Expansion on the menu for award-winning farm shop

After winning several industry awards in the space of a year, Denstone Hall Farm Shop & Cafe in Staffordshire is continuing a successful start to the year with plans to expand. Fresh from scooping the Large Farm Shop and Restaurant of the Year accolades at the Farm Retail Association Awards, owners Rupert and Emma Evans intend to open a new dog and cyclist-friendly garden room, as well as an events and conferencing facility. The current kitchen will also be extended and the car park redeveloped.

Of the expansion, owner Rupert said, “We’re extremely proud to have achieved what we regard as our Grand Slam of industry awards. It’s never been done in the same year before and it’s the result of a tremendous amount of hard work by everybody connected with the business. We are very proud of our talented and dedicated staff who often go above and beyond to deliver to our customers.

“However, there’s still plenty for us to achieve and we’re very well aware that in our industry, any business that stands still ends up going backwards, which is why we have so many developments that we’re looking to put in place this year.

“We’re experiencing an increase in the numbers of visitors who are enjoying days out with their dogs and we’re excited about creating their own dedicated garden room, which will also be open to cyclists, families and walkers.

“We also know from the inquiries we’ve had that there is a demand for conferencing and function space in this part of the country, while the demand for our home-cooked goods has gone through the roof, which is why we want to expand our production kitchen too.”