rate as you eat, the app asks what you are having, then how it was. The Main Street guide has ideas for where to start.

What are the Northampton top 3 questions?

The Northampton top 3 questions come one at a time, one on each visit to the app, each asking for your favorite in a category. The first ones are coffee, restaurant and brunch, then pizza, burger and favorite meal, then breakfast, pastries and date night, and others after that. A question reads like Where's the best place for coffee near you? and you pick up to three places and rank them. Number 1 is your favorite.

You do not need to answer every question. Answering three is enough for the title, and a skipped question does not count toward them. Your answers are kept in a private list called My Northampton top 3s, so you can see what you chose and change your mind.

How do you make a list in Northampton?

You make a list in Northampton by opening the app, starting a new list and adding places. Name it, choose who sees it and add a short note on why each place belongs. The app says you can search any place, so a stand at the winter market or a tiny bakery counts as much as a restaurant.

A list can be private, shared with friends or public. It can have sections, such as Coffee, Dinner and Treats. The food list guide shows how to build one for a campus visit.

What does the title not mean?

The title is not a discount, a free meal or a prize. A business cannot earn it or buy it. It is a public sign that you paid attention to the town, and that is its whole worth.

It also does not depend on the opinion you express. Rate a place honestly, and say what you think.

What do you do if you are visiting rather than living here?

A visitor can earn it too, if the trip is long enough to rate five places and answer three Top 3 questions. A parent on a college weekend, a researcher on a long project or a performer on tour can do it in a few days. Keep the list honest, add notes for the people who will follow you and mention in the note if a place was a one-time stop.

You may not feel like a champion after a weekend, and that is fine. The title is for the plan, not for the years. If you come back, your list will be waiting.

Who is it for?

It suits people who live here and eat out often, students who want a record of their college years and visitors who come back often enough to feel like regulars. It is also a pleasant challenge for a friend group: five places each, a shared list and a comparison of top 3s over dinner.

It is a gentle game, and there is no clock. Nothing in it asks you to eat more than you want, to spend more than you planned or to post more than you care to share.

How do you start?

For the rest of the state, start at the Food in Massachusetts page.

How this works in the app: Local Champion.

Open the app, rate your first place and see what the progress bar says. Answer three Top 3 questions over your next few visits, and your answers are kept in a private list called My Northampton top 3s. Start your own list with the three places you would recommend to a friend. The same ratings count toward badges, which climb in four levels from five places of a kind. The wider Northampton and Amherst guide can fill the gaps, and the US guides hub has more towns. Download the Mosey app and start the first of your five ratings.

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Common questions

What is a Local Champion in the Mosey app?
A Local Champion is a title on your Mosey profile and beside your name on a rating. You earn it in Northampton by rating five places, answering three Top 3 questions and making one list, all in one place. It records the work you did and not the opinions you gave.
What's the best way to keep track of the Northampton places I rate?
Mosey is a food app where you rate places by the dish, keep lists and share them with friends. Rate each Northampton place as you eat, tag it, and keep your picks in a list with a note on why each belongs.
Does the Local Champion title depend on my opinion of Northampton places?
No. The title never depends on what you say about a place, so a blunt rating counts as much as a glowing one. It is earned by rating five places, answering three Top 3 questions and making one list in Northampton, and it says nothing about which places are best.
Is there a prize for being a Local Champion in Northampton?
No. The Local Champion title carries no discount, prize or reward. It is a mark on your Mosey profile that shows you rated, ranked and listed places in Northampton, and you can share it as a picture with your first name if you choose.
Where are my Top 3 answers kept in Mosey?
Your Top 3 answers for Northampton are kept in a private Mosey list called My Northampton top 3s, with a section for each question. Nobody else sees it. Answering three questions is enough for the title, and you can change your picks whenever you like.