Winning the award was well-deserved recognition for Jackie Marwood and her team who have built up the cafe business over the last 10 years to the thriving enterprise it is today.
When Jackie took on the café in 2016 it was a full circle moment for her as her mother ran the café at Leyburn market for many years.
She says: "I had always worked in hospitality but wanted something of my own, so when the opportunity to rent the café from the market came up I grabbed it."
The café is open five days a week and on weekends when other events are being held at the market. In addition, they also regularly cater for vet and breed society meetings, Young Farmers events as well as other social events and funerals.
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The food is all cooked on site with produce sourced locally and they offer a wide choice.
A firm favourite with customers is steak pie which is served every day, along with roast beef and lasagne with another special always on offer, along with a wide range of baked goods and puddings with treacle sponge and apple and raspberry crumble being popular choices.
Jackie employs five full-time staff, including Ruby Thompson who has been there from the start and does a lot of the baking. She says she also gets tremendous support from her family, who are always ready to help out when needed, including her husband, Robert, a farmer.
The café also attracts a huge amount of passing trade, especially wagon drivers, given its location close to a major route, and is well supported by locals with Jackie saying the café is known as ‘Thirsk's best kept secret.'
On winning the award Jackie says: "We've worked really hard over the years to build the café up to what it is today. I was shocked to win but it is nice to be recognised and we had a fabulous night at the awards.
"I'm grateful to all my loyal customers. For many of them it is their social place and the only time they go out and mix with people and where they are able to get a hot dinner.
"When the late market chairman, Mr Woodhead, offered me the chance to rent the café, he said he wanted it to be the heart and soul of the market. I think that is what we have achieved and I hope he would be very proud."
