South Holland food places ranked out of five as district council urge residents to 'look before they book' this Christmas

South Holland's food places have been ranked out of five by hygiene officers.

Every business has been given a rating by the Food Standards Agency, with 5 marking a very good level of food hygiene. Around 99% of businesses in South Holland are rated 3 or better, with over 70% receiving the highest available score.

The ratings provide the public with information on the standards of hygiene at a venue, and are determined following an unannounced visit from local authority food safety officers - who follow national guidelines and are trained to make sure ratings are consistently applied.

The likes of Laddies Ices in Holbeach, Baytree Garden Centre's Farm Shop, A Country Kitchen (Quadring Fen), Big Tree Honey Farm (Surfleet) and Coronation Bars (Spalding) were amongst those to be handed a five-star rating.

At the other end of the spectrum, Pizza Perfection in Sutton Bridge and Mace Convenience Store in Fleet were given one and two stars respectively.

Coun Anthony Casson, portfolio holder for public protection, said: "This festive period is an important one for our local restaurants and businesses following the impact of the pandemic, and also for those of us looking to celebrate Christmas with our loved ones, which may not have been possible last year.

"Our Food, Health and Safety Team works hard to monitor hygiene standards across the District, and to offer advice and guidance on good practices. The fact we have such high ratings in South Holland is testament to their work, and that of our many businesses who are committed to providing the best and safest customer experience they can.

"Ratings are easy to check online and can help you to choose a restaurant that takes hygiene seriously. A good rating should be something to be proud of and matters to customers, so we are encouraging all businesses to display their rating and have a prosperous festive season."

Some food places have yet to receive their ratings, while some are exempt from the scheme.

All ratings are publicly available at www.food.gov.uk/ratings

All South Holland ratings:

Businesses with 5-star ratings:

