A UNIQUE farm food business offering ‘true seasonal dining’ is celebrating a hat trick of success.

Groobarbs Field Kitchen won gold in the Best Large Restaurant category at the Taste Cheshire awards.

The team also scooped bronze for Sustainability for Groobarbs Wild Farm and silver for Food Producer of the Year for their veg boxes, the Groobox.

Farmer David Fryer and wife Becky opened Groobarbs Field Kitchen in August 2022, offering ‘true seasonal dining’ using ingredients grown and harvested just metres away on the farm.

Becky said: “We are very honoured to win this award.

“We faced some tough competition in this category, so to win this award being open for a little over one year was very unexpected and the whole team are thrilled.”

Chester and District Standard: Groobarbs team celebrate winning three awards, from left, Laura Barker, Mark Price, Liga Stirans, David Fryer, Ilmars Stirans, Maryna Karnaugkh, Sara Reeve, Thea Field and front, Dan RushbrookGroobarbs team celebrate winning three awards, from left, Laura Barker, Mark Price, Liga Stirans, David Fryer, Ilmars Stirans, Maryna Karnaugkh, Sara Reeve, Thea Field and front, Dan Rushbrook (Image: Supplied)

Judges at Taste Cheshire said: "The winner in this category has created something truly special.

“They demonstrate regional and local dishes in a way no one else in the category did.

“A menu curated with locality at heart. BeauIful presentation, fresh and full of flavour.

“The stunning floor to ceiling windows literally show you where your food is from and the wonderful staff provide clear information and spot on recommendations."

Chester and District Standard: Guests enjoy lunch at Groobarbs Field KitchenGuests enjoy lunch at Groobarbs Field Kitchen (Image: Supplied)

The kitchen has been developed inside a beautifully converted barn at Groobarbs Wild Farm.

Guests can watch chefs at work as a large open kitchen runs the full length of the venue and sits at the heart of the modern rustic barn.

Vast bi-folding doors wrapping two sides of the barn provide views straight out onto the fields from which the organically inspired products are lovingly grown and picked.

Chester and District Standard: Vast bi-folding doors provide views straight out onto the fields from which the organically inspired products are lovingly grown and pickedVast bi-folding doors provide views straight out onto the fields from which the organically inspired products are lovingly grown and picked (Image: Supplied)

Esteemed chef Mark Price, who gained a Michelin listing at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage Garden, heads up the kitchen.

The couple bought a small patch of land in High Legh in 2013 and started growing crops and packing veggie boxes at home.

The pair brought their produce to local artisan markets every weekend for seven years to make their fledgling enterprise viable.

Chester and District Standard: A summer evening in Grooobarbs Field KitchenA summer evening in Grooobarbs Field Kitchen (Image: Supplied)

During the pandemic, the business grew seven-fold in just one month.

More land was purchased, including 60 acres at Great Budworth, which now forms the bulk of the veg box supply.

The team now delivers it popular Grooboxes to homes across Cheshire, Manchester and Liverpool.