featured image

Earlier this week, Destination Chesterfield hosted their annual Love Chesterfield Awards ceremony, an event which celebrates the incredible work and success of the Chesterfield business community.

The black-tie event was hosted by legendary soap actor Shaun Williamson and took place at Winding Wheel Theatre.

Love Chesterfield’s Best Pub/Bar of the Year 2022

SHORTSPubBarLoveChesterfieldAwards

For this year’s Love Chesterfield Awards, Shorts sponsored the Pub/Bar of the Year award. The finalists for this award were:

All three of these venues were richly deserving of their place in the final, but there could be only one winner. Junction Bar was named as the Chesterfield Pub/Bar of the year 2022:

Michael Walker, owner of Junction Bar, said: “We’re absolutely buzzing to win the award. We’ve been in Chesterfield for six years and we’ve absolutely smashed it – this award proves it. We have an amazing team, and they keep customers coming back.”

The Shorts team would like to extend our congratulations to Michael and his team and wish them and the runners up all the best for 2023 and beyond.

MicrosoftTeams-image (3)

 

Love Chesterfield Awards 2022 – Other winners

Meanwhile, the packed-out venue saw many other awards presented:

  • Best New High Street Business – MD Hair
  • Excellence in Customer Service - Il Mondo Travel
  • Independent High Street Business - Blanc and Blanc Occasions
  • Retailer of the Year - Master Debonair
  • Market Trader of the Year - Ibbotson’s Fresh Quality Produce
  • Best New Hospitality Business - Host Coffee
  • Restaurant of the Year - Sicily Restaurant
  • Café of the Year – Koo
  • Accessibility Award - The Café at Northern Tea Merchants
  • Food Producer of the Year - Resting Devil Brewery
  • Regeneration Award - Badger Croft
  • Apprentice of the Year - Will Brooks (Superior Wellness)
  • Entrepreneur of the Year - Great2Grow – part of Great 2 Group
  • Sustainability Award - Northern Tea Merchants

A total of 34 businesses, individuals and developments were shortlisted across the 15 categories in the annual awards, which is a testament to the health and quality of the Chesterfield business community.

As long-standing members of the Chesterfield Champions, Shorts are proud to be part of a community as diverse, creative, and hard-working as Chesterfield. We would like to congratulate the Destination Chesterfield team on another successful showcase of regional businesses.

author

Jo Grant

Jo is the Senior Marketing Manager at Shorts Chartered Accountants.

View my articles