Taste of Excellence Food and Drink Awards 2025 – Your top ten!

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 6th.

Tickets are priced at £95 per person inc VAT and can be purchased from sales@lincolnshirelife.co.uk or telephone 01522 689671. Put the date in your diary and we hope you can join us.

Staging ‘Taste of Excellence 2025’ would not be possible without the support of our fantastic sponsors.

Thank you to all our partners and sponsors for your continued support of Taste of Excellence.

Categories:
Best Restaurant of the Year –
sponsored by Allen Signs
Antlers Restaurant, White Hart Hotel, Lincoln
Angel and Royal, Grantham
BARE Street Kitchen, Grimsby
Cognito, Lincoln
Grain Store at Doddington Hall, Lincoln
The Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa
The Reform at The Castle Hotel, Lincoln
Restaurant Auction House, Louth
San Pietro, Scunthorpe
Washingborough Hall, Lincoln

Best Dining Pub of the Year –
sponsored by Sleaford Quality Foods
The Bottle & Glass, Harby
Butcher & Beast, Heighington
The Chequers, Potterhanworth
The George, Kirton in Lindsey
The Hope & Anchor, South Ferriby
The New Inn, Great Limber
The Red Lion Inn, Raithby, Spilsby
The Pyewipe, Lincoln
Three Horseshoes, Scotton
White Horse, Lincoln

Best Tea or Coffee Shop of the Year – sponsored by Good Taste Lincolnshire
Bar Unico, Horncastle
Coffee by the Arch, Lincoln
Doddington Tea Room, Lincoln
Gigi’s Bar & Bistro, Lincoln
Hardy’s, Farndon
Riverhead Coffee, Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Smiths Tea Room, Lincoln
Something Special at Birchgrove, Pinchbeck
Soul Foods, Alford
Uncle Henry’s, Grayingham

Best Independent Farm or Local Shop of the Year – sponsored by Dexter and Sharpe
Burgess Farm Shop, Waddington
Doddington Farm Shop, Lincoln
Hardy’s, Farndon
J Shaw & Son, Alvingham
Leagate Road Farm Shop, Coningsby
Manor Farm Shops, Leasingham
Redhill Farm ‘Shop in the Bail’, Lincoln
S Sharpe & Daughter, Langworth
Uncle Henry’s, Grayingham
Vine House Farm Shop, Deeping St Nicholas

Best Food to your Door – sponsored by Discover Lincolnshire
A Salt ‘n’ Battery Fish and Chips, North Lincolnshire
Fiddley Diddley, Mablethorpe
Firehouse Pizzas, Lincoln
Good Little Party Food, Sudbrooke
Just Bake It, Lincoln
Lincoln Bagel Co, Lincoln
Riverhead Coffee, Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Slow Rise Pizza, Lincoln
Tang Takeaway, Lincoln
Yellowbellykitchen, Fulletby

Best Bakes or Sweet Treat of the Year – sponsored by Good Taste Lincolnshire
CookieDoodleDoo, North Somercotes
The Choowee Cookie Company, Caistor
Good Little Party Food, Sudbrooke
Just Bake It, Lincoln
Nonna Juana Deli, Lincoln
No. 12 Chocolatier, Kirton in Lindsey
Shimmer Bakes, Horncastle
Something Special at Birchgrove, Pinchbeck
Tiffin & Co Bakehouse, Sleaford
Vines Bakery, Saxilby

Best Drinks Product of the Year – sponsored by The Drill
Batemans Brewery, Wainfleet All Saints
8 Sail Brewery, Heckington
The Lincoln Distillery, Saxilby
The Lincoln Tea & Coffee Co., Lincoln
Louth Distillery, Louth
Mayfield Vineyard, Sleaford
Munyard Brewery, Louth
Seven Districts Coffee, Lincoln
South Ormsby Estate, South Ormsby
Stokes Tea & Coffee, Lincoln

Best Producer of the Year – sponsored by Lincs Table
Cote Hill Cheese, Osgodby
Doddington Hall, Doddington
Gelston Lamb, Grantham
The Lincoln Distillery, Saxilby
Lincolnshire Honey, Spalding
Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese, Alford
Mountains Boston Sausage, Boston
The Spud Barn, Bardney
South Ormsby Estate, South Ormsby
Uncle Henry’s, Grayingham

Best Hotel of the Year – sponsored by Lincolnshire Life
Angel and Royal, Grantham
Brackenborough Lakes Resort,
Louth
The Dower House Hotel, Woodhall Spa
Healing Manor Hotel, Grimsby
The Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa
San Pietro, Scunthorpe
The Tower Hotel, Lincoln
Washingborough Hall, Lincoln
White Hart Hotel, Lincoln
The White Swan, Scotter

Best Wedding Venue of the Year – sponsored by Ruby & Co
Doddington Hall, Lincoln
The Dower House Hotel, Woodhall Spa
The Elm Tree, Hundleby
Healing Manor Hotel, Grimsby
The Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa
The Pyewipe, Lincoln
San Pietro, Scunthorpe
Stockwith Mill, Hagworthingham
Walled Garden Baumber, Horncastle
Washingborough Hall, Lincoln

Best Bed & Breakfast of the Year – sponsored by Discover Lincolnshire
Clarkes Farm, Heighington
The Grange, East Barkwith
The Hope and Anchor, South Ferriby
The Leagate Inn, Coningsby
The Lincolnshire Poacher Mews B&B, Metheringham
The New Inn, Great Limber
The Pyewipe, Lincoln
The Victoria Guest House, Mablethorpe
Village Limits, Woodhall Spa
Watergate Yard, Sleaford

Best Self Catering Accommodation of the Year – sponsored by Skendleby Hall
Bainland Lodge Retreats, Woodhall Spa
Dale View Barn, Winceby
Dinky House, Lincoln
Doddington Holiday Cottages, Lincoln
Elms Farm Cottages, Hubbert’s Bridge
The Grange, East Barkwith
High Beacon Cottage, Fulletby
Panton House Farm Holiday Cottages, Wragby
Shepherds Hut in the Wolds, Bag Enderby
Treetop Hideaways, Woodhall Spa

Best Newcomer of the Year – sponsored by Lincoln College
Axios Greek Kitchen, Grimsby
The Chequers, Potterhanworth
Coffee by the Arch, Lincoln
Fratelli Café, Spalding
Gigi’s Bar & Bistro, Lincoln
Lions Café, Sleaford
Restaurant DOM, Scunthorpe
Spud Stop Ltd, Lincoln
Taverna Nelos, Grimsby
Triana Tapas Bar, Lincoln

Best Young Chef of the Year – sponsored by Lincolnshire Life
Archie Lawson – The New Inn, Great Limber
Harry Lee – Lincoln College
Jacob Trevor – The Tower Hotel, Lincoln
Kate Vickers – Private Chef
Kurtis Wright – Angel and Royal Hotel, Grantham
Lucie Cairns – Lincoln College
Maddy Ingham – Lincoln College
Theo Haxby – Grain Store at Doddington Hall, Lincoln

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