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Taste Cheshire Food & Drink Festival 2022
Saturday 16th - Monday 18th April 2022
Chester Racecourse Chester CH1 2LY Cheshire U.K.
info@chesterfoodanddrink.co.uk
01244 956 414
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Taste Cheshire Food & Drink Festival is the biggest event of its type to take place anywhere in the UK this Bank Holiday. Over 150 exhibitors.
Chester Food and Drink Festival is an annual event at Chester racecourse, set over 3 days it showcases food from around the country.
This fantastic family friendly event is held over three days in Chester City Centre Racecourse outside venue.
Tickets are normally available at the door for cash or card payment. Please check before you go.
The 2013 Chester Food and Drink Awards winners are as follows:
The votes for 2013 have been cast and counted. Below are the winners for 2013
Local Produce Shop of the Year
BRONZE Cheshire Made
SILVER Hawarden Estate Farm Shop
GOLD The Hollies Farm Shop, Tarporley
Family Friendly
BRONZE The Coach House Inn
SILVER Ring O Bells
GOLD Hickory’s Smokehouse
Best Bar
BRONZE Red Door
SILVER The Kash Tap Rooms
GOLD Bar Lounge
Best Cafe
BRONZE Brown Sugar
SILVER The Barista’s
GOLD Zuger’s Tea Rooms
Best Deli
BRONZE Delikate
SILVER Deli Vert
GOLD Livesey’s Deli
Best Large Restaurant
BRONZE Blackhouse Grill
SILVER Cock O Barton
GOLD 1539, Chester Racecourse
Best Small Restaurant
BRONZE Upstairs at the Grill
SILVER 1851, Peckforton Castle
GOLD Sticky Walnut
Best Use of Local Produce on a Menu
BRONZE The Coach House Inn
SILVER Old Sessions House
GOLD The Yew Tree Inn
Best Pub
BRONZE The Lord Binning
SILVER The Greyhound Inn, Saughall
GOLD The George and Dragon, Holmes Chapel
Best Newcomer
BRONZE Old Sessions House
SILVER Bouchon
GOLD Porta
Best Sandwich Shop
BRONZE Cheshire Sandwich Company
SILVER Cafe.com
GOLD Panini Press
Excellence in Customer Service
BRONZE The George and Dragon, Holmes Chapel
SILVER Hickory’s Smokehouse
GOLD Siam Teppanyaki
The Sausage of the Festival
BRONZE Faraly’s Fine Produce
SILVER Pig and Co
GOLD Vaughan’s Family Butchers
Chester’s Best Curry
BRONZE Spicy.com
SILVER Cafe Naj
GOLD Hoole Indian Restaurant
The 2012 Chester Food and Drink Awards winners are as follows
Local Produce Shop of the Year Gold: Hawarden Farm Estate Silver: The Hollies Bronze: Edens of Handbridge
Family Friendly Gold: Hickories Silver: The Ring ‘o’ Bells Bronze: The Greyhound
Best Use Of Local Produce In A Menu Gold: The Lord Binning Silver: 1539 Bronze: The Brewery Tap
Best Small Restaurant Gold: Sticky walnut Silver: Joseph Benjamin Bronze: Upstairs at the Grill
Best Sandwich Gold: Panini Press Silver: Cheshire Sandwich Company Bronze: Prêt a Mange
Best Pub Gold: Golden groves Silver: Ring o bells Bronze: Greyhound inn
Best Newcomer Gold: The Chester Fields Silver: The Gunnery Bronze: The Lord Binning
Best Large Restaurant Gold: Restaurant 1539 Silver: Blackhouse Grill Bronze: The Living Room
Best Deli Gold: Hawarden Farm Estate Silver: Deli Vert Bronze: The hollies
Best Café Gold: Zugers Silver: Baristas Bronze: Mad Hatters
Best Bar Gold: Bar Lounge Silver: Bawn Lodge Bronze: Red Door
Excellence in customer care Gold: The Hollies Silver: The Greyhound Inn Bronze: Bar lounge
Chester’s Best Curry Gold: Hoole Take Away Silver: Plush Spice Bronze: Kamals Tattonhall
Chester Sausage of the Year Andrew Vernon, The Hollies Butchers Shop
Jameson’s Bar Tender of the Year Li Armistead – The Red Door
Chester Food and Drink Festival
2011 Winners
Best Large Restaurant: 1539
Best Small Restaurant: Upstairs at the Grill
Best Newcomer: Hickorys
Best Pub: Ring O Bells
Best Bar: Bar Lounge
Best Cafe: Zugers
Best Sandwich: Cheshire Sandwich Company
Family Friendly: Hickorys
Excellence in Customer Care: Golden Groves
Best use of local produce in a menu: Brewery Tap
Sausage of the Festival: Bruce Edge
Best Curry - Hoole Indian Takeaway
Local Produce Shop of the Year: Hawarden Estate
Outstanding achievement: Chris Brown, Marketing Cheshire
Decade of Dedication: Neil McDonnell, Bar Lounge/Hickorys/Upstairs at the Grill
2010 Winners
Best Small Restaurant of The Year : Joseph Benjamin, Northgate Street, Chester for the second year running.
