TOKA 2022 Magazine
Telling the stories behind the finalists, the work they do on sustainability and even some recipes to give you inspiration.
Highlights
We’ve highlighted some of our favourite finalists, stories and recipes from this year’s magazine
Kent Restaurant of the Year Winner: The Small Holding
Named ‘Chef to Watch’ in The Good Food Guide 2020 and awarded a Green Michelin Star in 2021 and 2022, Will Devlin is chef owner of The Small Holding
A Recipe from Carrington Foods
Carrington's Chilli Rarebit
A Recipe from Crumbs & Treacle
Caramel Cornflake Brownie
A recipe from Macknade
Ginger Pork Meatballs with Green Curry Coconut Sauce
Top Of The Top Fruit
Kent’s tastiest top and soft fruit continues the tradition of putting the county on the producers’ map
A recipe from The Butcher's Block
Local free-range French trimmed pork chop with hispi cabbage, champ mash, roasted apple and Dudda’s Tun cider apple jus.
Kent Prepared Food of the Year Winner: Yes Chef's Steak & Blue Cheese Pie
Yes Chef provides ingredient boxes packed with fresh, local ingredients, delivered to your door for you to prepare wholesome, balanced and fresh food for all the family.
Kent Wine of the Year 2022 Winner: Balfour Brut Rose
Balfour Winery is one of England’s leading wine producers and pioneer for both English traditional method sparkling wines and a new wave of English still wines.
Kent Community Award 2022 Winner: Communigrow
"We promote well-being, community cohesion and ways how communities can reduce the impact we have on the planet."
Kent Beer of the Year Winner: Cellar Head Brewing Company: Session Pale Ale
Cellar Head Brewing Company is a multi-award-winning independent brewery founded five years ago by Chris and Julia McKenzie.
New Kent Food and Drink Product of the Year Winner: Curd & Cure's The Rescue Range Broccoli & Stilton Soup
Exceptional food and drink is never far away!
Kent Dairy Product of the Year Winner: Kentish Blue by Kingcott Dairy
We are Kingcott Dairy – Steve and Karen Reynolds, along with our sons Frank and Archie; dairy farmers and cheesemakers in Staplehurst.
Our Featured Fruit Growers
A C H Farming and J Myatt & Co
Kent Dining Pub of the Year Winner: The Butcher's Block
The Butcher's Block is a laidback country-style pub and restaurant that caters for all the family, including our fourlegged friends.
Kent Sustainable Food & Drink Award Winner: Frasers
Frasers of Coldharbour is a small 300-acre eco-estate that operates on a sustainable ethos. The farm and diversifications are intrinsically linked, ensuring a closed loop system that maximises efficiency. The core business comprises a large commercial kitchen offering on- and off-site catering services.
A recipe from Oink and Udder: Honey and garlic roast pork belly slices
Kent Farmer of the Year Winner: Loddington Farm
Loddington Farm is a fifth-generation top fruit farm in the heart of Kent. Our farming methods are driven by biological processes and we are constantly striving to integrate natural systems into our way of growing food instead of using chemicals to produce nutritious, environmentally-friendly food without sacrificing yield and quality.
Kent Food Retailer of the Year Winner: Detling Community Store
Detling Community Store is at the heart of Detling village and was set up two years ago (as a Community Interest Company).
A recipe from Solley's
The Minty Moo
Kent Non Alcoholic Drink of the Year Winner: Biddenden Vineyards Sparkling Apple Juice
Established in 1969, Biddenden Vineyards is owned and managed by the second and third generations of the Barnes family.
Kent Diversification Award Winner: Reuthe's
Reuthe’s - The Lost Gardens of Sevenoaks is an acclaimed plant nursery and rare species arboretum that has been revisioned as a hospitality business offering catered events and family activities.
Kent Food & Drink Business of the Year Winner: Provenance Potatoes
Provenance Potatoes celebrates its tenth birthday this year – 10 years of providing agronomic and marketing advice to Kent farmers and a decade of supplying top-quality Kent potatoes to all its customers.
