The six successful villages were Caistor in North Lincolnshire, Newstead in Nottinghamshire, Myddfai and Talgarth in South Wales, Tideswell in the Peak District and Honeystreet in Wiltshire.
The Learning Awards villages were Howey in Powys, Lochinver in Sutherland, Ballygalley in County Antrim and West Wemyss in Fife.
Following the BBC1 broadcast in August and September 2011, a Learning Campaign - Village SOS Active - was launched to encourage rural communities to regenerate through business enterprise.
A national and a series of regional conferences were run in late 2011 to enable communities to learn from existing projects and share ideas.
The activities that Taste Tideswell are undertaking fall under the following headings: Grow It, Cook It, Make It, Sell It and Share It.