GOOD FOOD AWARDS 2012


My hero; The Olive Branch’s Sean Hope has been voted Rutland Pride’s inaugural Food Hero by our readers.


Pictured below, Andrew and Jill Nelson’s Gaol Street shop in Oakham’s town centre.


Leo Sugden of Otters Smokehouse and Deli, pictured right, celebrates his award at his new, larger Mill Street premises in Oakham.


Introducing Rutland’s Food Heroes


Hambleton Farms (Nelsons) Sean Hope, Olive Branch Otters Smokehouse Hambleton Bakery Leesons Butchers Northfield Farm Rutland Farm Shop & Deli Grainstore Brewery Johanna's Patisserie Whissendine Windmill


From butchers to brewers, artisan food producers to groups keen to promote the county’s food culture, our final Rutland award recognises excellence from farm to fork across the county...


It’s congratulations and well done to Hambleton Farms’s Andrew and Jill Nelson. The family’s butchers shop and deli on Gaol Street in Oakham is one of the county’s best delis and multi-species butchers. It has a great reputation in the town and is a well- deserved Rutland Pride Food Hero.


Likewise, The Olive Branch’s Sean Hope, food ambassador to the county, has been congratulated by Pride readers for his contribution to local produce with cookery demonstrations and his work creating The Olive Branch, the county’s Michelin recommended gastropub,


before the term ‘gastropub’ was ever created, coined and overused!


Another favourite in our list of Food Heroes is Leo Sugden, owner of Otters Smokehouse and Deli.


Leo has expanded his business in 2012, moving into larger premises on Mill Street in Oakham last month.


The shop provides smoked fish, over 50 different cheeses and a wealth of deli products, offering great bistro dining too - it’s a real labour of love for Leo, but his hard work has paid off, with Otters recently celebrating a great first anniversary.


THEWINNERS


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