Thousands of customers have voted already, both on-line and on paper voting forms in-store. There's 2 days of voting to go before votes close on Tuesday 1st September so still time be in with a chance of winning a Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team award which will be announced and presented on Wednesday 9th September at Glee. There will be awards for small, medium and large Restaurant & Food Hall teams plus regional awards, so plenty of opportunities for your excellent hardworking teams to receive high recognition - your customers will be the judges of Greatness.
As customer service and customer satisfaction are the keys to the ongoing success of garden centre catering, especially during this difficult summer, the winners of The Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team awards will be decided by the number and quality of customer votes your teams receive before the closing date of September 1st 2026.
Your customers can vote online by scanning the QR codes below or you can get them to vote in store and then send completed voting forms to the GTN office for counting.
To get your customers voting, all you have to do is download the voting posters and voting forms from the links below and display them in your restaurant, coffee shop and Food Hall. In the meantime you could be adding the voting links into your websites and social media pages.
GTN's Greatest Restaurant Team Awards Voting QR Code
GTN's Greatest Food Hall Team Awards Voting QR Code
Restaurant Team Poster - Download Restaurant Team Voting Forms - Download
Food Hall Team Poster - Download Food Hall Team Voting Forms - Download
Or, download all files from this Dropbox link
As well as overall Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team Awards for different sizes of garden centre catering operations there will be regional awards too. What better way to promote your Food & Drink offerings during the Autumn than with a GTN Greatest Awards win, especially as it will be thanks to your customers.
Customer voting is live now and runs until midnight on Tuesday 1st September, when the votes will be counted in readiness for the presentations at Glee on Wednesday 9th September at 1:00pm on the Feed Your Business Stage.
Do you have The Greatest Tantalising Garden Centre Menu?
This year, we are looking for the garden centre team that has created the most Tantalising Menu to attract new customers and to keep regulars coming back for more. if you believe your team currently have The Greatest Tantalising Garden Centre Menu then send a copy of the menu with a brief explanation as to the rationale and success of the menu to: trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk.
The menus will be judged by a panel of experts and the winners announced on the “Feed Your Business Stage” at Glee on Wednesday 9th September at 1:00pm on the Feed Your Business Stage.
The deadline for menu entries is Tuesday 1st September. You could also send a short video too!
GTN's Greatest Garden Centre Restaurant & Food Hall Team Awards are sponsored by Pleydell Smithyman and Glee. Other sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact alan@pottingshedpress.co.uk for details.
