East Winners & Finalists 2018/19
Congratulations to all our winners, runners up and finalists! Following a wonderful night at Trinity Park, Ipswich, we are now able to reveal exactly who our judges thought were the best and brightest rural businesses in our East region.
Scroll down to view our winners or click on the link to jump to a category.
Best Rural Start Up


Yagro
Cambridgeshire


Puddingstone Distillery
Hertfordshire

E-horse
Hertfordshire

Hornbeam
Cambridgeshire

Suffolk Distillery
Suffolk
Outstanding Rural Diversification Project


South Farm
Hertfordshire


Barleylands Farm and Village
Essex

Explore 4x4
Suffolk

Grange Farm Leisure
Buckinghamshire

Kentwell Hall
Suffolk
Best Rural Retail Business


Pecks Farm Shop
Bedfordshire


Back to the Garden
Norfolk

Elveden Courtyard
Suffolk

Goodies Food Hall
Norfolk
Best Rural Manufacturing Business


Fen Farm Dairy Limited
Suffolk


Chiltern Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil
Hertfordshire

Norfolk Shepherd Huts
Norfolk

Pyes Farm
Essex
Best Rural Professional Services Business


Appetite Me
Suffolk


Wangford Veterinary Clinic
Suffolk

iThinkMedia
Hertfordshire

Larking Gowen LLP
Norfolk

Spring
Suffolk
Best Rural Creative or Media-based Business


Hornbeam
Cambridgeshire


Spring
Suffolk

Essential Suffolk
Suffolk

The Edible Museum
Essex

Vidoo Film
Suffolk


Creative Arts East
Norfolk


BigBarn CIC
Cambridgeshire

Anglia Care Farm
Cambridgeshire

Shotley Heritage
Suffolk

The Askefield Project Ltd
Lincolnshire
Best Rural Tourism Business


Norfolk Outdoor Adventures
Norfolk


The Suffolk Escape
Suffolk

The Dairy at Burghley
Lincolnshire

The Shepherd's Hide
Essex

Wiveton Hall
Norfolk
Best Rural Recreational or Outdoor Pursuits Business


Explore 4x4
Suffolk


Coda Falconry
Essex

Archery Adventures
Suffolk

Bush Adventures UK
Suffolk

Essex Outdoors
Essex
Best Rural Education or Training Business


Abberton Rural Training
Essex


Dandelion Education Ltd.
Norfolk

Ark Farm Limited
Bedfordshire

Coach for School Improvement
Norfolk

E-horse
Hertfordshire

Red Stag Training Limited
Suffolk
Best Rural Food Business


The Artisan Smokehouse
Suffolk


The Norfolk Deli
Norfolk

Crush Foods
Norfolk

Fen Farm Dairy Limited
Suffolk

Heath Farm
Suffolk
Best Rural Drink Business


Puddingstone Distillery
Hertfordshire


The Willow Tree Distilling Company Limited
Bedfordshire

Suffolk Distillery
Suffolk

Whin Hill Norfolk Cider
Norfolk

Wibblers Brewery
Essex
Rural Employee of the Year


Karen Watson
Barleylands Farm and Village

Administration Team
Elveden Courtyard
The East
Sweeping skies and vast sandy beaches (500 miles of them, to be precise!) are just the tip of the iceberg in the rural idyll of the East of England, with a wealth of history and culture to be found in its charming market towns and villages. Our entries from this region make the most of the mixture of history and modernity, tradition and innovation so characteristic of this vibrant and diverse part of England.
The East region covers the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.