Afternoon Teas were the centre of attention in Food @ Glee as six garden centre teams competed for GTN's Greatest Garden Centre Afternoon Tea Award before the presentation of The Greatest Food and Drink Support Team Award and The Greatest Garden Centre Food & Drink Teams overall as voted for by their customers.
The winners in GTN's Greatest Garden Centre Food & Drink Awards 2025 were:
The Greatest Garden Centre Afternoon Tea Competition
Gold Awards
British Garden Centres
Great value for money and varied selection.
Liked the lemon posset which we didn’t see on any of the other teas, and the cheese and pickle quiche. Good sizes scones.
Planters Brookfields
Beautiful presentations.
Loved the chocolate coated strawberries which were a nice touch of luxury.
Cakes were a good size and of note was the option of a sweet or a savoury afternoon tea.
Planters Pacific
Great presentation and thoughtful selection of foods which included cheese and biscuits.
The take-away option was inspirational.
Silver Awards
Planters Bretby
Excellent savoury selection and the breakfast option was a brilliant idea to attract a different audience in the morning and extend the sales window of teas.
Bronze Awards
Planters Tamworth
Excellent scones, probably the best ones in the competition, and liked the addition of fresh fruit and salad.
Garden King
Loved the selection of cakes and the generous sausage roll.
The mini trifle was a really good idea.
A huge thank you to the teams taking part from the judges, GTN and the show visitors who got to sample some of the Afternoon Teas. Read more about the competition in future issues of GTN Magazine.
The Greatest Garden Centre Food & Drink Support Team Award
Gold Award – British Garden Centres Catering Support Team
Silver Awards – Davidson Richards, Corby & Fellas
Bronze – Wash up teams at Planters Garden Centres
The Greatest Garden Centre Food & Drink Team 2025, as voted for by customers
Gold Award - Old Railway Line Garden Centre
Silver Award – Charlecote Garden Centre, BGC
Bronze Award – Meadow Croft Garden Centre
Highly Commended - Perrywood Tiptree
Highly Commended – Perrywood Buckhatch
Highly Commended - Perrywood Sudbury
Highly Commended – Charlbury Garden Centre, BGC
