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Competition Winners

MarchApril 2023
Win a family weekend ticket to the English Riviera Music Festival
Anne Lillie, Cornwall
Alan Johnson, Devon

JanuaryFebruary 2023
Win a copy of the Àclèaf cookbook
Heather Mulhall, Devon

NovemberDecember 2022
Win a Fallow Doe Hamper
Julie Clarke, Devon

MarchApril 2022
Win a box of Signature Eighteen Chocolates
Julie Richards, Wiltshire

Win a Waterhouse Fayre cream tea
TBC (Closing date 30 June 2022)

Win a two-course lunch for two at The Railway Inn
TBC (Closing date 28 February 2022)

Win Waterhouse Fayre’s Strictly Fruit range
TBC (Closing date 31 December 2021)

NovemberDecember 2021
Win a Christmas Hamper from The Bay Tree
Mark Holmes, East Yorkshire

Win festive food and drink
Christine Westlake, Braunton, Devon

Win a Festive Chocolate Orange cake from The Gift of Cake
Kerry Taylor, Buckinghamshire

SeptemberOctober 2021
Win a three-course dinner at The Bear & Blacksmith
TBC (Closing date 30 September 2021)

JulyAugust 2021
Win a copy of A Taste of the West Country
Sharon Kempson, South Molton, Devon

Win Sunday lunch and dessert for two at the Pig & Whistle
TBC. Please bear with us! The Pig & Whistle has the list of competition entrants and will announce a winner when the uncertainty of Covid has passed.

MayJune 2021
Win a three-course lunch for two at The Royal Oak, Meavy
TBC. Please bear with us! The Royal Oak has the list of competition entrants and will announce a winner when the uncertainty of Covid has passed.

Win a Sunday roast for four people at The Cridford Inn, Trusham
Karen Brady

MarchApril 2021
Win a dining package for Àclèaf at Boringdon Hall near Plymouth
TBC. Please bear with us! Àclèa has the list of competition entrants and will announce a winner when the uncertainty of Covid has passed.

Win a six-course tasting menu for two at Brasserie at the Bay, Torquay
TBC. Please bear with us! Brasserie at the Bay has the list of competition entrants and will announce a winner when the uncertainty of Covid has passed.

NovemberDecember 2020
Win Christmas Food and Drink

Win bed and breakfast for two at The Cridford Inn
Matt Allison

JanuaryFebruary2020
Win dinner and bed & breakfast at The Salcombe Harbour Hotel
Kate Rainey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

NovemberDecember2019
Win Frobishers Cordials
TBC

SeptemberOctober2019
Win a copy of A Taste of the West Country recipe book
Matthew Day, Torpoint, Cornwall
Michelle Barrows, Winscombe, Somerset
Troy Easton, Plymouth, Devon
Gillian Freeman, Templecombe, Somerset
Sheila Paver, Ilfracombe, Devon

Win a three-course meal for two at the Union Inn in Denbury
Jean Blin, Chatham, Kent

JulyAugust2019
Win a meat box from Lovaton Farm, Okehampton
Anne Dingley, Teignmouth, Devon

Win a stay at the historic Two Bridges Hotel, Dartmoor
Hamish Ramlal, Brighton, East Sussex

Win dinner, bed and breakfast at the Eastbury hotel in Sherborne, Dorset
Jane Adams, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Win two tickets to Buckfast Abbey’s Choir Concert and a pre-concert meal for two in the Grange restaurant
Alison Heathcote, Paignton, Devon

NovemberDecember 2018
Win a two-night stay at the New Continental Hotel, Plymouth
Helen Galsworthy, Didcot, Oxon

Win a two-night stay at Strathmore House Apartments, Plymouth
Fiona Busfield, Thornbury, Bristol

A hamper from Ashburton Delicatessen
Wendy Pithouse, Exmouth, Devon

Win a Sunday lunch for two at the Court Farm Inn in Abbotskerswell
Kate Mayor, Newton Abbot, Devon

Win Christmas on Us!
Susan Morris, Sidmouth, Devon

SeptemberOctober 2018

JulyAugust 2018
Win a day with Gill Meller for a day of seasonal cooking at River Cottage HQ
Andrew Abbot, Budleigh Salterton, Devon