• A Country Kitchen Ltd

• Aimee’s Cakes and Bakes

• Andy's Good Food

• Angel Cook

• Big Tree Honey Farm

• Biscuit Village

• Cakes By Melissa George

• Chillichump LTD

• Coronation Bars

• Daisy's Cupcakes

• Darlow's Delights

• Deesigner Cakes

• Dolly's Cakery

• Emma's Cake Kitchen

• Fen Tiger Botanicals

• Florence Cottage

• GiftsOnLine4U

• Greedy Pugs

• Home Bake

• Home Smoked Brand
• House of Gingerbread Afternoon Teas
• HUG Chocolates
• Iced Rose Cakes
• Katie's Cheesecake Delights
• Keys Group
• Kirsty's Cakes
• Lincs Asian Gourmet Express
• Millzy's Munch
• Miss Annette Rhodes
• Mrs F's Cupcakes
• Mrs Frances Tidswell t/a The Masonic
• Munchies 4 You
• Natalie Newing
• Newlands Brownies
• Parks Bakes
• Raven Gift Studio
• Rosie's Cakes and Bakes
• RSPCA Wildlife (Charity)
• Saints and Sinners
• Sense East
• Sophie's Cakes
• Spalding Honey
• Street Food Roasts
• Talk about good food
• The Baking Kitchen
• The Nosh Box
• Totally Sweet
• Vintage Tea Ladies
• 4th Spalding Scouts H Q
• A W Curtis & Sons Ltd
• A's Munch Box
• Adams Shop
• Aldi Stores Limited
• Amici Italian Restaurant
• Ashwood Nursing Home
• Ayscoughfee Cafe
• Ayscoughfee Hall School
• B & M Ltd
• Balls Newsagents
• Baltic
• Bank House Residential Home
• Bells Day Nursery
• Bellys Munch Box t/a Fowler Welch
• Bennetts Butchers
• Bentleys Bar and Grill
• Bookmark
• Booths Fruit & Veg (Market Stall)
• Booths Fruit & Vegetables
• Boots UK Ltd (Spalding)
• Browntoft House Bed & Breakfast
• Brun Lea Residential Home
• Chilli Masters
• CJ's Diner
• Cley Hall Hotel
• Country Court
• Couture Cakes
• Crown Hall Farm
• Deeping St Nicholas County Primary School
• Definitions Health and Fitness
• Domino's Pizza (Spalding)
• doMuk pizza take away
• Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School
• Fantasia
• Flinders Fish Shop
• Garth School
• Gary Simpson Butchers
• Genesis Residential Home
• Geo Adams & Sons (Retail Ltd)
• Glenside Stores T/A Kim & Sim Ltd
• Golden City
• Golden Lee
• Golden Tree Chinese
• Gosberton Academy
• Gosberton Charcoal Grill Kebab
• Gosberton Clough/Risegate Primary School
• Gosberton House Academy
• Gosberton House Residential Home
• Gosberton Village Store
• Grange Farm Butchery Ltd
• Greater Nottingham Co-operative
• Greencore Restaurant
• Greggs PLC (Spalding)
• Gurkha Oven
• High Street Convenience Store
• Holland & Barrett
• Hug The Taste
• Iceland Foods Ltd
• Jacks Fish Bar (Donington)
• Jacks Fish Bar (Spading)
• Joe's Takeaway
• Johnson Community Hospital
• Kabanosik
• Katana Spalding Ltd
• Kitchen No 1
• Knights Sports Bar
• Lady Fraiser Charity No. 1 t/a Fraiser Rooms
• Latino Casu Ltd
• Laykonik
• Leos Pizzeria
• Lidl Limited
• Lidl UK
• Lilliput Day Nursery
• Lincolnshire Cooperative Ltd
• Lincolnshire Cooperative Ltd
• Lisboa Tejo
• Little Europe Groceries
• Little Pickles
• Little Stars Pre-School (Quadring)
• Little Stars Pre-School (Surfleet)
• Little Treasures Nurseries Ltd
• M & G Polish Food
• Marcos
• Masonic Hall
• Methodist Church Hall
• MFG Spalding
• Mini Poli
• Mr Burger
• Munchkins Kindergarten
• New Kamble House
• NFL Catering Ltd
• Nisa Lateshopper
• Oh My Cod
• Oh My Cod #2
• Paceys
• Penningtons
• Pennygate Supermarket (Premier)
• Phoenix
• Pied Calf Inn
• Pinchbeck East Primary School
• Pinchbeck Friar
• Pinchbeck Kids Club
• Pinchbeck News Food and Wine
• Pode Hole Bed & Breakfast
• Puddle Ducks Day Nursery
• RAS Healthcare
• Real Pharm Shop
• River Lodge B&B
• Riverview Restaurant At Hills Department Store
• Ruby Hunt Centre
• Rustic
• Sainsbury's (Spalding)
• Sessions House
• Silk Rose Takeaway
• Sofia Bakery
• Something Special
• Southernwood House
• Southfield House Residential Home
• Spalding Academy
• Spalding Baptist Church Hall
• Spalding Chinese
• Spalding Farm Shop Manna Cafe
• Spalding Golf Club
• Spalding Grammar School Canteen
• Spalding Gymnastics
• Spalding Market
• Spalding Market Ltd
• Spalding Parish C Of E Day School
• Spalding Primary
• Spalding Services Club
• Spalding United Reformed Church Hall
• Spar Pinchbeck
• St Bartholomews CofE Primary School
• St Nicholas House Bed & Breakfast
• St Nicholas Village Store
• St Peters Church Hall
• St. John Baptist School
• St. Johns Care Home
• St. Norberts Church and Church Hall
• St. Norberts Primary School
• St. Pauls CP School & Nursery
• Stonehaven Residential Home Ltd
• Sunflower Lodge
• Sunlight
• Sunshine Cafe Restaurant
• Surfleet Primary School
• Tanglewood
• Taste of China
• Tesco
• The Bell Inn
• The Black Bull
• The Black Horse
• The Candy Bar
• The Cod Squad
• The Coffee Pot
• The Crystal Inn
• The Draymans Arms
• The Fishermans Arms
• The Ivy Wall
• The Lighthouse Church
• The Lincoln Arms
• The Lincolnshire Poacher
• The Loft
• The Meadows Day Centre
• The Moorings
• The Priory School
• The Punch Bowl
• The Ropewalk Bed & Breakfast
• The Royal Mail Cart
• The Ship Inn (Pinchbeck)
• The Ship Inn (Surfleet)
• The Sizzling Grill
• The Travel Stop
• The Vista St Mary and St Nicolas Catering Committee
• The Woodlands
• Thomas Cowley High School
• Tonic 44
• Toppings
• Tulip Tandoori
• Tulipland Foods
• Tulips Social Club
• Turkish Best Kebab
• Turners Fish Restaurant
• UK Pizza
• W Hargrave & Son
• Waterfall - Edwards & Blake at Monkshouse C P School
• Waterfall Elior at Spalding High School For Girls
• Welland Yacht Club
• White Hart
• White Lodge
• Wilko Retail Ltd
• WM Morrisons Supermarket
• Woodhead Brothers Canteen
• Wygate Foundation Nursery School
• Wygate Park Academy
• Xpress Pizza
• Weston Hills Primary School
• Fenlands Church
• The Five Bells Inn
• Tydd St Mary Pre-School
• Tydd St Mary Stores
• Tydd St. Mary Primary School
• Wrights Post Office & Stores
• A Box of Bakes
