2013 Tea Guild Awards of Excellence
8th April 2013
As the standards that Tea Guild members offer their customers continue to rise ever higher it was decided a few years ago to recognise those members who achieved almost top marks in each of the 16 categories inspected in The Tea Guild Top Tea Place, Top City & Country Hotel Tea and Top London Afternoon Tea competitions.
These awards, known as The Awards of Excellence, are considered to be the "Michelin Stars" of the tea world and members receive a certificate of excellence printed in gold foil and beautifully framed which they display proudly and prominently in their establishment.
It is important to recognise that EVERY Tea Guild member, whether they be the largest hotel or the tiniest village tea room, is judged by the same strict criteria and that it is thereby perfectly possible for any member to win, depending on their category, either the Top Tea Place, Top London Afternoon Tea or The Top City & Country Hotel Tea Award.
TOP CITY & COUNTRY HOTEL TEA AWARD 2013
Award of Excellence Winners:
Bingham - (Richmond, Surrey)
Great Fosters Hotel - (Egham, Surrey)
Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa - (Bagshot, Surrey)
St Tudno Hotel - (Llandudno, Wales)
Turnberry Resort - The Grand Tea Lounge - (Turnberry, Ayrshire)
The Angel Hotel - (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)
The Balmoral Hotel - The Palm Court - (Princes Street, Edinburgh)
The Black Swan Hotel - The Tearoom & Patisserie - (Helmsley, N.Yorks)
The Lowry - The River Bar & Restaurant - (Salford, Manchester)
The Manor House Hotel - (Castle Combe, Wiltshire)
The Nare Hotel - The Quarterdeck - (Veryon, Nr Truro, Cornwall)
TOP LONDON AFTERNOON TEA AWARD 2013
Award of Excellence Winners:
Brown’s Hotel
Claridge’s
Corinthia Hotel London
Four Seasons Hotel Park Lane
Fortnum & Mason
Grosvenor House
Sofitel London St James
The Athenaeum
The Capital Hotel
The Chesterfield
The Connaught
The Dorchester
The InterContinental London Park Lane
The Lanesborough
The Langham
The Park Lane Hotel
The Montague on The Gardens
The Royal Garden Hotel
The Royal Horseguards Hotel
The Savoy
The Ritz
The Wolseley
TOP TEA PLACE AWARD 2013
Award of Excellence Winners:
Abbey Cottage Tea Rooms - (New Abbey, Dumfries)
Amberley Village Tea Rooms - (Amberley, West Sussex)
Bettys Café Tea Rooms - (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
Bettys at RHS Gardens Harlow Carr - (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
Bettys Café Tea Rooms - (Ilkley, West Yorkshire)
Bettys Café Tea Rooms - (Northallerton, Yorkshire)
Bettys Café Tea Rooms Stonegate - (York, North Yorkshire)
Bettys Café Tea Rooms - (York, North Yorkshire)
Bullivant of York - (York, North Yorkshire)
Cemlyn Tea Room - (Harlech, Gwynedd)
Charlotte’s Tea House - (Truro, Cornwall)
Cheristow Lavender Tea Rooms - (Hartland, Devon)
"Cup" - (Byres Road, Glasgow)
Cup Lounge - (Renfield Street, Glasgow)
Derricks Tea Room - (Cheddar, Somerset)
Flying Fifteens - (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
Gilbert White’s Tea Parlour - (Selbourne, Hampshire)
Gillam’s Tea Room - (Ulverston, Cumbria)
Ginger & Pickles - (Nantwich, Cheshire)
Juri’s - The Olde Bakery Tea Shoppe - (Winchcombe, Glocs)
King John’s Hunting Lodge - (Lacock, Wiltshire)
Lock House Tea Rooms - (Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire)
Marshmallow Tearooms - (Moreton-in-Marsh, Glocs
Miss B’s Tea Rooms - (Melton Mowbray, Leics)
Northern Tea Merchants - (Chesterfield, Derbyshire)
Ollerton Watermill Tea Shop - (Ollerton, Nottinghamshire)
Orange Pekoe - (Barnes, SW London)
Peacocks Tearoom - (Ely, Cambs)
Priory House Tea Rooms - (Dunstable, Beds)
Rectory Farm Tearooms - (Morwenstow, Nr Bude, Cornwall)
Regency Tea Rooms - (in The Jane Austen Centre, Bath)
Searcy at The Pump Room - (Bath)
Tea on the Green - (Danbury, Essex)
Tiffin Tearooms - (Alresford, Hants)
Tiny Tim’s Tearoom - (Canterbury, Kent)
Tisanes - (Broadway, Worcs)
The Tea Shop - (Wadebridge, Cornwall)