Farm shop wins prestigious gold award!

We are gold!

We’re delighted to announce that the Farm Shop has been awarded a prestigious gold in the Taste of the West awards.

Taste of the West judges visited the shop at the beginning of July and were full of praise for our locally sourced goods, quality produce and friendly service.

And in awarding the shop gold they said: “This is a first-class farm shop. It does what it says on the tin by selling their own, excellent, produce but also has so much more to it. There are ambient goods from jams to drinks, fresh produce from flowers to pies, a large butcher counter, a fish shop (which though not strictly part of the farm shop is part of the whole development), frozen goods and gifts including, amongst other things, mugs, tins, rugs and cards.”

The report stated,

“At a rough guess we would think that at least 75% of the produce was locally sourced with much of the offerings from the farm itself. Another 20% was British with only a very few products coming from abroad.”

“There was an extensive butchery counter with all the beef coming from the farm and the rest of the meat from the local area. Much of the produce was not only local but from very close to the farm if not from the farm itself. The shop even sold local flowers – a rare sight.”

“Everyone we spoke to knew exactly where each product was from and could talk knowledgeably about it, which was fabulous!”

“Much of the produce was home produced – including all the beef which came from the farm and their home-made jams.”

“The staff were all welcoming and chatty. They looked smart in their black uniforms and knew where each product was sourced from and were happy to find out the answer to questions they couldn’t immediately answer. The service was top notch.”

“The whole shop was spotless, the layout was well thought out and made for relaxed browsing with the produce all showed off attractively. The staff themselves looked presentable and very approachable.”

“The shop itself was in a large and airy room. The goods were all well laid out and looked attractive. There was a wide range of stock from fresh vegetables to wines, ciders and spirits, to cards and gifts.”

“As they come up to their fifth anniversary, we are sure they will be here for many more years to come.“

Tom Harradine, owner of Fordmore Farm Shop, said, “We are delighted to have been awarded gold by Taste of the West. We aim to provide high quality local produce for our customers and we’re pleased this has been recognised by Taste of the West, along with the recognition for our staff, who are real champions of the amazing food and drink from our area.”