FOOD + DRINK
TASTE OF KENT AWARDS 2017 cont.
KENT TASTIEST JUICE OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY AC GOATHAM & SON
Winner: The Cherry Berry Company, Bexleyheath Runners Up: Biddenden Vineyards, Biddenden Nightingales( Gibbet Oak), Tenterden
KENT LOCAL FOOD RETAILER OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY OPIES
Winner: Macknade Fine Foods, Faversham Runners Up: Gibbet Oak Farm Shop, Tenterden Groombridge Farm Shop, Groombridge
KENT FISHMONGER OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Winner: Hollowshore Fisheries, Faversham Runners up: Aldington Fresh Foods, Ashford Hales & Moore, Rainham
KENT FOOD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY SHOPPER ANONYMOUS
Winner: Bessie’ s Tea Parlour, Broadstairs Runners up: Crossways Pigs, Sissinghurst MightyFineThings, Faversham
KENT RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY THOMSON SNELL & PASSMORE
Winner: The Corner House, Minster Runners up: The Mulberry Tree, Boughton Monchelsea Saltwood on the Green, Saltwood
KENT FARMERS’ MARKET OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY HADLOW COLLEGE
Winner: Tonbridge Farmers Market Runners Up: Cliftonville Farmers Market Shipbourne Farmers Market
A wide range of products have also been entered for the Kent Food Product Classes Awards, sponsored by Shepherd Neame. These classes are not open to public vote and products are submitted by the businesses to an independent expert panel who then select an overall winner.
AMBIENT CLASS
Winner: Spicy Apple Chutney – Heidi Jane Preserves, Farningham
BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY CLASS
Winner: The Captain’ s Crackers Kentish Ale & Rosemary – The Zingiberri Bakery, Herne Bay
DAIRY CLASS
Winner: Cowslip Butter – Cheesemakers of Canterbury
Kent Fishmonger of the Year – Keith Williams from The University of Kent with: Abbie Walpole, Samuel Mount,
Barry Walpole & Sophie Mount of Hollowshore Fisheries
Restaurant of the Year – Alisa Sweeney of Thompson Snell & Passmore, Matt & Emma Sworder, Emma May, Mark Cragg, Aby Baillet & Glenn White from The Corner House
Kent Farmer’ s Market of the Year – Mark Lumsdon-Taylor from Hadlow Group with Steve Wood from Tonbridge
Farmers Market
Kent Food Product of the Year – Iain Hawthorn from HSBC with Heidi Jane for Spiced Apple Chutney
Kent Food Producer of the Year – Mark Perkins from Shopper Anonymous with Karen & Gabriella Evans, Jess Andrews & Beth Gibson from Bessie’ s Tea Parlour
Julie Maddocks
( presenter at TOKA), Amanda Cottrell OBE – Patron of Produced in Kent, Andy Garland –
BBC Radio Kent
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