Preston food and drink businesses revealed as finalists in the Taste Lancashire Producer Awards 2026

Preston’s food and drink businesses have been featured as finalists in all four categories of the Taste Lancashire Producer Awards 2026.

Marketing Lancashire, organisers of the only county-wide tourism and hospitality awards, has announced the finalists in the Taste Lancashire Producer Awards 2026 in partnership with Booths; Lancashire’s family-owned grocers selling quality produce since 1847.

The Taste Lancashire Producer Awards, support and champion Lancashire’s finest producers and run alongside the Lancashire Tourism Awards, with this year’s winners to be announced in a joint ceremony on Wednesday 11 February 2026 at Blackpool Winter Gardens.

The finalists in each of the four categories will now go forward to the next stage of the competition with the opportunity to share their story and samples of their produce, with Marketing Lancashire’s expert judges.

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This will be hosted by Taste Lancashire Awards Headline Sponsor, Booths, at their Central Office near Preston, where the winners will be decided and kept under wraps until the awards ceremony in February.

The finalists in each category are:

Bakery, Pies and Pastries

Williams Handbaked, Preston
The Pie Hole Darwen
Haffners Bakery, Burnley
Lone Wolf Bakery, Lancaster

Beers, Wines and Spirits

Blackpool Rock Gin, Lytham-St-Annes
Farm Yard Brew Co, Lancaster
Fairham Gin, Preston
The Lancashire Mead Company, Horwich

Fish, Field and Dairy

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses, Preston
Procter’s Cheeses Ltd – Kick-Ass Cheese, Chipping
Fernhill Farm Milk and Milkshakes, Poulton-Le-Fylde

Pantry, Preserved and Ready to Eat

Market Street Kitchen, Blackpool
Grandma Entwistle’s Lancashire Sauce, Huncoat
Oato, Fulwood

Vikki Harris, marketing and partnerships director at Marketing Lancashire said: “We’re always blown away by the quality and ingenuity of our Lancashire food and drink producers and this year’s applicants in the Taste Lancashire Producer Awards have not disappointed.

“The county is recognised nationally as a gourmet destination thanks to the density of exceptional food producers, who supply many of our award-winning restaurants and hospitality businesses; ensuring top notch dining experiences and saving many valuable food miles.

“Along with our partner Booths, we look forward to naming the winners of the Taste Lancashire Producer Awards 2026 and celebrating their success, along with Lancashire’s leading tourism and hospitality businesses.

“Together they help attract over 66 million visitors each year to the county and continue to build Lancashire’s enviable gastronomic reputation.”

John Gill, Booths head of trading and marketing said: “We’re really impressed with the diversity, quality and integrity of the entrants this year and look forward to revealing the winners.

“We’re delighted to have worked with Marketing Lancashire in refining the categories this year to better celebrate the breadth and range of Lancashire’s top quality farmers, makers and producers.

“This really is an award that can put a producer on the culinary map and Booths are thrilled to share our support.”