Win Sunday lunch for two at Dainton Park, Devon
Nita Trim, Paignton, Devon 

Win a £250 gift card to spend at Princesshay, Exeter
Rachel Sollick, Plymouth, Devon

MarchApril 2018
Win a meal for four at The Riverford Field Kitchen
Shanti Smallwood, Meeth, Okehampton, Devon

Win a Devon Cream Tea, plus a £50 voucher to spend in Avon Mill garden centre
Kim Morse, Totnes, Devon

Win a case of Devon Gold from Ashridge Cider
Gavin Holman, Arkendale, North Yorkshire

JanuaryFebruary 2018
Win a night’s accommodation plus dinner for two at the Ilsington Country House Hotel  
Karen Dietschmann, Gloucestershire

NovemberDecember 2017
Win a six-month supply of Luscombe Drinks
Andrew Dodd, Taunton, Somerset

Win Christmas food and Drink
Rebecca Mung’au, Dartington, Devon

Win Coombe Farm Organic Goodies
Kristen Brooks, Tiverton, Devon

SeptemberOctober 2017
Win dinner bed and breakfast at The Horn of Plenty in Gulworthy, near Tavistock

JulyAugust 2017
Win dinner bed and breakfast at The Bedford Hotel in Tavistock
Cliff Ford, Swindon, Wiltshire

MayJune 2017
Win a £100 Princesshay gift card plus a meal for two at Café Rouge worth £50
Ali Fanstone, Plymouth, Devon

MarchApril 2017
Win lunch and drinks for four at The Old Pottery Restaurant in Bovey Tracey.
Sandra Mccombe, Brixham, Devon

Win tickets to Demo & Dine at Ashburton Cookery School
Vicki Gardner, Ideford, Devon

Be a Food Judge. Win the chance to judge a category at the Food & Drink Devon Awards and attend the black tie ceremony
Karin Cronin, Torquay, Devon

JanuaryFebruary 2017
Win a seven-night holiday in Strete and a meal at Venus Cafe, Blackpool Sands, Devon.
John Black, Pocklington, East Yorkshire

Win a years’ worth of food boxes from Green and Browns
Wendy Louise, Newton Abbot, Devon

NovemberDecember 2016
Win a selection of Christmas foodie gifts
Sue Phillips, Paignton, Devon

Win a seven-course meal at Boringdon Hall in Devon
Ann Webb, Portishead, Avon

SeptemberOctober 2016
Win a case of Ashridge Elderflower Artisan Cider
George Giles, Luton, Bedfordshire

JulyAugust 2016
Win a three-course meal for two at The Thatched Cottage Restaurant in Kingsteignton
Isobel Arnold, Salcombe, Devon

Win a night’s stay at the Salcombe Harbour Hotel, plus dinner and breakfast
Lucy Higgens, Worcester

Win a two-night stay for two at your choice of Richardson hotel, including dinner, bed and breakfast
Carole Emery, Warwickshire

MayJune 2016
Attend the Devon Restaurant Month 2016 event of your choice, on us!
Faye Dadson, Paignton, Devon

MarchApril 2016
Win a three-course lunch at The Orangery Restaurant, Kenton
Nickola Walker, Lancashire

Win a three-course dinner for two at The White Hart at Dartington
Amy Hewitt, Torquay, Devon

JanuaryFebruary 2016
Win a two-course Sunday carvery for four people at Woodbury Park Hotel & Golf Club
Catherine Smith, Teignmouth, Devon

Win a fantastic foodie break at The Horn of Plenty near Tavistock
Alan Brown, Surrey

Win a fabulous one-night stay on the South Devon coast
Christine Webster, Hertfordshire

NovemberDecember 2015
Win a Devon Christmas
Mary Franklin, Exeter

SeptemberOctober 2015
Win a copy of A Taste of the West Country
Adam Brooks, Bristol
Sarah Boxer, Nottingham, Notts
Toby Wheddon, Okehampton, Devon
Christopher Ball, Exmouth, Devon
Annemieke Coombs, Looe, Cornwall

Win a place on a Fish Cookery course worth £240 at River Cottage Cookery School!
Penny Oderberg, Berkshire

Win a Pig
Julieanne Seaman, Bideford

JulyAugust 2015
Win an overnight stay at the Ilsington Country House Hotel on Dartmoor
Karen Millen, Fareham, Hampshire

