FABULOUSLY dressed nominees, guests and sponsors celebrated the best in the food and drink industry at a glistening award ceremony this week.
Arguably the best in the business arrived at Hatherley Manor Hotel & Spa in Gloucester on Monday night to find out the winners of the annual Cotswold Life Food and Drink Awards 2025.
Visitors to the event got a chance to rub shoulders with celebrities like the Dynasty star Emma Samms and popular BBC1 voice Simon McCoy.
The award ceremony, divided into 13 categories, aims to celebrate the industry's most hardworking individuals and the best food and drink the Cotswolds has to offer.
Among the top winners of the night was Liz Godsell, from Godsells Cheese, who won the Food & Farming Hero Award and Suzi Williams, from The Vine Tree Inn, who won Chef of the Year.
Cotswold Life editor, Stephanie Preece, said: "The Cotswold Life Food and Drink Awards are a celebration of the county's superb food and drink industry, recognising those involved in this wide-ranging sector, from market stall holders to fine dining restaurateurs, to farmers, to master butchers.
"Although there are only 13 winners tonight, every finalist should be immensely proud of their hard work and are still winners.
"I would also like to thank our sponsors, who made tonight possible."
Food and Farming Education Award - The Sourdough Revolution
Cafe, Coffee or Teashop of the Year - The Glasshouse at Holloways
Best Food Product or Producer - Alfonso Gelateria
Best Drinks Producer - Hayles Fruit Farm
Best Customer Service Award - Crampi Italian Food & Wine
Chef of the Year - Suzi Williams from The Vine Tree Inn
Farmer of the Year - Martin and Kate Bankes from Copsegrove Farm
Food & Farming Hero Award - Liz Godsell from Godsells Cheese