It was the first time the supermarket had won the honour, after years in the British market.
The chain has a workforce of over 29,000, and beat Lidl, Morrisons and Johnson & Johnson to swoop to victory.
Aldi are currently recruiting for 4,000 store vacancies across the UK, and the recent win will certainly boost applicant’s interest in a role.
Matthew Barnes, Chief Executive Officer for Aldi UK and Ireland, said: “We’re thrilled to have been named Employer of the Year at The Grocer Gold Awards.
“We are dedicated to being the best supermarket employer in the UK. Our unprecedented growth in recent years has seen a fleet of new stores opening up and down the country.
“Our plans for ongoing expansion means that we will need more high-performing individuals to help us attain even more exciting growth in the years ahead.”
Aldi overtook the Co-operative to become the fifth largest supermarket in the UK in February 2017.
They are the highest paying supermarket employer in the UK. For the second year in a row, the chain has raised its minimum salary level to £8.53 per hour (£9.75 in London) – significantly higher than the national living wage of £7.20 per hour.
Another reason they took the top spot was their investment in development and training.
This factor is also a reason Aldi took second place in the The Times Top 100 list of graduate employers for 2016, the highest position ever achieved by a retailer since 1999.
Aldi is undergoing worldwide expansion at the moment, and they are throwing billions of pounds at the US market.
They announced on Sunday they would be investing $ 3.4billion (£2.6billion) to expand their US store base to 2,500 by 2022.
They currently operate 1,600 stores across America and earlier this year said they would add 400 more by the end of 2018.
Aldi also said they would spend a massive $ 1.6billion (£1.2billion) to remodel 1,300 of their current stores
The rise of the discount supermarkets in America has forced Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, to trial lower prices in a bid to compete
They are expected to spend $ 6billion (£4.7billion) to regain their title as the low-price leader, analysts have said.
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