Dorset Magazine Food, Drink & Farming Awards 2014 – winners announced
PUBLISHED: 15:09 05 December 2014 | UPDATED: 15:27 06 November 2017

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Finalists, judges, sponsors and the Dorset Magazine team headed to The Exchange, Sturminster Newton for the #DFDFA’s on Thursday 20 November.
Dorset partner: Dorset Food & Drink
Newcomer of the Year - Sponsored by The Stable
• WINNER: Southbourne Ales, Southbourne
• FINALIST: Bellair Haye Pork, Charmouth
• FINALIST: Soulshine Cafe, Bridport
Butcher of the Year - Sponsored by Country Smallholding
• WINNER: S J Harvel Butchers , Iwerne Minster
• FINALIST: Else Family Butchers, Stalbridge
• FINALIST: Webb’s Butchers, Ferndown
Independent Retailer of the Year - Sponsored by Ford Farm
• WINNER: Town Mill Cheesemonger, Lyme Regis
• FINALIST: The Baking Bird, Upwey
• FINALIST: Dike & Son, Stalbridge
Best Dorset Cream Tea - Sponsored by Dorset Tea
• WINNER: Moreton Tea Rooms, Dorchester
• FINALIST: Worth Matravers Tea & Supper Room
• FINALIST: Highcliff Grill Restaurant & Bar, Bournemouth
Best Farm Shop - Sponsored by Williams Florist
• WINNER: Felicity’s Farm Shop, Morcombelake
• FINALIST: Gold Hill Organic Farm Shop, Child Okeford
• FINALIST: Washingpool Farm Shop, Bridport
Best Farmers’ Market - Sponsored by Dorset Food & Drink
• WINNER: Bridport Famers’ Market, Bridport, (Dorset Farmers’ Market)
• FINALIST: Sherborne Famers’ Market, Sherborne (Dorset Farmers’ Market)
• FINALIST: Real Food Bus (Peasant Evolution Producers’ Co-Operative)
Food/Drinks Producer of the Year - Sponsored by Orchard Park
• WINNER: From Dorset With Love, Blandford Forum
• FINALIST: Chococo, Swanage
• FINALIST: Langham Wine Estate, Dorchester
Pub of the Year - Sponsored by The Exchange
• WINNER: The White Post, Rimpton
• FINALIST: The Three Horseshoes Inn, Powerstock
• FINALIST: The Kings Arms, Portesham
Restaurant of the Year - Sponsored by Farrow & Ball
• WINNER: The Dining Room, Weymouth
• FINALIST: Sienna, Dorchester
• FINALIST: Tierra Kitchen, Lyme Regis
Chef of the Year - Sponsored by Talbot Heath
• WINNER: Greg Etheridge, Number 9, Wimborne
• FINALIST: Brett Sutton, The White Post, Rimpton
• FINALIST: Mark Hartstone, La Fosse, Cranborne
2014 Food & Drink Hero - Sponsored by Bournemouth University
• WINNER: Gary Kilminster, Bournemouth & Poole College Junior Chefs’ Academy
2014 Farming Hero
Sponsored by Dorset Magazine
• WINNER: Mark Botwright, South West Garlic Farm
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