The Finalists 2026/7
Restaurant of the Year
Pub of the Year
Café of the Year
- The Cafe @ Welland Park, Market Harborough
- Kilo Wine Bar, Quorn
- Lil Bo’s Deli, Ashby de la Zouch
- No.8 Delicatessen, West Bridgford
Food Producer of the Year
- The English Olive Co, Lincolnshire
- Driver’s Pickles, Leicester
- Urban Dairy, Daventry
- Redhill Farm Free Range Pork, Lincolnshire
Bakery of the Year
- Coosh Micro Bakery, Nottingham
- Baines Bakery, Uppingham
- The Tiny Bakery, Leicester
- Breadmill Bakery, Nottingham
Drink Producer of the Year
- Two Chimps Coffee, Oakham
- Grainstore Brewery, Oakham
- Northern Tea Merchants, Chesterfield
- Baker’s Dozen Brewing Co, Ketton
Shop of the Year
- Marsh Green Farm Shop, Kelstedge
- Essen General Store, Beeston
- North’s Deli, Rothley
- Origin Farm Shop, Rushton
Hertfordshire Awards Finalists 2026/7
Restaurant of the Year
Pub of the Year
Café of the Year
Bakery of the Year
Deli of the Year
Food and Drink Shop of the Year
Producer of the Year
People’s Choice Award Winners 2026/7
This award is decided entirely by public nomination. Almost 3,000 nominations were submitted by Great Food Club members and readers in total.
In a first for the Great Food Club Awards, the result produced a tie in the East Midlands region. After duplicate entries were removed, both The Manor House in Quorn and White Horse in Lincoln finished on exactly 145 nominations.
As a result, both businesses have been named joint winners of the People’s Choice Award 2026/7.
Hertfordshire People’s Choice Award Winner 2026/7
In Hertfordshire, Per Tutti received more nominations than any other Hertfordshire business in this year’s Great Food Club Awards.
With restaurants in St Albans, Radlett, Berkhamsted and Harpenden, Per Tutti has built a loyal following across the county. As a result, it has been named Hertfordshire People’s Choice Award Winner 2026/7.
What happens next?
Judging will now begin. Our panel will visit and assess the finalists before choosing the winner in each category.
The winners will be revealed on Wednesday September 30, 2026.
Congratulations to all our 2026/7 finalists.
How the finalists were selected
Multiple nominations from the same IP address were discarded unless associated with separate email addresses. Our panel then counted the nominations and combined the data with their own knowledge and stats from GFC’s social media accounts to decide the four finalists in each category.
Businesses that won GFC awards last year are not eligible to be shortlisted this year. Our aim is to showcase a broad range of independents, so we do not allow a single business to win an award two years in a row.
The People’s Choice Award went to the business or businesses that received the most nominations across all categories – no judging required, just the voice of the public.
Our panel of judges will now select the remaining winners.
The judging process
To make their decisions, our judges will visit or sample the food and drink of every shortlisted business. They will eat – anonymously where possible – at all the pubs, cafés and restaurants.
The final winners will be announced on September 30, 2026.
