Five Edinburgh businesses crowned winners at the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2026
National gongs for Edinburgh food and drink businesses
Five food and drink businesses from Edinburgh have been crowned winners at the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2026.
The Capital businesses picked up six of the industry’s most prestigious accolades on Thursday, September 24, including the coveted Product of the Year category, which was won by Edgefield Craft Butchers in Loanhead for its dry aged prime rib from native Scotch cattle, which also won Scotch Brand Product of the Year.
Product of the Year is awarded to the category winner who scored the highest marks among the panel of judges made up of experts from retail, foodservice and hospitality.
Edgefield Craft Butchers’ prime rib was praised by judges for its depth of flavour, juicy, melt in the mouth texture, and exceptional quality. Edgefield Craft Butchers was founded in 2024 by fourth-generation butcher, Simon Gilmour, and supplies Scotland’s leading chefs and restaurants with premium meat.
Simon Gilmour, founder and CEO of Edgefield Craft Butchers, said: "It’s an honour to win both Scotch Brand Product of the Year and the overall Product of the Year. We are quite a new company, so to be in the position to win an award like this is just such a ‘pinch me’ moment. The team have worked very hard to get us here, so this award really belongs to them.
"Some of the best food and drink companies in the world are here in Scotland, and we’re very lucky to have the larder we do. For us here at Edgefield to be on that radar now is pretty special.
"Our dry aged prime rib has been born, reared and slaughtered in Scotland, so it’s Scotch through and through.”
Leith-based Woven Whisky Maker picked up the Distilling Product of the Year (Dark Spirits) award for its woven WXC coffee infused whisky.
While, East Pizzas, based at Gracemount Business Pavilion, won the award for Grocery Product of the Year for its topped spicy pizza, Bon Accord Soft Drinks’s rhubarb soda was named Healthy or Free From Product of the Year, and Howies Restaurants won the Independent Business of the Year award.
The Edinburgh winners were announced alongside businesses from across Scotland at the award ceremony in Glasgow, highlighting the breadth and diversity of the country's food and drink sector. Other winners included Benbecula-based Salar Smokehouse whose Flaky Smoked Salmon won in both the Artisan and Fish & Seafood Product of the Year categories.
Iain Baxter, chief executive at Scotland Food & Drink, said: "Seeing winners from every corner of the country reflects the strength of our sector. From the northern isles to the borders, from Aberdeen to the Hebrides, the quality and variety of what our producers make is remarkable.
“The Excellence Awards are the gold-standard that every food and drink brand in Scotland aspires to, and our winners thoroughly deserve to be celebrated for their achievements.
“Congratulations to all our winners, and to those who were shortlisted. We look forward to seeing them all continue to innovate, prioritise quality, and shine a light on our incredible food and drink sector.”
For over two decades, The Excellence Awards have brought together Scotland's finest producers with key decision makers and influencers from across the industry.