The Farm Retail Association (formerly FARMA) has announced the list of finalists in the annual awards celebrating the best farm shops, farm cafés and restaurants, farmers’ markets, Pick Your Own farms and trade suppliers. They are the only awards that are judged by fellow farm retailers.
“The range and standard of award entries demonstrates the exceptional quality of the produce and customer service customers can expect from our members. Savvy shoppers know that by buying directly from their local farm shop, farmers’ market and Pick Your Own farm they are getting the very best of local food and service,” said David Leon, from the Farm Retail Association.
“The judges have carefully examined all the entries to produce the list of finalists who will now go forward to the second round which includes a secret shopper visit and a further round of judging to determine the overall winner in each category,” he added.
The winners will be announced at the Awards dinner as part of the Farm Retail Association’s Annual Conference and Trade Show on Tuesday, the 26th of February, in Oxford.
List of Finalists:
Large Farm Shop of the Year (turnover over £1 million)
Back to the Garden, Norfolk
Cannon Hall Farm, South Yorkshire
Denstone Hall Farm Shop & Café, Staffordshire
Essington Farm, Wolverhampton
Farmer Copley’s, West Yorkshire
Small Farm Shop of the year (turnover under £1 million)
Hutchinson Hobbs Farm Shop & Butchers, Stockton-on-Tees
Knight Farm Shop, Devon
Morris’s Farm Shop, Usk
Three Trees Farm Shop & Café, Swindon
Pick Your Own of the Year
Lotmead Farm, Swindon
Maxeys Farm Shop, Nottinghamshire
Parkside Farm Pick Your Own, Middlesex
Farmers’ Market of the Year
Abbey Leys Farmers’ Market, Cheshire
Headingley Farmers’ Market , Leeds
Oakwood Farmers’ Market, Leeds
Shipbourne Farmers’ Market, Kent
West Malling Farmers’ Market, Kent
Farm Café/Restaurant of the Year
Battlefield 1403, Shrewsbury
Cannon Hall Farm, South Yorkshire
Denstone Hall Farm Shop & Café, Staffordshire
The Dairy Barn Café, Melton Mowbray
Associate Member Supplier of the Year
Lakeland Computers, Northern Ireland
Greenspan, Southampton
The Cress Co, Dunfermline
Field Fare, Kent
