About Us
Yummy Yorkshire was born in April 2007, at the start of one of the wettest summers on record.
However, founders Jeremy and Louise Holmes didn’t let this little setback stop them and went on to sell a record amount of their luxurious creamy ice cream. In fact, Yummy Yorkshire ice cream proved so popular that at the end of the summer, they decided they should probably stop selling ice cream from the farm gates and build a proper shop.
And so they converted two redundant calf pens into a small, rustic ice cream parlour and coffee shop, which opened its doors in July 2008. Soon though, even this wasn’t big enough and in January 2012, an even bigger and better ice cream parlour was opened with a little help from a DEFRA match funding grant.
Since then Louise and Jeremy haven’t looked back and in addition to finding new ways of improving customer facilities on the farm, they are continually developing new ice cream flavours and expanding their network of distributors and stockists.
Our Awards & Achievements
We’re passionate about ice cream and work hard to produce the best quality ice cream possible. So we’re extremely proud to have achieved the following ‘pats on the back’ and industry recognition for Yummy Yorkshire.
- 2012 Forward Ladies Women in Business Awards - Louise Holmes voted Winner of ‘Best Home-based Business Woman’
- 2012 Huddersfield Examiner Business Awards - commendation in the ‘Huddersfield - Place to Make it’ category.
- 2012 deliciouslyorkshire Awards - finalist in the dairy category with Spicy Chai Tea ice cream
- 2012 Great Taste Awards - Gold Star rating for White Chocolate & Cherry Ripple
- 2012 Yorkshire Post Taste Awards - finalist in the Best Dairy Category with Lottie Shaw’s ‘Seriously Good Yorkshire Parkin’ ice cream.
- 2012 Great Yorkshire Show - 3rd place for Beetroot ice cream
- 2011 Yorkshire Post/York Food Festival 'Taste Yorkshire Award ' - finalist with Chilli Jam ice cream
- 2011 Great Yorkshire Show - 3rd place for Lou’s Liquorice ice cream in the ‘dairy ice cream with brown flavours’ category
- 2011 Great Taste Awards - 2 Gold Stars for Salted Caramel and one Gold Star for Beetroot ice cream
- 2010 Forward Ladies Women in Business Awards - finalist in the home-based business category
- 2010 Great Taste Awards - 1 Gold Star Award from the Guild of Fine Food for our Blueberry Ice Cream flavour
- 2010 Yorkshire Post/York Food Festival 'Taste of Yorkshire Award ' - shortlisted
- 2009/2010 The Mayor of Kirklees’ Local Food Awards - Local Food Producer (Prepared Produce) of the Year
- 2010 Yorkshire Rural Awards - Food & Drink Producer of the Year
- February 2010 Business of the Month Award, Eaton Smith Solicitors
- 2009 Great Taste Awards - 3 Gold Star Award from the Guild of Fine Food for Lou’s Liquorice Ice Cream flavour
- 2009 Deliciouslyorkshire Food and Drink Awards - best Dairy Product and Supreme Product of the Year, again for our Lou’s Liquorice Ice Cream
- 2008 Yorkshire Post/York Food Festival 'Taste of Yorkshire Award' - finalist
- Various diplomas in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 ICA National Ice Cream Competitions.
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