We announce the winners of the Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards 2018
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After a glittering ceremony at G Live Guildford on 13 September, we announce the winners of the 2018 Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards
Click here to find out more about the awards. With thanks to headline sponsor Partridge Muir & Warren.
Outstanding Customer Service (sponsored by studio AV)
• Winner: The Dorking Butchery
• Highly commended: Great Fosters, Egham
• Highly commended: The Green Rooms of Godstone
Best Farm Shop (sponsored by BBC Radio Surrey)
• Winner: Priory Farm Shop, South Nutfield
• Highly commended: Secretts, Milford
• Highly commended: Village Green Farm Shop, Denbies, Dorking
Newcomer of the Year (sponsored by Porsche Centre Guildford)
• Winner: The Saltbox
• Highly commended: Distillers of Surrey, Ripley
• Highly commended: Miss Polly Café, East Molesey
Best Local Food Event/Initiative (sponsored by OKA – Guildford)
• Winner: Grape & Grain Tours
• Highly commended: Bake with Jack
• Highly commended: Ripley Farmers’ Market
Butcher of the Year
• Winner: The Dorking Butchery
• Highly commended: Ben’s Butchery, Epsom
• Highly commended: JL Butchers, West Byfleet
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Local Tea/Coffee Shop of the Year (sponsored by Steele & Stovell)
• Winner: The Dabbling Duck, Shere
• Highly commended: East Side Deli, Caterham
• Highly commended: The Green Rooms of Godstone
Drink Product of the Year (sponsored by Liquid Gold Whisky Co.)
• Winner: Albury Vineyard
• Highly commended: Crumbs Brewing
• Highly commended: Pilgrim Brewery
Restaurant of the Year (sponsored by Scattergood’s Agency)
• Winner: Sorrel Restaurant, Dorking
• Highly commended: Kinghams, Shere
• Highly commended: The Anchor Ripley
Food Product of the Year (sponsored by Epsom Square)
• Winner: Bramble Farm Turkeys
• Highly commended: Surrey Spice
• Highly commended: Norbury Blue Cheese
Independent Food & Drink Retailer (sponsored by Artizan Interiors)
• Winner: Boz’s Fruit & Veg, Woking
• Highly commended: Ben’s Butchery, Epsom
• Highly commended: East Side Deli, Caterham
Best Local Menu (sponsored by Spokes of Bagshot)
• Winner: The Plough Inn, Coldharbour
• Highly commended: The Stephan Langton Inn, Abinger Common
• Highly commended: The Anchor Ripley
2018 Surrey Food and Drink Hero (sponsored by Martin & Wheatley)
• Winner: Woking Food & Drink Festival
• Highly commended: Hogs Back Brewery
• Highly commended: Brendan Gough at The Clink, Sutton
Family Dining Award (sponsored by Harbour Hotel)
• Winner: Crown & Cushion, Camberley
• Highly commended: The Bletchingley Arms, Bletchingley
• Highly commended: The Rose and Crown, Egham
Chef of the Year (sponsored by Blades Heating Limited)
• Winner: Douglas Balish at Great Fosters, Egham
• Highly commended: Paul Baker at Kinghams, Shere
• Highly commended: Matt Worswick at The Latymer, Bagshot
Best Surrey Pub (sponsored by Visit Guildford)
• Winner: The Barley Mow, Tilford
• Highly commended: The Abinger Hatch, Abinger Common
• Highly commended: The Beehive, Egham
Pride of Surrey (sponsored by Partridge Muir & Warren)
• Winner: F Conisbee & Son, East Horsley