Winner Butcher of the Year at the Surrey Life Food and Drink Awards 2015

PUBLISHED: 00:30 11 September 2015 | UPDATED: 16:14 15 September 2015

Surrey Hills: Craig Kitterman, Simon Taylor, Oliver Goss, Charlie Hoare

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Judges were looking for butchers whose skill is undoubted and who help keep the food miles down

Surrey Life Food and Drink Awards 2015

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Winner: Simon Taylor

“From his relationship with a local chicken farm to passing on his skills to students of a local school, Simon Taylor is bringing traditional butchery into a modern age of sustainability where butchers are respected, trusted and appreciated for their invaluable link between local farms and the dinner table,” said judge Charlie Hoare, Director of catering and hospitality at Huntington House and Langham Court.

Highly commended: Black Barn Butchers

Highly commended: Graham Turner Butchers

Find out more about the finalists.

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