Cwmcerrig Farmshop in running for Welsh Champion of Champions award


The award-winning Cwmcerrig Farmshop and Grill is in the running for the Welsh Champion of Champions awards in the Rural Oscars.
Cwmcerrig, near Gorslas, leads the nominations in the Local Food category in the Countryside Alliance Awards.
The awards are known as the Rural Oscars and celebrate their 10th birthday this year.
In celebration, the Welsh business champions of the last 10 years have been invited to re-compete, X Factor style, for Champion of Champions plaques across four categories (Local Food; Village Shop/ PO; Traditional and Enterprise categories).
Votes will opened on the Countryside Alliance website at 12pm on Monday 3rd November and will close on at 6pm on Sunday 30th November (postal votes to reach the CA by 3rd December.)
The website can be found at –
http://www.countrysideallianceawards.org.uk/article/who-will-be-crowned-welsh-champion-of-champions
Visitors to Cwmcerrig can pick up special postcards to cast their vote by post.



Pic: Nick Bowen, of Cwmcerrig Farm Shop and Grill, is hoping to add more to the new trophy cabinet at the attraction.

Those in the running for awards are listed below –
Local food category
House of Rhug, Corwen, Denbighshire @RhugEstate
Llwynhelyg Farm Shop, Llandysul, Ceredigion @fodderforfoodys
Swan's Farm Shop, Mold, Denbighshire
Daphne’s Welsh Lamb, Henllan, Denbighshire
Cwmcerrig Farm Shop & Grill, Gorslas, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Hawarden Estate Farm Shop, Hawarden, Flintshire @HawardenEstate
Hootons Home Grown, Brynsiencyn, Anglesey
Old Stables Tea Room, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford, Powys @chefonrun
Village Shop/ Post Office category
Morgan's Newsagents, Llangadog, Dyfed
Cwmdu Village Shop, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
Dingestow Post-office and General store, Dingestow, Monmouthshire
Henllan Village Shop, Denbigh, Denbighshire
Morley House (Llangoed Post Office), Llangoed, Beaumaris, Anglesey
Traditional category
Owains Butchers, Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Andrew J Rees & Sons, Narberth, Pembrokeshire @ReesButchers
ET Jones & Sons & Daughter, Bodedern, Anglesey
Rhydlewis Smokery, Llandysul, Ceredigion
N.S. James Butchers, Raglan, Monmouthsire
T.J. Roberts Butchers, Bala, Gwynedd
William Lloyd Williams & Son, Machynlleth, Powys
Enterprise category
Grandma’s Stories, Myddfai, Llandovery, Carms
Llyn Y Fan Hatchery, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
Myddfai Trading Company, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire
Bob Valentine Shooting School, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd
Capestone Organic Poultry Ltd, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
The Gower Brewery Ltd, Llanrhidian, West Glamorgan @GowerBrewery
nom nom chocolate, Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire @nomnomchocolate

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