We announce the finalists of the Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards 2018

PUBLISHED: 14:47 10 September 2018 | UPDATED: 10:42 14 September 2018

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Click here to find out who took home the trophies at the 2018 awards. With thanks to headline sponsor Partridge Muir & Warren.


Outstanding Customer Service (sponsored by studio AV)

• Great Fosters, Egham

• The Green Rooms of Godstone

• The Dorking Butchery


2018 Surrey Food and Drink Hero (sponsored by Martin & Wheatley)

• Woking Food & Drink Festival

• Hogs Back Brewery

• Brendan Gough at The Clink, Sutton


Butcher of the Year

• The Dorking Butchery

• Ben’s Butchery, Epsom

• JL Butchers, West Byfleet


Food Product of the Year (sponsored by Epsom Square)

• Surrey Spice

• Norbury Blue Cheese

• Bramble Farm Turkeys


Drink Product of the Year (sponsored by Liquid Gold Whisky Co.)

• Crumbs Brewing

• Albury Vineyard

• Pilgrim Brewery


Best Farm Shop (sponsored by BBC Radio Surrey)

• Secretts, Milford

• Village Green Farm Shop, Denbies, Dorking

• Priory Farm Shop, South Nutfield


Independent Food & Drink Retailer (sponsored by Artizan Interiors)

• Boz’s Fruit & Veg, Woking

• Ben’s Butchery, Epsom

• East Side Deli, Caterham


Restaurant of the Year (sponsored by Scattergood’s Agency)

• Kinghams, Shere

• The Anchor Ripley

• Sorrel Restaurant, Dorking


Local Tea/Coffee Shop of the Year (sponsored by Steele & Stovell)

• East Side Deli, Caterham

• The Green Rooms of Godstone

• The Dabbling Duck, Shere


Best Local Menu (sponsored by Spokes of Bagshot)

• The Stephan Langton Inn, Abinger Common

• The Plough Inn, Coldharbour

• The Anchor Ripley


Best Surrey Pub (sponsored by Visit Guildford)

• The Abinger Hatch, Abinger Common

• The Barley Mow, Tilford

• The Beehive, Egham


Best Local Food Event/Initiative (sponsored by OKA – Guildford)

• Bake with Jack

• Ripley Farmers’ Market

• Grape & Grain Tours


Newcomer of the Year (sponsored by Porsche Centre Guildford)

• Distillers of Surrey, Ripley

• The Saltbox

• Miss Polly Café, East Molesey


Family Dining Award (sponsored by Harbour Hotel)

• Crown & Cushion, Camberley

• The Bletchingley Arms, Bletchingley

• The Rose and Crown, Egham


Chef of the Year (sponsored by Blades Heating Limited)

• Paul Baker at Kinghams, Shere

• Douglas Balish at Great Fosters, Egham

• Matt Worswick at The Latymer, Bagshot


Pride of Surrey (sponsored by Partridge Muir & Warren)

• To be announced on the evening…