This year marked Cotswold Life's 15th year celebrating local food and drink industries. The awards took place yesterday evening with a black tie evening celebration at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Hazlewoods were pleased to sponsor the '2017 Cotswold Food & Drink Hero' Award and would like to congratulate the late Barbara Moinet and all at Kitchen Garden Foods Ltd who won the award.
The Cotswold Life Food & Drink Awards are designed to acknowledge and celebrate the region’s food & drink industry which includes local producers and suppliers, small farming businesses, chefs, restaurants, pubs and hoteliers and people who care about the countryside and future of the local environment.
2017 winners
Newcomer of the Year
Wilder, Nailsworth
Butcher of the Year
Jesse Smith Butcher, Cirencester & Tetbury
Local Tea/Coffee Shop of the Year
Café au Chocolat, Tewkesbury
Best Independent Retailer
Hobbs House Bakery, Chipping Sodbury
Best Farm Shop
Court Farm Shop, Cheltenham
Cheese of the Year
Cerney Ash, Cerney Cheese, North Cerney
Food Product of the Year
Gluten Free Sticky Lemon Pudding, The Cotswold Pudding Company, Poulton
Best Ale, Beer or Cider
Medium Cider, Pearson's Cider, Bourton-on-the-Hill
Drinks Product of the Year
Pear Juice, Bentleys, Newent
Best Local Supplier/Product
Kitchen Garden Foods, Stroud
Best Cotswold Pub
The Plough Inn, Ford
Family Dining Award
The Inn at Welland, Welland
Customer Service Award
Buckland Manor, near Broadway
Restaurant of the Year
The Chef's Dozen, Chipping Campden
Chef of the Year
David Everitt-Matthias, Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham
2017 Cotswold Food & Drink Hero
Barbara Moinet