Upstairs at the Grill, Watergate Street, Chester earned Silver and Bronze went to Bollocini, Abbey Green, Chester Runner-up was Village Bistro, Hoole.
Best Large Restaurant of The Year : Chez Jules, Northgate Street, Chester. .
Last year’s winners The Blackhouse Grill, Newgate Street, Chester, won Silver and Bronze was taken by Moules a Go Go, Watergate Street, Chester. Runner-up was Restaurant 1539.
Best Sandwich Bar : Watergate Deli.
Henri Harbingers, Watergate Street, earned Silver and Number 46, Chester took Bronze.
Best Café/Deli : Delikate. Aldente
5 Five Ashes Road, Chester took Silver and Deli-vert, Hoole achieved Bronze.
Best Bar : Telford’s Warehouse, Canal Basin, Tower Wharf, Chester.
Oddfellows, Lower Bridge Street, Chester, took Silver and Cruise, St John Street, Chester won Bronze. The Living Room, St Werburgh Street, Chester was runner-up.
Best Pub : Brewery Tap, Lower Bridge Street.
The Oak, Kelsall was awarded Silver and The Old Harker’s Arms took Bronze. Gill Lightfoot of The Chester Chronicle presented the award.
Best Cocktail Bartender : Matthew Jones of The Living Room
taking the title from fellow Living Room bartender, David Sale. The competition was sponsored by Maxxium UK and judged on April 7 at a cocktail evening at Cruise attended by more than 60 people. Matthew received his award from Phil Jones, Executive Director of the Manchester Food & Drink Festival.
Family Friendly Award : The Ring O’ Bells.
The Christleton pub took the title from this year’s Silver winners, The Red Lion, Dodleston The Royal Oak of Kelsall, earned Bronze and runner-up was Chez Jules. The award was presented by Anne Benson of the Wirral Food & Drink Festival.
Best Newcommer: The Barn, Chester Road, Chester.
The Ring O’ Bells was awarded Silver and Bronze went to Convivio, Chester. The Gunnery, Tarvin, was runner-up.
Local Produce Shop of The Year : The Hollies, Little Budworth won Gold,
The Cheese Shop, Northgate St, took Silver and Edens of Handbridge earned Bronze. Jane Casson of Made in Cheshire presented the award.
Excellence in Customer Care : Moules a Go Go. Mike Jones, leader of CWaC presented the award.
Silver was given to Chez Jules and Convivio took Bronze. Runner-up was The Blackhouse Grill.
Best Use of Local Produce : Restaurant 1539, at Chester Racecourse.
The Royal Oak, Kelsall and Bronze went to Harvest Store Café of Middlewich.
Best Chester Sausage of the Festival : David Joinson of Chester Market for the third year running.
Chester Market picks up the best sausage at the Food and Drink Festival for the fourth year running, after David Joinson’s was again judged the best with a pork and apple sausage. Silver was taken by Ernest Edge Butchers of Handbridge and CS Austin of Northgate Street, Chester took Bronze. The award was presented by Steve Robinson, Chief Executive of sponsors Cheshire West & Chester (CWaC).
Cheese of the Year : Allerdale Goat's Cheese, made by Carolyn Fairburne at Thornby Moore Dairy, Cumbria.
The award was presented by Carole Faulkner of The Cheese Shop, Northgate Street, Chester. Last year’s winner was Maggie Maxwell, of The Doddington Cheese Company in Northumberland.
Best Interior Design : Oddfellows.
The Barn took silver and Restaurant 1539 achieved Bronze. The Arkle, Eastgate Street was runner-up.
Outstanding Achievement Award : David Atkinson, Chester Renaissance by last year’s winner,
Simon Radley, executive chef at The Chester Grosvenor and Spa.
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