FOOD + DRINK
Taste of Kent Awards 2018 cont.
Doug Jackson, George Ashby, Gavin Kean, Gary White & Darren Smith, Kent Wine of the Year: Bacchus 2016 – Chapel Down, Tenterden
Adam Watkins & The Ferryhouse Team Kent Dining Pub or Bistro of the Year: The Ferry House Inn
Alisa Sweeny, Simon & Nadine Morriss Kent Restaurant of the Year: The Buoy & Oyster, Margate
The Doughty team & Mark Lumsdon-Taylor Kent Butcher Shop of the Year: S. W. Doughty, Doddington
Stuart Tricker & Will Boscawen Kent Food Product Classes Awards, Specialist Drinks: Craft Mead with Kent Golding Hops, Marourde
Stuart Tricker, Gemma & Johnny Gormley Kent Food Product Classes Awards, Dairy Class: Pure Whole Milk – Plurenden Manor Farm
Kent Wine of the Year sponsored by NFU Mutual
Winner Bacchus 2016 – Chapel Down, Tenterden
Runners Up Ortega 2016 – Biddenden Vineyards, Biddenden
Sparkling White 2013 – The Mount Vineyard, Shoreham( Sevenoaks)
Kent Dining Pub or Bistro of the Year sponsored by University of Kent
Winner The Ferry House Inn, Isle of Sheppey
Runners Up The George Inn, Molash The Hop & Huffkin, Sandwich
Kent Food Producer of the Year sponsored by Shopper Anonymous
Winner Bessie ' s Tea Parlour- Broadstairs
Runners Up Sissinghurst Pigs, Sissinghurst The Chai Stop, Minster, Thanet
Kent Local Food Retailer of the Year sponsored by Opies
Winner Austens of Rochester, Rochester
Runners Up Barham Village Store, Barham Macknade Fine Foods, Faversham
Kent Restaurant of the Year sponsored by Thomson, Snell & Passmore
Winner The Buoy & Oyster, Margate
Runners Up The Carriage Restaurant, Faversham The Corner House, Canterbury The Mulberry Tree, Boughton Monchelsea
Kent Butcher Shop of the Year
Winner S. W. Doughty, Doddington
Runners Up Southborough Butchers, Tunbridge Wells Stour Valley Game, Chilham
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.
Specialist Drinks
Winner Craft Mead with Kent Golding Hops – Marourde, Mereworth
Highly Commended Canterbury Gin by Canterbury Brewers and Distillers
Bakery and Confectionery
Winner Stoneground Wheat and Barley Flour – Pure Kent, Staplehurst
Dairy Class
Winner Pure Whole Milk – Plurenden Manor Farm, High Halden
Prepared Food
Winner Habanero Chilli Biltong – North Downs Real Food, Lenham
Ambient
Winner Oak Smoked Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil – Pure Kent, Staplehurst
Kent Tastiest Juice of the Year, AC Goatham & Son
Winner Spiced Kent Apple Juice – Owlets Fruit Juice, Lamberhurst
Runners Up: Apple & Cherry Juice – Chegworth Valley, Harrietsham
Apple Juice – Biddenden Vineyards, Biddenden
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