Taste of Excellence Food and Drink Awards 2024 – Your top ten!

We are pleased to announce the top businesses in each category who will go forward to be considered by our team of judges.

We will be returning to The Drill, Lincoln this year to work with their fantastic team. Their catering cohort, under chef Simon Walker, plan to once again wow us with a superb 3 course meal starting with drinks and canapes during the greeting reception starting at 6.30pm on Thursday November 7th, tickets are priced at £95 per person inc VAT and can be purchased from sales@lincolnshirelife.co.uk or telephone 01522 689671.

Best Restaurant of the Year
BARE Street Kitchen, Grimsby
Dower House, Woodhall Spa
Grain Store, Doddington Hall
Nasturtium, Cleethorpes
Pig & Whistle, Healing Manor Hotel, Healing
Restaurant Auction House, Louth
Sage, Grimsby
San Pietro, Scunthorpe
Tablez, Sleaford
Washingborough Hall, Washingborough

Best Dining Pub of the Year
Beach Bar, Sutton-on-Sea
Black Horse, Blyton
Bottle & Glass, Harby
Green Man, Ropsley
Pig & Whistle, Healing Manor Hotel, Healing
Pyewipe, Lincoln
Railway Tavern, Aby
Red Lion, Raithby
The George, Langworth
Three Horseshoes, Scotton

Best Tea or Coffee Shop of the Year
Bunty’s Tea Room, Steep Hill
Corner House Café, Hardy’s Farndon
Dandelion & Duck, Gainsborough
Doddington Tea Room, Doddington
Hub Café IBCC, Lincoln
Laceby Teapot, Laceby
Riverhead Coffee, Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Soul Foods, Alford
Tablez, Sleaford
Three Horseshoes Cafe, Scotton

Best Farm or Local Shop of the Year
Doddington Farm Shop, Doddington
Farmer Browns, Huttoft
Holmes Farm, North Somercotes
J Shaw’s Farm Shop, Alvingham
Leagate Road Farm Shop, Coningsby
Manor Farm Shops, Leasingham
S Sharpe & Daughter Fruit & Veg, A158 Stainton by Langworth
Uncle Henry’s, Gainsborough
Vine House Farm Shop and Café, Deeping St Nicholas
Williamsons Farm Shop, Gainsborough

Best Food to Your Door of the Year
Barrie’s Baking, Grimsby
Bistro Bakes Catering – incl Harriet Mobile Unit, Market Rasen
Choowee Cookie Company, Caistor
Fiddley Diddley Catering Services, Theddlethorpe
Firehouse Pizzas
Graham Fidling Butchers, Woodhall Spa
Just Bake It, Lincoln
Riverhead Coffee, Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Watergate Yard, Sleaford
Yellowbelly Kitchen, Fulletby

Best Bakes or Sweet Treat of the Year
Just Bake It, Lincoln
Rose’s Bakes, Skegness
Madz for Cake, Mablethorpe
Lenton Bakery at Grainthorpe Mill
Cakes for Chocoholics, Sleaford
Wilcox Bakery, Ruskington
Choowee Cookie Company, Caistor
Cookie Doodle Do, North Somercotes
Tiffin and Co Bakehouse, Sleaford
Cherry Blossom Cake Designs, Horncastle

Best Drinks Product of the Year
Alvingham Coffee Roasters, Northolme Farm, Alvingham
Batemans, Craft Ales, Wainfleet All Saints
Belvoir Farm, Bottesford
Docks Beers, Grimsby
Ferry Ales Brewery, Washingborough
Lincoln Distillery, Lincoln Gin, Lincoln
Louth Distillery – Pin Gin, Louth
Munyard Brewery – My Father Ale, Louth
South Ormsby Estate – Burrells Gin, South Ormsby
Strait and Narrow – in house cocktails, Lincoln

Best Producer of the Year
Batemans Brewery, Wainfleet all Saints
Cakes For Chocoholics, Sleaford
Doddington Hall, Doddington
Ferry Ales Brewery, Washingborough
Gelston Lamb, Gelston
Just Bake It, Lincoln
Lincoln Tea & Coffee Co, Lincoln
Madz for Cake, Mablethorpe
South Ormsby Estate, South Ormsby
Wilcox Bakery, Ruskington

Best Hotel of the Year
Angel & Royal, Grantham
Dower House Hotel, Woodhall Spa
Elm Tree, Hundleby
Healing Manor Hotel, Healing
Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa
Pyewipe, Lincoln
San Pietro, Scunthorpe
Stallingborough Grange Hotel, Stallingborough
Washingborough Hall, Washingborough
White Hart, Lincoln

Best Wedding Venue of the Year
Cleatham Hall, Gainsborough
Doddington Hall, Doddington
Dower House Hotel, Woodhall Spa
Elm Tree, Hundleby
Healing Manor Hotel, Healing
Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa
Pyewipe, Lincoln
Washingborough Hall, Washingborough
Watergate Yard, Sleaford
White Hart, Lincoln

Best Bed & Breakfast of the Year
Black Horse, Blyton
Clarke’s Farm, Heighington
Elm Tree, Hundleby
Mallards, Sleaford
New Inn, Great Limber
Pyewipe Inn, Lincoln
The George, Kirton in Lindsey
The Grange, East Barkwith
Victoria Guest House, Mablethorpe
Watergate Yard, Sleaford

Best Self Catering Accommodation of the Year
Dale View Barn, Winceby
Dibley Lodge, Cranwell
Doddington Holiday Cottages, Doddington
Elms Farm Cottages, Hubbert’s Bridge
Panton House Farm, Wragby
Railway Tavern, Aby
Shepherds Hut in the Wolds, Bag Enderby
Stewton Stars, Louth
The Cottage, Watergate, Sleaford
Treetop Hideaways, Woodhall Spa

Best Newcomer of the Year
Annex Café, Market Rasen
BARE Street Kitchen, Grimsby
Dandelion & Duck, Gainsborough
Grain Store, Doddington Hall
New Chapel, Greylees
Northolme Farm Tea’stro, Alvingham
Restaurant Auction House, Louth
Soul Foods, Alford – Wendy Creswell
The Sycamore, Lincoln
Watergate Yard – The YARD venue, Sleaford

Rising Star of the Year
BARE Street Kitchen, Grimsby – Dale Brophy
Dandelion & Duck, Gainsborough – Alice Philips
Fiddley Diddley Catering Services, Theddlethorpe
Just Bake It, Lincoln
Kings Head, Navenby – Jamie Wilkes
New Inn, Great Limber – Alexander Knowles
Shimmer Bakes, Horncastle
Soul Foods, Alford – Wendy Seabrook
The Waffle House, Boston – Ben Pickwell-Smart and Ross Pickwell-Smart
Three Horseshoes Cafe, Scotton – Emma Butler

We wouldn’t be able to put this event together without the help and support from our sponsors who are listed below. You can meet some of them who will be there on the evening to hand out the many awards.

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