We are delighted to announce this year’s finalists for the Somerset Life Food & Drink Awards
The Somerset Life Food & Drink Awards, to be held at The Somerset County Cricket Club on October 18, will champion the county’s local food and drink heroes. You’ve been nominating your favourite butchers, bakers, brewers, chefs, independent retailers and food champions, among many others, and we are overjoyed to announce this year’s finalists:
Newcomer of the Year
Sponsored by Hawksmoor Investment Management
Cow n Bun, Bridgwater
Gardiner-Whites, Burnham-on-Sea
Sprague’s Butchers, Wellington
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Best Tea/Coffee Shop of the Year
Café Gorge, Cheddar
Lion Rock Tea Rooms, Cheddar
Wookey Hub, Wookey
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Independent Retailer of the Year
Brockley Stores, Brockely
Loders Butchers, Yeovil
Withies Delicatessen, Stoke St Gregory
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Best Product/Producer of the Year
Sponsored by Porter Dodson
Nutts Scotch Eggs, Bleadon
Granny Gothards, Stoke St Gregory
The Sausage Shed, Isle Brewers
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Pub of the Year
Sponsored by Arthur David
The Anchor Inn, Hillfrarrance
Candlelight Inn, Chard
The Babbling Brook Inn, Shurton
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Family Dining Award
The Hood Arms, Kilve
The Duck, Burtle
Purple Spoon Café, Catering & Events, Bridgwater
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Customer Service Award
Sponsored by Ston Easton Park
Sprague’s Butchers, Wellington
Wookey Hub, Wookey
Café Gorge, Cheddar Gorge
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Best Restaurant of the Year
Sponsored by Howards Motor Group
Reeves Restaurant, Dunster
Duende Restaurant, Wiveliscombe
The River Parrett Restaurant, Bridgewater
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Best Hotel Restaurant of the Year
Sponsored by Westchem
The Beach Hotel, @the Galley, Minehead
Dunkery Beacon Country Hotel, The Coleridge, Wootton Courtenay
The Luttrell Arms Hotel, Psalter’s, Dunster
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Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Thatchers
Josh Eggleton, The Pony & Trap, Chew Magna
Liam Finnegan, Castle Bow Restaurant, Castle Bow
Adam Fellows, Goodfellows, Wells
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2018 Food and Drink Hero
Sponsored by N. Notaro Homes
To be announced on the night...
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Head to our Twitter page on October 18 to follow the evening’s events @SomersetLife
See our finalists and winners from the Somerset Life Food & Drink Awards 2017 here.
