2020 Dorset Magazine Food, Drink & Farming Award winners
PUBLISHED: 18:52 21 December 2020 | UPDATED: 23:20 21 December 2020
Tom Amery our 2020 Food, Drink & Farming Hero
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Dorset Magazine editor Helen Stiles, donned her mask, grabbed her sanitizer and delivered the awards to this year’s winners
DORSET FOOD, DRINK & FARMING HERO: TOM AMERY
Sponsored by Dorset Food & Drink who are also the Dorset Magazine Food, Drink & Farming Awards headline sponsor
Tom Amery has been around the Dorset food scene for a while, heading up The Wasabi Company - one of the first farms outside Japan to grow wasabi and winner of multiple Great Taste Awards - and the award-winning Brace of Butchers in Poundbury. He is also the MD of The Watercress Company, the UK’s leading watercress grower, and he has taken this locally grown product into some of Dorset’s NHS hospitals setting up fridges with grab bags of free watercress for staff. He is now working with the NHS to get this superfood onto the menu of hospitals, hospices and care facilities.
“He is an impressive individual who really cares about his county and he is passionate about the health benefits of watercress. Tom is a Dorset trailblazer for all the right reasons,” said Helen Stiles, Dorset magazine editor.
Lloyd Brown and David Smith of DarkBear in BridportBEST LOCAL FOOD/ DRINK DELIVERY EXPERIENCE
Winner: DarkBear Bridport
Highly Commended: Seabeats Weymouth and The Dorset Food Co
Eric Tavernier of Les Enfant Terribles in WeymouthCHEF OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by WhitePepper Chef Academy & Cookery School
Winner: Eric Tavernier, Les Enfants Terribles Highly Commended: Jan Bretschneider, Restaurant Roots and Brett Sutton, The White Post
Rebecca Hansford of Furleigh Estate who won the collaboration award with Bothen HillBUSINESS COLLABORATION AWARD
Winner: Furleigh Estate & Bothen Hill Bacchus & Asparagus
Highly Commended: Allen Valley Milk & Pamphill Dairy and Mercato Italiano Bridport Basket
Jamie and Clare Pimbley of The Half Moon at MelplashBEST DINING EXPERIENCE TO GO
Winner: The Half Moon
Highly Commended:Brassica and Truly’s of Westbourne
Anthony Cassar of Fruit N Two Veg in BeaminsterBEST FOOD & DRINK RETAILER Sponsored by NFU Mutual Wessex
Winner:Fruit n Two Veg Highly Commended:Framptons /Le Petit Prince
Jurassic Coast Farm Shop team: Mark Vaughan, James and Eric Sealey based at Winfrith NewburghBEST FARM SHOP Sponsored by Furleigh Estate
Winner: Jurassic Coast Farm Shop
Highly Commended:Felicity’s Farm Shop /Steeptonbill Farm Shop
Mandy and Peter Morgan of The Book & Bucket Cheese Company in CranborneFOOD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Winner: The Book & Bucket Cheese Company
Highly commended:Baboo Gelato /From Dorset With Love
Emma and Alex Young of the Ginger Viking in Blandford
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Saffery Champness Winners: Ginger Viking
Highly Commended: V Dorset Delivery /Weymouth Fresh Fish
Tom Cooper of Barefaced Brewing in Blandford
DRINK PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Barefaced Brewing
Highly Commended:Fountain Rock Coffee Roasters /The Dorset Ginger Company
Nick Pestana of The Old Thatch, WimborneCOMMUNITY FOOD & DRINK INITIATIVE AWARD
Sponsored by Clipper Winner: The Old Thatch
Highly Commended: Lizzie Baking Bird and Sherborne Viral Kindness