• Abbeygate Rest Homes Ltd
• Anglia Motel & Clubroom
• Applegreen
• Bakkavor Canteen - The Pizzeria
• Baxters Fish & Chips
• Bay Lodge Residential Home
• Beech Lodge Nursing Home
• Beijing Palace
• Benny's Diner
• Berberis House Apiary
• BP Filling Station Malthurst
• Burgess Farm produce Canteen
• Caffe Aurora
• Candy Land
• Caterwell East Anglia Ltd at Springfields Events and Conference Centre
• Caz’s Cakes & Sugarcraft
• Chameli
• Cheesecake Alley
• Chilli Hut
• Cinder Ash Pre School
• Compass at Princes Food Canteen
• Costa Coffee (Springfields)
• Costa Coffee (Applegreen)
• Country Kitchen Cakes
• Cup and Saucer Cafe
• Discount Diva
• Dragon Pearl Restaurant
• E J's Kitchen
• East of England Shooting Ground
• Eau Brink Tea Room
• Elizabethan Centre
• Enticing Cakes by Christine
• Epulari Cake Co Ltd
• Farm Cafe
• Fenbake
• Field House Residential Home
• Filthy bakes
• Fleet Wood Lane Primary School
• For Cod Sake Ltd
• Four Boys Village Store
• Frankie & Benny's
• G Shearer & Son
• Gedney Drove End Primary School
• Gedney Hill Golf Club
• Gedney Hill Primary School
• Giggles Galore Nursery and Childcare Centre
• Golden Kitchen
• Golden Lion
• Good Earth Chinese Takeaway
• Gousto (Camel Gate, Spalding)
• Gousto (Clay Lake, Spalding)
• Greggs Plc (Applegreen)
• Haynes Cakery
• Henry and Son
• Hexagon Care
• Holbeach & East Elloe Hospital
• Holbeach Bank Primary School
• Holbeach Community Cafe and Larder
• Holbeach Fish Bar
• Holbeach Hurn Village Hall
• Holbeach Kebab
• Holbeach Primary Academy
• Holbeach St Marks Village Hall
• Holbeach St. Marks Primary
• Holbeach United Services Club
• Holbeach Wholefoods
• Honeypot Day Nurseries
• Hop In Restaurant
• Horse & Groom
• Hot Pot Takeaway
• Iced Wright
• Imp & Maker
• In a Sticky Pickle
• Jampots
• Jane L'Angellier
• Jane Taylor
• Jaynesjazzycakes
• Jesterking
• Kan Ton
• Keys Group
• Kimberley Nursing Home
• Krua Thai
• Laddies Famous Ices
• Lincolnshire Cooperative Ltd (Whaplode)
• Lincolnshire Cooperative Ltd (Holbeach)
• Lincolnshire Cooperative Ltd (Sutton Bridge)
• Lincolnshire Cooperative Ltd (petrol station, Spalding)
• Lincolnshire Cooperative Ltd (Long Sutton)
• Lincs Farm Shop
• Lip Smackers
• Little Oaks Childcare
• Little Treasures Nurseries Holbeach Ltd
• Lodge Farm Cafe
• Long Sutton Baptist Church Lunches
• Long Sutton Cricket/Hockey
• Long Sutton Primary School
• Lucan Lodge
• Lutton St. Nicholas Primary School
• Lutton Village Hall
• Man Made Foods
• Maple Tree Bakes
• Maria Buxton-Rayner Cakes
• Maria's
• Mayfield Residential Home
• McDonald's Restaurants Ltd (Spalding)
• McDonald's Restaurants Ltd (Long Sutton)
• Mear Lodge
• Methodist Church Hall
• Michelle's Snack Bar
• Miss Deborah Mary Fisher
• Morrisons Daily
• Moulton Butchers
• Moulton Chapel Butchers
• Moulton Chapel Post Office and Store
• Moulton Chapel Primary School
• Moulton Fish & Chips
• Moulton Harrox Pre-School & Out of School Club
• Moulton Mill
• Moulton Post Office
• Mr S M Mackman
• Mrs R's Sweet Treats
• N W Roffe & Daughters
• Nene Lodge
• Nene Store Ltd
• New Eastern Delight
• New Sutton House
• Nicks Plaice
• Nutten Stoven
• Ocean
• One Stop
• Othellos Bakery
• P & D Trading
• Patchett Lodge
• Pear Tree Cottage
• Petite Industries Limited
• Phoenix Chinese Takeaway
• Pippas Pantry
• Pit Stop Cafe
• Porridge Pot Farm
• Posh Nosh Lincs
• Priory Clay Target Centre
• Propa burger
• QD Stores
• Railway Stores
• Rainbow Nursery
• Really Awesome Coffee Spalding
• Red Bus
• River Cottage
• Riverside Bar and Restaurant
• Roffes Catering Ltd
• Runways
• Sammy's Cakes
• San San Takeaway
• Shepeau Stow CP School
• Small Saints Pre-School
• Smokeys
• Spalding Sports Club
• Spar Long Sutton
• Springfield Farm Campsite
• Springfields Home & Garden
• Springy's Diner
• St Marys Primary School
• St. Marys Church Hall
• Starbucks Coffee Shop (Springfields)
• Starbucks Drive Thru (Long Sutton)
• Subway (Long Sutton)
• Subway (Springfields)
• Subway (Applegreen)
• Sutton Bridge Constitutional Club
• Sutton Bridge Golf Club
• Sutton St James Convenience Store
• Sutton St James CP School
• Sutton St James Pre School Playgroup
• Sweet Little Sensations
• T J Catering
• Taylor Shaw at University Academy Long Sutton
• Tesco (Holbeach)
• The Afternoon Tea And Cake Company
• The Anchor Inn
• The Bancroft Residential Home
• The Beeches
• The Bell Inn
• The Blue Bell Inn
• The Bluebell Brewery
• The Chequers
• The Chestnuts
• The Coffee Lounge (Lincs) Ltd
• The Crown (Holbeach)
• The Crown & Woolpack Ltd
• The Curlew Centre
• The Farm Shop at Baytree Garden Centre
• The Filter Box
• The Fondant Cake House
• Weston Fun Farm
• The Garthwaite Masonic Hall
• The Granary
• The Greyhound
• The Hat & Feathers
• The Hungry Plaice
• The John Harrox Primary School
• The Jolly Crispin Inn
• The Kitchen
• The Lawns & Lakes Camping and Caravan Site
• The Little Cake Kitchen
• The Mansion House
• The Noshery Co Cafe
• The Original Factory Shop Ltd
• The Parkside Club
• The Picnic Hamper
• The Red Lion
• The Rose & Crown
• The Rose & Crown Inn
• The Swan
• The Tulip Queen
• The Wheatsheaf
• The Willows Day Nursery
• Tigers Bar and Social Club
• Travel Lodge Hotel (Long Sutton)
• Travelodge Hotels Limited (Spalding)
• Unique Cottage Cafe and Gallery
• University Academy Holbeach
• V M Gedney Newsagents
• Vintage Cakecraft
• W Boyes & Co Ltd
• West Street Convenience Store
• Westgate House & Barn
• Westmere Primary School
• Weston St Marys Primary School
• Weston Village Stores & Post Office
• Westwards Meats
• Whaplode C E Primary School
• Whaplode Food Store
• Whaplode Manor Hotel
• Whaplode St Catherine Memorial Hall
• Whaplode St Mary's Church
• William Stukeley CofE Primary School
• Woodhouse Farm Lodge

