The votes have been counted! Here’s the Great Food Club Awards 2015 shortlist
Published on May 21, 2015
The Great Food Club Awards 2015 shortlist is here! It is the result of 1,750 votes cast by Great Food Club Members and other local-food lovers over the past few weeks. It comprises the top three vote winners in each category for each region.
We now move to a judging process by the Great Food Club writing team to decide the 2015 champions. We will also hand out a People’s Choice Award in each category to the business that achieved the highest number of total votes.
All winners will be announced later this summer.
For now though, here are the top vote winners – undoubtedly some of the best food and drink independents in the Midlands. Congratulations to everyone listed.
The Great Food Club Awards 2015 Shortlist, in alphabetical order
Producer category
Derbyshire
Amber Valley Wines, Heage
Croots Farm Shop (Farnah House Farm), Duffield
Lindsay’s Still Room, Turnditch
Leicestershire & Rutland
The Garage Bakehouse, Market Harborough, Leics
Hambleton Bakery, Exton, Rutland
Nice Pie, Old Dalby, Leics
Lincolnshire
Brewster’s Brewery, Grantham
Doddington Farm Shop (Doddington Kitchen Garden), Doddington
Redhill Farm Free Range Pork, Gainsborough
Nottinghamshire
Harkers Farm Shop (Blackberry Farm), Clipston on the Wolds
Maxeys Farm Shop (Brickfield Farm), Kirklington
Sauce Shop, Nottingham
Northamptonshire
Brown’s Gourmet Sausages, Wollaston
King’s Cliffe Brewery, King’s Cliffe
Warner Edwards Gin, Harrington
West Midlands region
Loaf Community Bakery, Stirchley, Birmingham
Purity Brewery, Great Alne
Talton Mill Farm (Talton Mill Farm Shop), Newbold on Stour
Pub/restaurant category
Derbyshire
Calabria, Chesterfield
The Samuel Fox, Bradwell
The Shires Eatery at Croots Farm Shop, Duffield
Leicestershire & Rutland
The Olive Branch, Clipsham
Red Lion Inn, Stathern
The Smokehouse, Leicester
Lincolnshire
Doddington Hall Restaurant & Café, Doddington
The Jew’s House, Lincoln
The Mad Turk, Stamford
Northamptonshire
The Swan, Braybrooke
The Wheatsheaf, Dallington
The White Horse, Old
Nottinghamshire
The Clock House, Upton
The Harley Café, Welbeck
Hart’s, Nottingham
West Midlands region
Duncombe Arms, Ellastone
On The Rocks at Quigleys, Rugby
Pure Bar & Kitchen, Birmingham
Shop category
Derbyshire
Bluebells Dairy Farm Shop, Derby
Croots Farm Shop, Duffield
Hackwood Farm Shop, Radbourne
Leicestershire & Rutland
Farndon Fields Farm Shop, Market Harborough
The Garage Bakehouse, Market Harborough
Thrussington Village Stores, Thrussington
Lincolnshire
Doddington Hall Farm Shop, Doddington
Grasmere Farm Shop, Market Deeping
Stamford Deli, Stamford
Northamptonshire
Ashley Farm Shop, Ashley
Beckworth Emporium, Mears Ashby
Waterloo Cottage Farm, Great Oxendon
Nottinghamshire
Gonalston Farm Shop, Gonalston
Harkers Farm Shop, Clipston on the Wolds
Welbeck Farm Shop, Welbeck
West Midlands region
Jim Gough Greengrocers, Wolverhampton
Loaf Community Bakery, Stirchley
Talton Mill Farm Shop, Newbold on Stour
NB. All duplicate votes cast from the same computer were removed before counting took place.
Thanks to everyone who voted. We really appreciate it.
Those listed above not already part of Great Food Club’s recommended network will be added in due course. We’ll also be contacting businesses that narrowly missed out.
Everyone listed above will receive a Great Food Club Awards ‘shortlisted’ badge for their website, and the eventual winners will get a champion’s badge, plus a unique framed watercolour by Great Food Club artist Graham Wright to hang in their premises.
