Select Lincolnshire Food & Drink Award Winners 2013

Lincolnshire selected some of its finest food at The Select Lincolnshire Food and Drink Awards on Thursday night; as celebrations took place at the Doubletree by Hilton in Lincoln.

Live streamed over the internet and promoted via Twitter, the ceremony generated over 1.2 million Tweets – placing Lincolnshire firmly at the heart of great food.  The annual event honours the great and the good of the Lincolnshire food scene – and awards top accolades to over a dozen food establishments, producers, and businesses dedicated to using the finest Lincolnshire cuisine.

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Lincolnshire Co-operative Peoples Choice

Joint Winners:

Redhill Farm Free Range Pork
Mountain’s Boston Sausage

Roythornes Producer of the Year

The highly commended are:

Handsons of East Kirkby
Saints and Sinners
Simons of Spilsby
Syston Park Farm Shop & cafe

And the winner is Uncle Henrys farm shop

Retailers and Wholesalers of the Year

The highly commended are:

Harrington Hall
Bebe’s Deli

And the winner is Ideal Lincs

Grower of The Year

The highly commended are:

Minting Park Farm Meats
Meridian Meats Butchers

And the winner is Willow Fruit Farm

Tea Rooms of The Year

The highly commended are:

Myers Café Tea Rooms
Blyton Dairy Ice Cream

And the winner is Dennetts Ice Cream Parlour

Pub of The Year:

The highly commended are:

The Sebastopol Inn
Thornton Hunt Inn

And the winner is Village Limits Country Pub

Restaurant of the Year

The highly commended are:

Hickman Hill Hotel
Sea Breeze Restaurant

And the winner is Windmill Restaurant

Bed and Breakfast of the Year

The highly commended are:

Belvoir Vale Cottage B&B
Caxton House
Hoe Hill House bed and breakfast

And the winner is Canal View bed and breakfast

Self Catering Establishment of the Year

The highly commended are:

Elms Farm Cottages
Manor House Stables

And the winner is The Dairy Barn of Ingham

Hotel of the Year

The highly commended are:

Village Limits Country Pub restaurant and motel
Supreme Inns
Hickman Hill Hotel

And the winner is The Lincoln Hotel

Caterers and Function Venue of the year:

The highly commended are:

Hemswell Court
Bizzibees Catering

And the winner is Hog Roast Lincolnshire

Teaching Establishment of the Year

The highly commended are:

Manor House Stables
St Mary’s Preparatory School

And the winner is Red Hen Children's Day Nursery

The “Mr George” Award

Ms Carol Emerson of Elms Farm Cottages, Boston