Award-Winning Food, Made By Us In Suffolk

We’re incredibly proud of the recognition The Artisan Smokehouse has received since we started back in 2010. What began with a smoker, a lot of experimentation and more than a few expensive mistakes has grown into a small, multi award-winning smokehouse producing smoked foods and hampers from our little barn in Suffolk.

For us, awards aren't the reason we make food the way we do — but they're a lovely acknowledgement of the care, time and attention that goes into every batch.

Many of our awards recognise the food we make ourselves, from our smoked duck and beef to smoked salmon and smoked olives. We've also been fortunate enough to receive recognition for The Artisan Smokehouse as a business.

A Few Of Our Achievements Over The Years

Over the years, our work has been recognised by a range of respected food and business awards, including:

  • Great Taste Awards — multiple awards across our smoked foods and other products
  • Farm Shop & Deli Awards - Best Online Business finalist
  • British Foodies Meat Champion
  • Suffolk Food & Drink Awards – Pride of Suffolk
  • Taste of Excellence – Pig & Poultry Awards
  • Rural Business Awards – Regional Winner
  • Small Food Awards – Charcuterie Winner
  • MasterChef Producers Bursary Awards
  • Best in Show recognition

These awards span both our products and the business itself, and we're particularly proud of the mix of national and regional recognition we've received.

Our Award-Winning Smoked Foods

Many of the foods we make here at The Artisan Smokehouse have received recognition at some of the UK's most respected food awards. From our smoked meats and salmon to smoked cheese, olives and rapeseed oil, we're rather proud of the products that have caught the judges' attention over the years.

  • Slices of smoked duck on a wooden board

    Smoked Duck Breast

    Our smoked duck is one of the products we're proudest of, winning Double Gold at the Great Taste Awards and the Taste of Excellence category at the Pig & Poultry Awards, earning its place as one of our best selling products.

    Great Taste judges praised its pleasing texture, well-balanced flavour and refined smokiness, as well as the care taken in its preparation.

    Discover our Smoked Duck
  • White bowl filled with green smoked olives on a wooden surface

    Smoked Olives

    Our smoked olives won Gold at the Great Taste Awards, recognising these large, juicy Gordal olives from Seville and the delicate smokey flavour we give them here at the smokehouse.

    Gently smoked over maple wood and marinated with herbs, spices and green chilli, they're a deliciously moreish addition to sharing boards or simply enjoying on their own.

    Discover our Smoked Olives
  • Sliced of smoked beef fillet with pickles on a wooden board

    Smoked Beef Fillet

    Our smoked beef fillet has won Triple Gold at the Great Taste Awards and was also named Young British Foodies Meat Category Winner.

    Made from 28-day dry-aged British beef fillet, it is carefully cured, dried and gently smoked over maple wood to create a wonderfully tender piece of beef with a delicate smokey flavour.

    Discover our Smoked Beef
  • Smoked salmon slices on a wooden board with salt and capers.

    Smoked Salmon

    Our smoked salmon was awarded Gold at the Great Taste Awards and is prepared using traditional dry curing before being gently smoked over maple wood.

    We take our time with every side, producing salmon with a delicate smokey flavour, firm texture and beautiful appearance that has made it a firm favourite with our customers.

    Discover our Smoked Salmon
  • Three bottles of Artisan Smokehouse Maple Smoked Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil on a shelf

    Smoked Suffolk Rapeseed Oil

    Our award-winning smoked rapeseed oil is made with rich, nutty extra virgin rapeseed oil, cold-pressed from rapeseed grown on a local Suffolk farm. We gently smoke it over maple wood here at the smokehouse, creating a subtle smokey flavour and aroma. It was awarded Gold at the Great Taste Awards, and we're particularly proud to produce it right here in Suffolk.

    Discover our Smoked Rapeseed Oil
The Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards logo

Recognition for the business we’ve built

Finalist – Best Online Business, 2024

In 2024, we were delighted to be named a finalist in the Best Online Business category at the Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards, held at the NEC, Birmingham.

Shortlisted from hundreds of entries, the recognition meant a great deal to us because it wasn't simply about one product — it was recognition of the business we've built and the way we've brought our little Suffolk smokehouse to customers across the UK.

Read the story behind our finalist recognition

What Our Customers Say...

Delicious!
"The reviews of the Smoked Duck Breasts convinced us that the writers truly knew what they were talking about, so we put our faith in The Artisan Smokehouse and placed our first order. We are delighted! Every part of the process was simple and efficient. The delivery, packaging and products were fantastic. We are delighted to have found a good, honest and delicious company."

Smoked Duck Breast

C. Fennell

100/10 - Delicious and top tier service:
"Will be ordering again and again and again! WOW, there simply isn't words for how incredible the cuts of meat were. Also the service received was fantastic after i messed up my order and they resolved it immediately with a good dose of humor. Wonderful company and staff."

Smoked Beef Fillet

C. Whitney

Absolutely delicious side of smoked salmon:
"Beautifully cured, delicately smoky and incredibly fresh. The quality really stood out, with a perfect texture and depth of flavour that made it feel like a real treat."

Smoked Salmon

C. Burman

"I was beginning to think that smoked Stilton just didn’t exist. I certainly couldn’t find it on the high street. And I looked.Regardless, I can’t recommend The Artisan Smokehouse highly enough. The cheese arrived on the day I had selected for it to arrive, and I was kept abreast of the delivery. I was also impressed with how it was packaged - in a foil jiffy bag, along with an ice pack. Best of all, though, was the flavour of the cheese, which lived up to all expectations. I would certainly order from The Artisan Smokehouse again."

Smoked Stilton

H. Gilmour

Exceptionally Tasty Smoked Bacon:
"10/10
I will most certainly be ordering from you again."

Smoked Bacon

D. Pike

Brilliant Present:
"We bought this as a gift for a friend who is gluten free. He absolutely loved it. Really good products included in the hamper. The communication prior to dispatch was also excellent. Would definitely purchase again from this company."

Gluten free Hamper

G. Webb

Delicious smoked duck breast:
"Very good smoked duck leagues ahead of shop bought/supermarket offerings. Not even M&S couldmatch this. Dry cured and delicious."

Smoked Duck

Michael B.

Smoked Prosciutto:
“Absolutely delicious, we also had the smoked goats cheese which was so tasty. We will definitely be ordering again!”

Smoked Prosciutto

Author Susan G.

Awesome:
"Adds a wonderful flavour to dishes.
Just opening the jar and having a sniff is pretty good too!"

Smoked Dried Garlic

R. Chambers

More Than Awards

We're very proud of our awards, but we don't make food to win competitions. We make it because we genuinely love good food and because we're fussy about what we put our name to.

Everything we smoke is produced in small batches, with traditional curing and smoking methods, carefully chosen ingredients and plenty of hands-on attention from us.
That's the bit that matters most.

Awards are lovely, but there's another kind of recognition that means just as much to us: customers coming back time and time again and telling us how much they've enjoyed what we've made.

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