Businesses with 4-star ratings:

• Bakers Bar
• Fenland Phyto Pharmacy
• Hewie's Chocolates
• Naomi's Sweet Sweets
• Sense East
• Trudie Scrumptious Cakes
• Tulip Hill Cakery
• Wicked Temper
• A2Z Food & Wine Spalding Ltd
• Acacia Stores
• Burtey Fen Collection
• Castle Outdoor Bowls Club
• Costa Coffee
• Curry Inn
• Donington Club
• Europe Store
• Graffiti Bar and Restaurant
• Heron Frozen Foods Ltd
• Hewie's Chocolates Confectioners
• Holbeach Supermarket (Londis)
• Hot & Spicy
• Loaded and The Lounge
• Premier Stores
• Quadring Cowley & Browns School
• Rainbow Playgroup
• Rumblings
• Spalding Constitutional Club
• Spalding Express
• Spalding News
• The Black Swan
• The Corner Shop
• The Crown Inn
• The Priors Oven
• Baytree Nurseries
• Baz's Curry
• Cowbit Village Store
• Family Pizza & Kebab House
• Holland and Barrett
• JJeB Farm
• Lucy's Cakes
• Lulu's Pantry
• Luxury Temptations
• Milkshake Madness
• Mitzys Bakery
• One Stop Store
• Six Oaks Ltd
• Snax of Long Sutton
• Spice Express
• The Central Fish Bar
• The Sweet Emporium
• Unicorn Diner

Businesses with 3-star ratings:

• Istanbul
• Nasza Biedronka
• New Tasty
• Quadring Post Office
• Reload Pizza
• Seng House Chinese
• Sergis Good Food Store
• Shanghai Garden
• Spalding European Food Store
• Spalding Squash Club
• Sultan Kebabs & Pizza
• The American Burger Bar
• Welland Stores
• Darjeeling
• Jet Garage
• Miami
• Mini Europe
• Shanghai Garden
• The Old Black Lion
• Vines

Businesses with 2-star ratings:

• Mace Convenience Store (Fleet)

Businesses with one-star ratings:

• Pizza Perfection (Sutton Bridge) Ltd