Simply Ice Cream's Heavenly Honeycomb Receives Highly Commended Recognition at the Food Management Today Industry Awards 2026

The Food Management Today Industry Awards are widely regarded as one of the UK's leading awards programmes for the food manufacturing sector, celebrating excellence, innovation and achievement across the industry. The annual awards recognise outstanding businesses spanning food manufacturing, retail, foodservice, ingredient supply, packaging, equipment and product innovation, as well as the individuals helping to shape the future of the UK's food industry.

Simply Ice Cream received the Highly Commended accolade alongside a strong field of finalists that included major national brands like Aldi, Iceland & Lidl, making the recognition a significant achievement for the independent Kent-based business.

Founded by Sally Newall over 20 years ago, Simply Ice Cream has built its reputation on producing luxury artisan ice cream using traditional methods. Every batch is still hand-whisked using fresh cream and milk, with carefully selected natural ingredients and no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.

Sally Newall, Founder of Simply Ice Cream, said:

"We're absolutely delighted to receive this recognition for our Heavenly Honeycomb Ice Cream. To be recognised by the Food Management Today Industry Awards, especially alongside such well-known brands, is a fantastic achievement for our small team. We've always believed that using quality ingredients, keeping our recipes simple and making our ice cream by hand creates something truly special, so it's incredibly rewarding to see that recognised by industry experts."

Heavenly Honeycomb has become one of Simply Ice Cream's signature flavours, combining rich, creamy ice cream with generous pieces of their handmade crunchy honeycomb to create a flavour that has become a firm favourite with customers across the UK.

Over the past two decades, Simply Ice Cream has grown from a family-run business in the Kent countryside into one of the South East's leading artisan ice cream producers. Today, the company offers more than 30 luxury flavours and supplies hundreds of farm shops, cafés, restaurants, hotels and retailers across London and the South East, while continuing to handcraft every batch at its Kent production facility.

The Highly Commended award adds to a growing list of accolades for the business and reflects its ongoing commitment to producing premium artisan ice cream using simple, natural ingredients and traditional craftsmanship.