the Food & Drink Awards - Who are the Winners?
The Winners of The Food & Drink Awards ( and We Won Best Cookbook)
By Limahl Asmall
Ellie's Kitchen is a top UK food blog dedicated to delicious recipes, food news, kitchen gadgets and reviews. This winners list first appeared on Ellie's Kitchen and has been adapted for our website. See more of the Food & Drink Awards.
The Food & Drink Awards have come to an end and it’s time to announce the winners of the first 5 categories. Below are the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, of which I'm thrilled to report we were awarded Best Cookbook. A huge Congratulations to all finalists.
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The Results
Best Spirit
Gold - Best Spirit
Curio Spirits Rock Samphire Gin
Highlights:"Four times distilled rock samphire gin captures the light, fresh sea spray and wild aromas of the Cornish coast. Hand foraged on the local cliff tops, our rock samphire is blended with fragrant botanicals and distilled in small batches for exceptional quality and a delicately smooth gin. We recommend trying it neat with just ice and a garnish."
Silver
Rock Rose Gin
Highlights:
"Rock Rose gin gets its wonderful flavour from an alluring botanical selection including locally harvested Rhodiola Rosea, Rowan Berries, Sea Buckthorn, Blaeberries, Verbena, Coriander Seed, Cardamom and Juniper."
Bronze
Tin Cup Whiskey
Highlights
"Tin Cup is an American Whiskey founded by distilling veteran Jess Graber and bottled in Denver, Colorado. Tin Cup is Jess's take on a Classic American Whiskey, with a Bourbon style profile, but with a more powerful and spicy flavour."
Best Cookbook
Gold - Best Cookbook
Tiny Budget Cooking - by Limahl Asmall
Highlights
"Tiny Budget Cooking contains 4 weekly meal plans, price-checked shopping lists, ingredient swaps to personalised recipes and all for a small budget of £21.00 per week. Each recipe also cooks in 15-30 minutes, helping you save money, waste less food and eat better. Published by Bluebird books."
Silver
The Flexible Vegetarian - by Jo Pratt
Highlights
"Whether you’re an occasional meat-eater, a vegetarian who needs to cook for meat-eaters, or even a dedicated veggie, you’ll find something for you in this book. Choose between cooking each recipe as a completely vegetarian dish, or select to add one of the simple meat, chicken or fish additions, making them suitable for meat-free days and meat-eaters alike."
Bronze
5 Ingredient Quick & Easy Food - by Jamie Oliver
Highlights
"It's all about making the journey to good food, super-simple. Every recipe uses just five key ingredients, ensuring you can get a plate of food together fast, whether it's finished and on the table super-quickly, or after minimal hands-on prep. With every recipe you'll find a visual ingredient guide, serving size, timings, a short, easy-to-follow method, and quick-reference nutritional information."
Best Beer
Gold - Best Beer
Goa Beer
Highlights
"Gluten free beer brewed using a unique malt and maize based recipe is produced in Goa, India. The tropical weather works alchemy on the water giving Goa Premium Beer it's crisp, refreshing flavour."
Silver
Meantime Yakima Red
Highlights
"Meantime set their sights on a beer that would tantalise the most discerning taste buds. So they sourced special hops from Washington State’s Yakima Valley. Every year they reserve five varieties for the mighty American style red: expect a restrained bitterness with spectacular fruity, citrus flavours and a ruby red colour."
Bronze
Celia Czech Lager
Highlights
"Enjoy the clean and refreshing finish of this sandy-hued lager that has the benefit of being gluten-free and vegan friendly. Moravian malt and single Saaz hops impart a delicate bitterness with a hint of citrus fruits and grass giving a clean refreshing finish."
Best Soft Drink
Gold - Best Soft Drink
The Skinny Caffe - 28 Day Skinny Tea Strawberry and Pineapple
Highlights
"Recommended for those looking to lose weight, fast and naturally. The programs are delicious and designed to boost your metabolism, burn fat, increase energy levels throughout the day and suppress your appetite. Contains natural, premium ingredients ethically sourced."
Silver
Shaken Udder - Strawberries & Clotted Cream Milkshake
Highlights
"Shaken Udder is about delicious milkshakes, made with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives!"
Bronze
London Essence Co - Rhubarb and Cardamom soda
Highlights
"Distilling the true flavour of fine fruits and botanicals, London Essence Co calibrate sodas of true delicacy. This carefully crafted soda combines the earthy tartness of rhubarb and a soft sweetness with subtle aromatic notes from their signature cardamom distillate."
Best free-from Food
Gold - Best free-from Food
A2 Milk
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Highlights
"a2 Milk is pure cows milk but unlike regular milk it naturally contains only the easy to digest a2 protein. 100% free from a1 protein that many people struggle to digest. A2 Milk works with farmers to hand select cows that naturally produce only A2 protein and no A1. Nothing added, nothing taken away, just easier to digest cows’ milk."
Silver
Wellaby's Simple Bakes
Highlights
"Simple Bakes is the first wholegrain snack that will tantalise your taste buds from the very first crunch, while being completely free from most common allergens. Gluten free, non-gmo, no dairy, cholesterol free, nut and eggs free, less than 100 calories per serving, no artificial flavours or colours, 0g trans fats."
Bronze
Asda - Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Highlights
"Gluten and wheat free. Oaty crunch with milk and dark choc chunks. No artificial colours, flavours or hydrogenated fat. Suitable for vegetarians."
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