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Get your free copy13 March 2012, 09:26 AM
- A Winchester-based café-deli has come first in the food category for the Telegraph Magazine's Best Small Shop in Britain 2012
Family-run business Caracoli beat hundreds of other small independent food retailers from across the UK.
Rose Prince, a judge for the awards, said, “All the strengths of a great deli lie in this year’s winner, the Hampshire-based café-deli Caracoli. There are artisan breads, charcuterie and a range of antipasti that changes constantly with the seasons. Wines, well-made coffee, fabulous teas, pasta and rice and the shop’s own muesli and granola.
“It sounds like a lot but this is actually a carefully edited shop that truly respects their customers’ right to have the best,” she added.
James Nichols, managing director of the café-deli, commented, “Being nominated by our customers was a huge compliment and we waited with bated breath to hear the judge’s final decision.
“Our customers’ votes mean a great deal as above all else we want them to enjoy their time at Caracoli and come back time and again. To win is a real high point for us and a fantastic accolade to everyone who works hard to make Caracoli what it is. It’s confirmation that striving for high quality, delicious food and drink is worthwhile. We are chuffed to bits,” he said.
