The winners of the Sussex Food and Drink Awards 2007/08:

Brighton

Best Sussex Eating Experience: sponsored by Business Link, helping link the producers with local restaurants, pubs and other outlets
Winner: The Fox Inn, Felpham
Runners up: Pestle and Mortar, Worthing and the forager pub, Hove

Best Sussex Food Shop: sponsored by Strutt & Parker, leading Sussex property agents for land owners and farmers
Winner:  Crumbs of Sussex, Washington 
Runners up:  Bill’s Produce Store, Lewes and SUSSEX AND THE CITY, Brighton

Best Sussex Farmer’s Market: sponsored by the awards creators: Priory PR & Events, A Taste of Sussex, the food and drink division of Sussex Enterprise and JUSTBIZ web solutions.
Winner:  Uckfield Farmers Market
Runners up: Brighton & Hove Farmers Market and Shoreham Farmers Market

Sussex Butcher of the Year: sponsored by SEEDA, encouraging butchers to support their local farmers
Winner:  J HEATH & SON BUTCHERS, Eastbourne
Runners up:  Bramptons Butchers Ltd, Brighton; Ben’s Butchers, Lewes and Hutchings, Partridge Green 

Best Sussex Food Producer: sponsored by Budgens, which stocks a wide range of Sussex produce
Winner:  Prosperity Brownies, Shoreham-by-sea
Runners up:  Bookham Fine Foods Ltd, Twineham; Cocoa Loco, Partridge Green and The Relish In Spice Company, Arundel

Best Sussex Drink Producer: sponsored by Mayo Wynne Baxter, leading law firm in Sussex.
Winner:  Hepworth & Company (Brewers) Ltd, Horsham
Runners up: Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd, Lewes and RidgeView Estate Winery Ltd, Ditchling Common

Sussex Farmer of the Year: sponsored by Lloyds TSB Agriculture, rewarding the biggest contribution to promoting local produce in the county.
Winner:  Farmer Tim Hoare – Adsdean Farm, Funtington, Chichester
Runners up: Farmers Trevor and Jenny Passmore – Church Farm, Lancing; Farmer Martin Hole – Montague Farm, Hankham, nr Pevensey; Farmer Cathy Swingland – Clayton Organic Farm & hen on the gate farmshop, Mayfield, East Sussex; Farmers Shon and Simon Sprackling – Sandilands Farm, near Rogate; Karl Barton – The Goodwood Estate Co. Ltd.

The awards are organised by Priory PR & Events, a leading Sussex PR and events agency, with support from A Taste of Sussex, the food and drink division of Sussex Enterprise, JUSTBIZ web solutions and media partners The Argus and Leaders and BBC Southern Counties Radio.