Newcastle City Council

Heart of Newcastle Award

Excellent food hygiene

Healthy choices

Good for you, Good for Newcastle

The Award provides recognition for food businesses in the City who provide excellent standards of hygiene and healthy choices. The Award is unique to the City of Newcastle and is open to all food businesses. To attain the Award you must:

• Promote and provide healthy food and drink choices
• Have excellent standards of food hygiene.

The Heart of Newcastle Award is free and open to all businesses providing food, for example sandwich shops, takeaways, restaurants, cafes, public houses, hotels, clubs, workplace canteens, leisure and community centres.

The following businesses have received the Award and deserve recognition for promoting and providing healthy food and drink choices in the City.

• Adventurelands, Benton Road, Benton
• Coffee Shop at Age Concern, MEA House, city centre
• Ashleigh College, Elmfield Park, Gosforth
• Baps Sandwich Bar, Pilgrim Street, city centre
• Bishop Ward, Royal Victoria Infirmary, city centre
• Cafe in the Square at Eversheds, Orchard Square, city centre
• Capability’s café, Heaton Road, Heaton
• Centre for Life cafes, Times Square, city centre
• Staff restaurant at Civic Centre, Newcastle City Council, city centre
• Claude Gibb Hall, Northumbria University, city centre
• Dame Allans School, Fowberry Crescent, Fenham
• The Deli, Amethyst Road, Newcastle Business Park
• Ebaps sandwich delivery business
• Eldon Leisure, Eldon Square, city centre
• Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road
• Health Fayre Stotty Shop, Percy Street, city centre
• Kaffeccinos, Grainger Street, city centre 
• Inland Revenue, Benton Park View, Benton Park Road, Benton
• Lifestyle Academy, Newcastle College, Rye Hill Campus, city centre
• Lightfoot Centre, Wharrier Street, Walker
• Staff restaurant at Maersk Marine Services, city centre
• Staff restaurant at Newcastle Building Society, city centre
• Newcastle College - outlets on the Rye Hill Campus, city centre

• Newcastle School for Boys, West Avenue, Gosforth
• Newcastle University, various outlets across the City
• North Rye College, Newlyn Road, Kenton
• Northern Counties School, Great North Road, Jesmond
• Northern Rock, Regent Farm Road, Gosforth
• Northumbria University - outlets on the City campus, city centre
• Staff restaurant at Rural Payments Agency, Newcastle Business Park
• Staff restaurant at Sage, Great North Park, Gosforth
• Staff restaurant at Sanofi, Edgefield Avenue, Fawdon
• Talbot House School, Hexham Road, Walbottle
• Trinity Cafe, Trinity Church, High Street, Gosforth
• Staff restaurant at Wellstream, Wincomblee Road, Walker
• Yo Sushi, Northumberland Street, city centre

Some of the businesses are not open to the public.

• Heart of Newcastle Award - Application Form
• Information Booklet
• Menu Assessment
• Hints and Tips

Further information is available at the following websites:

Eat Well Website

Food Standards Agency Website

Should you require further information about the Award, or think that your food business would be suitable, please contact us on (0191) 211 6102 or by e-mail at rspp@newcastle.gov.uk