Award winning food and drink in Sussex

Major competitions

• Great Taste Awards
  The Oscars for food and drink producers. Winners are announced in late November.
• British Cheese Awards
  Announced in September each year. Golden Cross Cheeses, High Weald Dairy, and the Traditional Cheese Dairy Company are regular winners.
• The Sussex Food and Drink Awards
  Take place every summer and autumn. Voting closes in October and awards are announced in January.
• Observer Food Monthly
  Regular features and lists of award winners by region as voted by readers.

Top local award winners

We publish details of local success at national events as they become available.

Great Taste Awards 2008 – East Sussex Gold medallists

• Ouse Valley Foods
  Geengage conserve, lemon, honey and cardamon curd.
• Thrilli Foods
  Apple chilli drizzle.
• Boathouse Organic Farm Shop
  Boned and rolled loin of pork.
• Chillipepperpete
  Chipotle chilli salt.
• The Weald Smokery
  Hot-roast smoked salmon, smoked free-range lamb.
• Jethro’s Marinades
  Lemon chilli coriander marinade.
• Judges Bakery
  Organic country sour dough, organic stollen.
• Bookham Fine Foods
  Southdowns slightly salted bacon.
• Southover Food Company
  Free-range ham on the bone, free-range cooked back bacon.
• Fallen Angel Brewery
  Sussex boar hunter fortified mead.
• Stratta
  Sweet black mulberry vinegar, sweet damson vinegar.

British Cheese Awards 2008 winner

• High Weald Dairy
  Ashdown Foresters smoked.

Sussex Food and Drink Awards 2008/09

• Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd
  Winner – drink producer of the year.
• Joshua Cook, The Real Eating Company, Lewes
  Finalist – young chef of the year.
• The Forager, Hove
  Finalist – best Sussex eating experience.
• Cheese Please, Lewes
  Finalist – food shop of the year.
• Jason Clarke, W J Crouch Ltd, Heathfield
  Finalist – butcher of the year.
• Nigel Heath, J Heath and Son, Eastbourne
  Finalist – butcher of the year.
• Ben Trottman, Bens Butchers, Lewes
  Finalist – butcher of the year.
• Egypt Farm, Rushlake Green
  Finalist – producer of the year
• The Happy Pig Company, Pevensey
  Finalist – producer of the year.

Previous Great Taste Award winners

2007

• Stratta
  Sweet redcurrant vinegar .
• Ouse Valley Foods
  Pineapple, lime and lemon marmalade.
• Boathouse Organic Farm
  Organic pork sausage.
• Battle Bake House
  Vanilla almond biscuit.
• Camillas Good Food Company
  Asparagus, spinach and stilton pie.
• Davenport's
  Raspberry roulade.
• The Weald Smokery
  Farmed smoked salmon.
• The Weald Smokery
  Smoked trout fillets.

2006

• Stratta
  Raspberry vinegar, sweet lavender vinegar.
• The Condiment Co
  Raspberry and basil dressing, blue cheese mayonnaise, classic mayonnaise.
• Ouse Valley Foods
  Red chilli jelly.
• Eureka
  Asia’s finest, specialist chilli sauce.
• The Old Granary
  Mocha fudge.
• Boathouse Organic Farm
  Organic pork and apple sausages, organic salami.
• Bairds Farm Shop
  Chicken and ham cold pie.
• Carr Taylor Wines
  Ginger wine.