MayJune 2015
Win a 3-course meal for two people at the Atrium Restaurant in Exeter
Harry Sutton, Bridford, Devon

March/April 2015
Win a night’s B&B, plus three-course dinner at The Anchor Inn in Ugborough
Wendy Smith, Salisbury, Wiltshire

January/February 2015
Win lunch for two at South Devon Chilli Farm
Linda Johns, Totnes

Win a Valentine’s meal at The Venus Café in Blackpool Sands and a two-night break at the Glazebrook House Hotel in South Brent
Donna Perry, Southampton, Hampshire

Win a meal for six at the Dolphin House Brazzerie in Plymouth
Mike Bond, Newton Abbot, Devon

November/December 2014
Win a one-day cookery course plus bed and breakfast at Rosehill Cookery School in Budleigh Salterton
Annamarie Andrews, Penzance, Cornwall

September/October 2014
Win an Autumn Taste of the Riviera at Pier Point, Torquay
Roger Salter, Newton Abbot, Devon

Win two tickets to The Big Food Show 2014
Nesrine Chergui, Leyton, london

July/August 2014
Win dinner, bed and breakfast at the Mill End Hotel
Kate Hegarty, Bisley Woking, Surrey

Win a two-course lunch at The Terrace Cafe at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen in Bovey Tracey
Charlotte Hill, Exeter, Devon

May/June 2014
Win dinner, bed and breakfast at the Edgemoor Hotel in Bovey Tracey
Mrs B Godwin, Christchurch, Dorset

Win dinner, bed and breakfast at The Horn of Plenty in Gulworthy, near Tavistock
tbc

March/April 2014
Be a food judge for the Food & Drink Devon Awards 2014
Julia Martin, Topsham, Devon

Win a Dartmoor foodie weekend at the Two Bridges Hotel in Princetown
tbc

Bake a Birthday Cake for Taste Buds
Jill Richards, Brixham, Devon

Win a meal at Urban Burger in Exeter
tbc

January/February 2014
Win a Place on a Weekend Cookery Course at Ashburton Cookery School
Dawn Summerhayes, Taunton, Somerset

Win a meal at the Breakwater Bistro in Brixham
Jo Willcocks, Exeter, Devon

November/December 2013
Win a copy of The New Westcountry Cookbook by David Griffen
Diane Savin, Cornwall
Hester McQueen, Edinburgh

Win a curry cookery course at Denley’s in Topsham
Denise Larkin, Berry Pomeroy

September/October 2013
Win a copy of At Home with Michael Caines
Jean Hand, Warwickshire
Pam Hubbard, Worcestershire
Sue Wickins, North Yorkshire

Win a copy of Old Favourites, New Twists by James Tanner
Jan Wroblewski, Surrey
Kirstie Kenton, Derbyshire

May/June 2013
Win a hamper worth £100 courtesy of Avon Mill
Lee Pitts, Bournemouth, Dorset

Win kitchenware by Joseph and Joseph courtesy of The Shops at Dartington
Coiln Boulton, Teignmouth, Devon

Win a three course Sunday lunch at The Cottage Hotel in Hope Cove
Rebecca Collet, Buckfastleigh, Devon

Win a luxury overnight stay at The Cary Arms in Torquay
Mel Kelly, Penzance, Cornwall

Word of Mouth:
Patrica Richardson, Aberdovey

March/April 2013
Win a luxurious getaway at Bovey Castle:
John Pye, Exmouth, Devon

Win a day in the kitchen with Denise Tarriela from Twentysix Café & Bistro:
Sally Carpanini

Word of Mouth:
Sara Colley, Teignmouth, Devon

November/December 2012
Win a Christmas Feast On Us: TBA

Word of Mouth:
Kathryn Davies, Cheshire

September/October 2012
A Cook Your Catch Day:
Adam Parker, Kingsteignton, Devon

Word of Mouth:
Dan Gregory-Miles, Bristol

July/August 2012
Picnic bag courtesy of Twentysix bistro and cafe in Teignmouth and Dartmouth:
Olwyn Cory, Brixham, Devon

A romantic foodie escape to the Cary Arms in Torquay:
Yvonne Harris, Basingstoke, Hants

