How Armitages Pennine put on a sizzling display

This week we put the spotlight on those garden centres that excelled in The Greatest Christmas Sizzle, a new category won by Armitages Pennine.

The Greatest Christmas Sizzle, sponsored by SOLEX, was introduced to acknowledge the efforts of garden centres selling barbecues to customers for cooking their Christmas turkey.

Armitages Pennine took the gold award with the judges remarking: "We loved the way that Christmas was so seamlessly integrated with the BBQ display."

Silver winners were Cadbury Garden & Leisure and Garden Pride, and the finalist included Ayletts and Fermoys.

"We've found that an increasing number of our customers are cooking their Christmas dinners on their barbecues," said Will Armitage, of Armitages Pennine. "We saw this as an opportunity and have reacted accordingly. This award is recognition of the work we have put into this area.

"Our Christmas display extended to barbecues and we produced gift hampers for barbecue fans. The gift hampers included Weber accessories, barbecue sauces from the food hall and beers. They were received really well by our customers."

Now take a look at our special picture gallery below to see how the winning entrants wowed the judges...

Next week: The Greatest Christmas Festive Catering Teams

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