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Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism & Good Food Awards 2022
The crème-de-la-crème of Staffordshire tourism and hospitality have been crowned at this year’s Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism and Good Food Awards!
Following a two-year hiatus due to Coronavirus, businesses from across the county gathered at Keele Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme, for the glittering black-tie event, which was sponsored by We are Staffordshire.
It was our chance to celebrate Staffordshire's fantastic tourism and food & drink businesses, including visitor attractions, places to stay, restaurants, pubs and tea rooms.
*** Calling all Staffordshire Tourism Businesses***
Have you got what it takes to win an Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism & Good Food Award in 2023? Our latest competition is open, and we want to recognise the best Attractions, Hotels, B&Bs, Campsites, Pubs, Holiday Cottages, Restaurants, Cafes and Business Events Venues. It's free to enter and open to any tourism & hospitality business in Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent). Deadline for entries is 11:59pm on Tuesday 18th October 2022. Good Luck!
Visit our Industry website to find out more, and submit your application >>>
The 2022 Large Visitor Attraction of the Year was The Trentham Estate, while the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year award went to Foxfield Railway.
Hotel of the Year was won by the CBeebies Land Hotel at Alton Towers Resort, while The Little George was the B&B and Guest House of the Year, and Mayfield Snuggery took gold in the Self Catering Accommodation category.
The Independent Restaurant of the Year was No26 at Aston Marina, and the Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year was The Three Horseshoes Country Inn.
The Meynell Ingram Arms won Pub of the Year, the Ramblers Retreat was Tea Room/Coffee Shop of the Year, and Denstone Hall Farm Shop was the Food & Drink Retailer/Farm Shop of the Year.
In all, there were 16 categories covering the best places to visit and places to stay in Staffordshire. Here's our list of winners:
Accessible & Inclusive Tourism Award
Alton Towers Resort – GOLD
The Trentham Estate – SILVER
Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent – BRONZE
B&B and Guest House of the Year
The Little George, Eccleshall – GOLD
Amber House, Alrewas – SILVER
Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year
Three Horseshoes Country Inn, Leek – GOLD
The Waterfront, Barton Marina – SILVER
Amore Italian, Newcastle-under-Lyme – BRONZE
Pom’s Kitchen & Deli, Lichfield – HIGHLY COMMENDED
The Crepe & Waffle House, Trentham Shopping Village – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Ethical, Responsible & Sustainable Tourism Award, sponsored by Staffordshire Business & Environment Network
Alton Towers Resort – GOLD
Ramblers Retreat Country Tea Room, Alton – SILVER
Bella’s Coffee House & Community Café, Hednesford – BRONZE
Black Lion Inn, Butterton – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Experience of the Year, sponsored by Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce
Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat – GOLD
Breakfast with the Monkeys, Trentham Monkey Forest – SILVER
Walk with the Animals, Peak Wildlife Park, near Leek – BRONZE
Middleport on the Move: Virtual Factory Tour, Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Perrys Field to Fork Artisan Butchery & Cookery School, Eccleshall – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Farm Shop and Food & Drink Retailer of the Year
Denstone Hall Farm Shop – GOLD
Perrys of Eccleshall – SILVER
Nelson’s Distillery – BRONZE
Gelato & Cakes, Cheadle – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Hotel of the Year
CBeebies Land Hotel at Alton Towers Resort – GOLD
The Moat House at Acton Trussell – SILVER
Double Tree by Hilton Stoke-on-Trent – BRONZE
Independent Restaurant of the Year
No26 at Aston Marina, Stone – GOLD
The Viceroy Restaurant, Stafford – SILVER
London House Indian Restaurant, Eccleshall – SILVER
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year, sponsored by Insight6
The Trentham Estate – GOLD
Alton Towers Resort – SILVER
National Memorial Arboretum – BRONZE
Trentham Monkey Forest – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Peak Wildlife Park – HIGHLY COMMENDED
New Tourism Business of the Year
Play@ Lower Drayton Farm – GOLD
Mayfield Snuggery – SILVER
Bella’s Coffee House & Community Café, Hednesford – BRONZE
Double Tree by Hilton Stoke-on-Trent – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Perrys Field to Fork Artisan Butchery & Cookery School, Eccleshall – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Pub of the Year, sponsored by RH Advertising
The Meynell Ingram Arms, Hoar Cross – GOLD
The Tamworth Tap – SILVER
Black Lion Inn, Butterton – BRONZE
The Red Lion, Newborough – HIGHLY COMMENDED
The Little George, Eccleshall – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Resilience & Innovation Award, sponsored by We Are Staffordshire
The Trentham Estate – GOLD
Alton Towers Resort – SILVER
Re:form Heritage: Middleport Pottery – BRONZE
Ramblers Retreat Country Tea Room – HIGHLY COMMENDED
National Memorial Arboretum – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Self-Catering Accommodation of the Year
Mayfield Snuggery – GOLD
Betley Court Farm Holiday Cottages – SILVER
Dalraddy Cottage, Penkridge – BRONZE
Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
Foxfield Railway, Blythe Bridge – GOLD
Dorothy Clive Garden, Willoughbridge near Newcastle-under-Lyme – SILVER
Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent – BRONZE
Tea Room & Coffee Shop of the Year
Ramblers Retreat Country Tea Room, Alton – GOLD
Denstone Hall Farm Shop & Café – SILVER
Bella’s Coffee House & Community Café, Hednesford – BRONZE
Cup a Cha Tea Room, Stafford – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Unsung Hero Award, sponsored by We Are Staffordshire
Melissa Lewis, The Trentham Estate – GOLD
Andy McGee, The Little George – SILVER
Katie Dawson, Denstone Hall Farm Shop & Café – BRONZE
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