Once again, the Taste Cheshire Food and Drink awards celebrated the finest Cheshire has to offer at a glittering awards ceremony attended by the great and the good from the county’s hospitality industry.
The winners in each category were as follows:
Local Produce Shop of the Year sponsored by Taste Cheshire:
Bronze Award – Bellis Brothers, Holt
Silver Award – Cheerbrook Farm Shop, Nantwich
Gold Award – The Hollies Farm Shop, Tarporley
2019 Festival Sausage Competition sponsored by NoWFOOD:
Flavoured Sausage winner – Muffs of Bromborough
Plain Sausage winner – Pen Y Lan, Wrexham
Winner of the Young Chef of the Year award sponsored by Taste Cheshire:
Matthew Norman, Coleg Cambria
Family Friendly Venue of the Year sponsored by Nisbets:
Bronze Award – Storyhouse, Chester
Silver Award – Hickory’s, Chester
Gold Award – The Oakfield at Chester Zoo, Chester
Best Use of Local Produce in A Menu sponsored by Taste Cheshire:
Bronze Award – The Pheasant Inn, Burwardsley
Silver Award – The Faulkner, Chester
Gold Award – The Chesterfields, Chester
Best Sandwich Shop sponsored by Horseradish:
Bronze Award – Bloom, Nantwich
Silver Award – The Cheshire Sandwich Company, Chester
Gold Award – Peak Sandwiches, Chester
Best Newcomer sponsored by Love Lane Brewing:
Bronze Award – Bean and Cole, Chester
Silver Award – Antrobus Arms, Antrobus
Gold Award – The Oakfield at Chester Zoo, Chester
Best Deli sponsored by Harthill Cookery School:
Bronze Award – Monks Delicatessen, Runcorn
Silver Award – Deli Fine, Holt
Gold Award – Deli Vert, Chester
Best Cheshire Small Food Producer sponsored by Square Pie:
Bronze Award: Big 5 Sauces, Chester
Silver Award: Howl at the Moon, Runcorn
Gold Award: Weston Biltong Company, Crewe
Best Cheshire Large Food Producer sponsored by Square Pie:
Bronze Award: Hunters Gin, Knutsford
Silver Award: The Cheshire Brewhouse, Congleton
Gold Award: The Ice Cream Farm, Tattenhall
Best Cheshire Drink Producer sponsored by Square Pie:
Bronze Award: Harry’s Drinks Company, Nantwich
Silver Award: Weetwood Ales, Kelsall
Gold Award: Great Drams
Best Café sponsored by We Love Cheshire:
Bronze Award – The Moorings, Chester
Silver Award – Bean and Cole, Chester
Gold Award – Farm Made, Audlem
Best Bar sponsored by Dee 106.3:
Bronze Award – Little Tap, Tarporley
Silver Award – Bar Six, Sandbach
Gold Award – Lono Cove, Chester
Best Pub sponsored by Wrexham Lager:
Bronze Award – Fox and Hounds, Sproston
Silver Award – The Faulkner, Chester
Gold Award – The Chester Fields, Chester
Excellence in Customer Care sponsored by Chester Zoo:
Bronze Award – Urbano32, Chester
Silver Award – Little Tap, Tarporley
Gold Award – Deadwood Smoke, Nantwich
Best Small Restaurant sponsored by The Ginsmiths of Liverpool:
Bronze Award – Joseph Benjamin, Chester
Silver Award – Upstairs at the Grill, Chester
Gold Award – Machine House, Rossett
Best Large Restaurant sponsored by The Ginsmiths of Liverpool:
Bronze Award – Opera Grill, Chester
Silver Award – La Fattoria, Chester
Gold Award – Restaurant 1539, Chester
Outstanding Achievement Award sponsored by Taste Cheshire:
Winner – Chef Brian Mellor