Word of Mouth:
Brenda Banks, Teignmouth

May/June 2012
£60 voucher to be redeemed at The Husbandry School in Ashburton:
Vicki Bannister, Chudley, Devon

Win one of five copies of Devon Food Heroes by Peter Gorton and Adrian Oakes:
Linda Hughes, Tendring, Essex
Alicia Beauchamp, Cullompton, Devon
Lorriane Brook, Barnstaple, Devon
Debbie North, Grimsby, Lincs
Rachel Milford, Paignton, Devon

Word of Mouth:
Chris Smith, Dawlish, Devon

One night’s dinner, bed and breakfast with four-course lunch for two people at The Horn of Plenty in Gulworthy, near Tavistock:
Jane Sparrow, Bath, Somerset

March/April 2012
Murder Mystery Weekend at The Edgemoor near Dartmoor:
Mrs B Godwin, Christchurch, Dorset

Fish and Fish Easy signed by Mitch Tonks:
Vanessa Crowley, Musselburgh, East Lothian

A bumper selection of Devon food goodies from Exeter Festival of Food and Drink:
Matt Allison, Exeter, Devon

Word of Mouth:
Anna Harrison, Shaldon, Devon

January/February 2012
A Butcher Skills for Foodies Course:
Jacqueline Williams, Torrington, Devon

Word of Mouth:
Mrs Julie Harris, Brixham, Devon

November/December 2011
Win a luxury hamper courtesy of Purely Devon Hampers:
Claire Bennet, Denbury, Devon

A selection of Devon cheeses:
Anita Vyas, Aylesbury, Bucks

Word of Mouth:
Rachel Wilson, Brixham, Devon

September/October 2011
Win a four-night break for four people at Hillfield Cottages near Dartmouth and a three-course meal at Venus café:
Patrick Redmond, Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Win a two-night break at the Weary Plough in Churston, near Brixham:
Sarah Brooke, Bath

Win a day’s fishing with tuition at The Arundell Arms in Lifton:
Sophie Davis, Poole, Dorset

Word of Mouth:
Valerie Harris, Brixham, Devon

July/August 2011
Win a weekend break to include dinner, bed and breakfast and a bottle of champagne at the Mill End Hotel on Dartmoor:
Julie Stringer, Canterbury, Kent

Win a weekend break to include dinner, bed and breakfast and afternoon tea at the Deer Park Hotel in Honiton:
Wendy Woodley, Exeter, Devon

Win Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s latest DVD: River Cottage Summer’s Here
Mr R Beer, Newton Abbot, Devon
Toby Wheddon, Okehampton, Devon
Mr GNF Wildey, Dawlish, Devon
Mrs M Waldron, Paignton, Devon
Mrs J Potter, Dartmouth, Devon

Word of Mouth:
Alison McGregor, Starcross, Devon

May/June 2011
Win a night’s accommodation, three-course dinner and breakfast at South Sands Hotel, near Salcombe:
Jolene Gee, Richmond, Surrey

Win an overnight stay at Larkbeare Grange and dine in style at The Jack in The Green:
Lynette Johnson, Sherborne, Dorset

Word of Mouth:
Helen Scull, Shaldon, Devon

March/April 2011
Win a copy of Alan Murchison’s book Food For Thought signed by five Michelin-starred chefs:
Michael Luscombe, Galmpton, Devon

Win tickets for the Exeter Festival of Food and Drink:
Marie Truman, Exminster, Devon
Bob Heath, Ashburton, Devon
Jill Garnham, Dartmouth, Devon

Win a ’Sunday Sleepover’ at the Royal Seven Stars Hotel in Totnes or the Royal Castle in Dartmouth:
Beverley Cross, Truro, Cornwall

Win £500 off an all-inclusive wedding package at the Lavender House Hotel in Ashburton:
Kelly Rafferty, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Word of Mouth:
Philip Hayes, Sidmouth, Devon

January/February 2011
Win a 5-star overnight stay at the Cary Arms in Torquay:
Jane Miles, Cambridge, Cambs

Win a cookery demonstration at Riverford Field Kitchen and a months supply of vegetables delivered by Riverford Home Delivery:
Jo Dickson, Paignton, Devon

Win a valentine’s treat at Cockhaven Manor:
Joan Holloway, Chudleigh, Devon

Word of Mouth:
Kate Smith, Brixham, Devon

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