Vote for Cheese on the Green to win ‘Cheesemonger of the Year’ in the Farm Shop & Deli Awards

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VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED! Many thanks to all our supporters for casting your vote for Cheese on the Green.

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We are delighted to announce that Cheese on the Green is in the running for Best Cheesemonger in the Farm Shop & Deli Awards.

The Farm Shop & Deli Awards runs in partnership with Olives Et Al, to recognise excellence in independent speciality retailers.

The Awards recognise the very best standards in speciality retail and to celebrate the highest levels of service, product knowledge, initiative, innovation and community involvement. The aim is to highlight highly driven and passionate local businesses like Cheese on the Green, to generate the coverage they deserve. Winning this Award would help build us as a destination, putting us on the map both regionally and nationally and in turn, bringing interest to Rugby.

The competition's expert panel of judges, which includes BBC Radio 2’s Gastronome Nigel Barden, will need these invaluable consumer votes which are part of the judging criteria. Nigel commented, “Last year I was lucky enough to meet some hugely driven, focused and talented individuals championing the absolute best in fresh, local produce that the United Kingdom has to offer. Our winners are set to represent a gold standard in the speciality retail arena. I'm extremely excited to see what entries we receive this year!”

Richard Cooper, Managing Director at local Cheesemonger Cheese on the Green said, “We are very excited about entering this competition. Cheese on the Green opened in Bilton Green in April 2011 and with the support of local custom, business has gone from strength to strength.

“We offer a personal, individual service and are proud to stock the finest cheeses, many of them from local and artisan makers.”

The Awards recognise excellence within the speciality retail market, focusing on independent speciality retailers who sell regional fresh/farm produce or have a delicatessen counter offering thirteen categories to enter under and win including Cheesemonger of the Year.

Entrants will also have the opportunity to win as a Midlands Champion. The Regional winners will progress through to have the opportunity to win the overall coveted title of Farm Shop & Deli Awards Retailer of the Year announced at the Farm Shop & Deli Show, Monday 20th April 2015 at Birmingham’s NEC.

Cheese on the Green needs your help to win! Vote online at: http://www.farmshopanddelishow.co.uk/entry/cheese-on-the-green or visit Cheese on the Green at 27 The Green, Bilton, Rugby, to pick up a voting form. Voting closes 31st October 2014.

Notes to editors:

The Farm Shop & Deli Awards are brought to you by William Reed Business Media, leading publishers and event organiser for over 150 years, with an extensive grocery and retail portfolio including over 10 award schemes and campaigns, three major conferences, three trade exhibitions and numerous seminars and networking lunches.

History of the Awards

In 2006, Olives Et Al created a special event to support independent food retailers by recognising and shouting about the wealth of talent out there called Purple Love Awards. A few years later, Deli of the Year was born, where people voted for their favourite delis in their thousands.

In 2014, through a special collaboration with William Reed, Olives Et Al are now very proud founding partners of the Farm Shop & Deli Awards, in its second year – crowning Ardross Farm shop, Fife Farm Shop & Deli Awards Retailer of the year.

About Olives Et Al

Ever since 1992, the team at Olives Et Al have been travelling the world looking for unique and distinct flavours and then recreating them using traditional methods and techniques that they’ve learnt mostly at first hand from people they’ve met along the way.  Using proper ingredients sourced from decent suppliers, everything is created, sourced or supplied by Oliveers from their site in Dorset and are more or less just as nature intended; free of any artificial colourings, flavours or preservatives and suitable for most diets, styles and cultures.