The Compact Holding in Kilndown has been topped Restaurant of the Calendar year in the annual Flavor of Kent Awards.
The venue, in the vicinity of Cranbrook, was described by judges as “an unforgettable rural delight” as it was offered with its trophy at last night’s awards ceremony at the Kent Celebration Centre in Detling.
Far more than 400 people gathered to reveal who the winners ended up in the function organised by neighborhood foods and consume organisation Made in Kent. Past year’s occasion was held online due to the Covid crisis.
Floortje Hoette, chief govt of Produced in Kent, claimed: “The judges and I were being blown absent by the extraordinary high-quality of meals and drink we have here in Kent, and it is wonderful to see the assistance for obtaining local has not pale article-pandemic. This year’s winners and finalists have revealed innovation, diversification, sustainable techniques, and huge expertise inside of their expert fields, it makes me enormously happy to spotlight these Kent enterprises.”
The full checklist of Taste of Kent Awards 2022 winners are:
Kent Ambient Product or service of the Calendar year: Bray’s Bees honey (Ditton) Kent Bakery or Confectionery Product of the Yr: Macie Cakes (Herne Bay) Kent Beer of the Year: Cellar Head Brewing Company’s Session Pale Ale (Tunbridge Wells) Kent Cider of the 12 months: Winner: Turners Cider’s Apple Pie Cider (Marden) Kent Dairy Merchandise of the 12 months: Kingcott Dairy’s Kentish Blue (Staplehurst) Kent Non-Alcoholic Drink of the Year: Biddenden Vineyards’ Glowing Apple Juice (Biddenden) Kent Prepared Food Item of the Year: Yes Chef’s Steak and Blue Cheese Pie (Aylesford) Kent Spirit of the Year: Copper Rivet Distillery’s Damson Gin (Chatham) Kent Wine of the 12 months: Balfour Winery’s Brut Rose (Staplehurst) Kent Café of the Yr: Aunt Sally’s Kitchen (Maidstone).
Kent Dining Pub of the Year: The Butcher’s Block (Burham) Kent Restaurant of the Yr: The Small Keeping (Kilndown) Kent Foods Retailer of the Calendar year: Detling Local community Retail store (Detling) Kent Local community Award: Communigrow (East Malling) Kent Diversification Award: Reuthe’s (Sevenoaks) Kent Farmer of the Yr: Loddington Farm (Maidstone) Kent Food or Consume Enterprise of the Year: Provenance Potatoes (Offer) Kent Begin-up Foodstuff & Drink Organization of the Yr: Anne’s Cafe (Folkestone) Kent Sustainable Foods & Consume Award: Frasers (Egerton) New Kent Meals & Drink Merchandise of the Calendar year: Curd & Cure’ Rescue Range Broccoli & Stilton Soup
Kent’s Tastiest Apple: Elverton Farms’ Gala (Faversham) Kent’s Tastiest Pear: B Piper Partnership’s Concorde (Maidstone) Kent’s Tastiest Cherry: A C Hulme & Sons’ Penny wide range (Canterbury) Kent’s Tastiest Raspberry: R C Boucher & Sons’ Driscoll’s Zara range (Sittingbourne) Kent’s Tastiest Strawberry: John Myatt & Co’s Nobility wide range (Rochester).