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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