Love Hertford Awards Ceremony

The Love Hertford Awards ceremony was held at St Andrew’s Church in Hertford on 23 May, where visitors, residents and local businesses were invited to an event to announce the winners of the 2019 competition.

The Love Hertford Awards is organised by Hertford Town Council and was introduced last year to celebrate, support and recognise the array of county town businesses, both independent and national retailers.

Visitors and residents voted in their thousands for their favourite Hertford based retailers and businesses.

 The free of charge event started at 6pm with welcome drinks, followed by the awards announcements.

 A total of 63 businesses entered the awards competition and the finalists and winners were selected by the judging committee, made up of The Mayor of Hertford (2018/2019), Cllr Beryl Wrangles; The Chairman of Development and Leisure, Cllr Jane Sartin; Aaron Gransby and Justine Woods from Axis Magazine; Dan Griffiths from I Love Hertford (Facebook); Emma Wood from Hertfordshire Mercury; Mary Sykes from Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce; Andrew Figgis the Economic Development Officer for East Herts and North Herts District Councils.  Judging was based on the quantity and quality of the comments the public had cast.

 The following winners and finalists were announced on the night.

Fashion

Winner – Gingerlillie Boutique

Finalists – The Women’s Society & Kids Connection

Pub or Restaurant

Winner – The Old Barge

Finalists – Salisbury Arms Hotel & Lussmanns

Café or Fast Food

Winner – Mudlarks Garden Café

Finalists – Carley’s Fish Bar & The Secret Garden

Hair and Beauty

Winner – Tom Ashley

Finalists – Hertford Hair & The Classic Barber

Health and Wellbeing

Winner – The Avenue Pharmacy

Finalists – Hertford Physiotherapy & Natural Health

Home and Interiors

Winner – Albany Radio

Finalists – Manic Ceramics & Messages

 Community and Voluntary

Winner – Hertford Theatre

Finalists – The Mill House & Courtyard Arts and Community Centre

Food and Drink Retailers

Winner – G.Pickett’s Butchers

Finalists – The Co-op Store (Bengeo) & The Sugar Smith

Professional Services

Winner – Lance James the Jewellers

Finalists – Attwaters Jamerson Hill Solicitors & Post and Packing

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 Chairman of Hertford Town Council’s Development and Leisure Committee, Cllr Jane Sartin, said: “The Love Hertford Awards have once again recognised some of Hertford’s outstanding local businesses, and it speaks volumes that there were some very difficult choices to make in deciding who took home the awards.  As part of the judging panel I was lucky to be able to read through the hundreds of comments made by people voting for their favourite businesses, and it’s clear that people really value and appreciate the high standards of customer service, goods and services provided by businesses in Hertford.”