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Get your free copy24 February 2014, 08:05 AM
- The awards, in partnership with Olives Et Al, celebrate high standards within the speciality food retail sector and recognise quality initiative, innovation, service, product knowledge and initiative demonstrated by farm shops, delis, butchers, bakers, food halls, garden centres and online businesses
The winners from a record number of almost 300 entries are:
East Anglia
Winner: Arthur Howell, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
Commended: Suffolk Food Hall Ltd, Wherstead, Ipswich
Midlands
Winner: Ludlow Food Centre, Shropshire
Commended: Waterloo Cottage Farm, Great Oxendon, Market Harborough
North West
Winner: Cranstons Cumbrian Food Hall, Penrith, Cumbria
Commended: Black Horse Food Emporium, Accrington, Lancashire
North East
Winner: Keelham Farm Shop, Thornton, Bradford
Commended: Campbell’s of Leyburn, Richmond, North Yorkshire; Cross Lanes Organic Farm Ltd, Barnard Castle, Durham
Northern Ireland
Winner: Hannan Meats Ltd, Moira, Co.Armagh
Scotland
Winner: Ardross Farm Shop, Fife
Commended: Hopetoun Farm Shop, Hopetoun Woods; Bakery Andante, Edinburgh; The Mainstreet Trading Company, St Boswells, Edinburgh
South East
Winner: The Sussex Produce Company, Steyning, West Sussex
Commended: Mayfield Farm Bakery & School Ltd, Old Harlow, Essex; The Hungry Guest, Petworth, West Sussex; Veasey & Sons Fishmongers, Forest Row, East Sussex; British Fine Foods, Tunbridge Wells
South West
Winner: Johns of Instow, Bideford, North Devon
Commended: Walter Rose and Son, Devizes, Wiltshire; Brown and Green, Newent, Gloucestershire; East Bristol Bakery, Bristol; Town Mill Cheesemonger, Lyme Regis, Dorset; Wing of St Mawes The Cornish Fishmonger, Truro, Cornwall
Wales
Winner: Ultracomida, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Commended: Home & Colonial Fine Foods, Porthcawl, Bridgend
These nine Regional Winners will now go through to the final to win the coveted title of ‘Farm Shop & Deli Awards Retailer of the Year’. The overall winner will be announced at the Farm Shop & Deli Show on Monday 24 March 2014 at Birmingham’s NEC.
Nigel Barden, chair of judges said, “Elaine Lemm and I have travelled the length of country, from Northern Ireland to Scotland and right down to the deep depths of the South West, visiting large and small independent speciality retailers to judge our ‘Regional Champions’. It makes me feel so proud to be British to see so many passionate individuals championing the best in fresh, local farm produce that this country has to offer. The dedication and knowledge of these local businesses is inspiring, and they are an asset to not only their region but for the UK as a whole.”
