Farm Shop & Deli Awards Finalists Revealed
The definitive 2020 shortlist of the UK’s finest speciality retailers has been revealed, with the deserving winners of the Farm Shop & Deli Awards set to be announced during an exciting ceremony, held this March (Farm Shop & Deli Show 2020, NEC Birmingham).
Spanning 11 categories, as well as a coveted ‘Newcomer of the Year’ gong, the Farm Shop & Deli Awards, held in partnership with The Grocer, recognise the very best standards in speciality retail and celebrate the highest levels of service, product knowledge, initiative, innovation and community involvement.
The awards culminate on Monday March 30th at 3.10pm.
An expert judging panel lead by broadcaster and journalist Nigel Barden, have deliberated over and scored almost 90 entries, before creating a shortlist of just 51.
Nigel was joined in the exacting process by food writer and co-chair Elaine Lemm, plus a line-up of judges which included Deputy Editor at British Baker, Amy North, Owner of Wellgate Fisheries and President of the National Federation of Fishmongers, Giles Shaw, Fresh Foods Reporter at The Grocer, Henry Sandercock and Richard Nicholson from Cannon Hall Farm Shop – 2019’s Retailer of the Year award recipients
Nigel comments: “Hard work, long hours, a dedication to artisan quality, to service and locality; these are the tenets that set the ‘great’ apart from the simply good. Each year the bar is raised in terms of quality, making the judging process and deliberation over the shortlist so difficult. I’m delighted to have had such high calibre team of fellow judges to help create what we now consider to be the defining class of 2020. We now look ahead with great excitement to the awards this coming March.”
Farm Shop & Deli Awards categories include, Baker, Butcher, Cheesemonger, Delicatessen, Farm Shop - Large Retailer, Farm Shop - Small Retailer, Fishmonger, Food Hall, Greengrocer, Newcomer, Online Business and Village Store/Local Shop. For a full breakdown of how each is defined, visit: www.farmshopanddelishow.co.uk/awards
The finalists in full:
Baker:
Ashbourne Bakehouse, Derbyshire
Baker Toms Bread, Cornwall
Lovingly Artisan, Cumbria
Mayfield Farm Bakery, Essex
Butcher:
Aubrey Allen, Warwickshire
Brace of Butchers, Dorset
Cunningham Butchers & Food Hall Kilkeel, County Down
Penshaw Farm Shop, County Durham
Walter Rose & Son, Wiltshire
Cheesemonger:
Cheese Etc, The Pangbourne Cheese Shop, Berkshire
George & Joseph Cheesemongers, West Yorkshire
Paxton & Whitfield, Warwickshire
The Courtyard Dairy, North Yorkshire
The Little Cheesemonger, Wales
Delicatessen:
Broad Bean Delicatessen, Shropshire
Forest Deli, Gloucestershire
Harp Lane Deli, Shropshire
Panzer's, St John's Wood
The Deli @ Castle Ashby, Northampton
The Little Deli, Hertfordshire
The Norfolk Delicatessen, Norfolk
Farm Shop Large Retailer:
Balgove Larder Farm Shop, Fife
Ben's Farm Shop, Devon
Chatsworth Estate Farm Shop and Café, Derbyshire
Farmer Copleys, West Yorkshire
Farndon Fields Farm Shop, Leicestershire
Ludlow Farmshop, Shropshire
Strawberry Fields Farm Shop and Restaurant, Devon
Farm Shop Small Retailer:
Alder Carr Farm, Suffolk
Minskip Farm Shop, North Yorkshire
Roots Farm Shop & Café, North Yorkshire
Welbeck Farm Shop, Nottinghamshire
Fishmonger:
Bells Fishmongers, Cumbria
Cross of York, North Yorkshire
The Fresh Fish Shop, West Sussex
World of Fish, Suffolk
Food Hall:
Bents Garden & Home, Cheshire
Delifonseca, Merseyside
House of Bruar, Perth and Kinross
The Barn at Severn & Wye, Gloucestershire
The Crieff Food Co, Perthshire
Greengrocer:
Elaine's Fruit and Veg, Leicestershire
K.D.Davis & Sons (The Greengrocers) Ltd, South Yorkshire
Rafters, East Yorkshire
Online Business:
Dukeshill Ham Co Ltd, Shropshire
Milk & More, Hampshire
The Wasabi Company, Dorset
Two Farmers Crisps, Hereford
Village Store / Local Shop:
Brooke's, North Yorkshire
Dornoch Stores, Sutherland
Fetchem from the Cupboard, Surrey
Fittleworth Stores, West Sussex
Newcomer:
Dornoch Stores, Sutherland
Fetchem from the Cupboard, Surrey
Fittleworth Stores, West Sussex
Forest Deli, Gloucestershire
The Barn at Severn & Wye, Gloucestershire
The Crieff Food Co, Perthshire
The Deli @ Castle Ashby, Northampton
The Little Cheesemonger, Wales
The Little Deli, Hertfordshire
Two Farmers Crisps, Hereford
Registration is free and now open for Farm Shop & Deli Show; the flagship event which brings together the great and good of the speciality market to celebrate the very best of British produce, returning this March (30th March -1st April, NEC Birmingham).
Visitors keen to experience 2020’s most comprehensive programme of demonstrations, interactive live debates and tastings, all focused on improving the bottom line can go to: https://www.farmshopanddelishow.co.uk today to register for their completely free badge.
