Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2010 | Page 132

food

Island Life - August/September 2010

food
your guide to good food

Bringing you the very best of Island restaurants and dining pubs

Congratulations:

The Bembridge Deli wins top Award
Jo Davies has won 3 Star Gold for her Crab

The Bembridge Deli are delighted to be

Ramekin, 2 Star Gold for her Coronation

among the country’s most highly rated food

Chicken and 1 Star Gold for her Chicken

producers. Jo Davies says of their success

Liver & Brandy Pate from the Great Taste

“We are over the moon to be first on the

Awards.

island to be awarded with 3 Gold Star

Organised by The Guild of Fine Food,

Awards. This is a great boost for us as a

the Great Taste Awards is the national,

small business and for local producers on the

benchmark food awards employing the

Isle of Wight.”

country’s most rigorous judging system,
ensuring the fairest, most accurate and
trusted results.

New-look Chiaro back for the summer
The Chiaro Italian restaurant in
Ventnor has re-opened with a new
look and a new summer menu.
Tim Blackshaw, operations director
and currently also head chef of Chiaro
on Ventnor Esplanade was forced to
close his doors for five months from
January for what he described as: “A
legal wrangle completely out of our
control.”
But during an uncertain few months
at least