Foodival Prize Winners

There were more prizes than ever on offer at Foodival this year. So who won what? The competition was hot to be Top Tooting Cook among both individual cooks and the participating restaurants, many of whom took the challenge very seriously! Then there was the inaugural Ugly Veg competition, which I thought ended up going to a rather beautiful pepper.  The prize for the most exotic and amazing produce must go to Susan with her bananas grown in Balham!

Susan grew bananas in Balham

Top Tooting Cook 2015 Sophie & her beautiful winning dish

Ugly Veg Parade & Perfectly Deformed Kohl Rabi

Competition Results:

Top Tooting Cook - Individual:

1st: Sophie Rushton Smith - It's a Bad year for Carrots! & Rhubarb Streunal 

2nd: Shazia Wahab - Aloo Sabzi

3rd: Maryam Shariff (also the Young Winner) - Chilli Carrots

4th: Sarah Servantes - Tooting Tomato Consomme

Highly Commended:

Lea Gearing, Brad Hayward, Lillie Langford, Oscar Tudor & Sue Westfold

Top Tooting Cook - Restaurants:

1st: Pooja Sweets & Savouries

2nd: The Gorringe Park Pub

3rd=: Brixton People's Kitchen & Route to Juice

Highly Commended: Minestra Supper Club and Al Mirage

Ugly Veg:

1st: SHARE Garden's curly red pepper

2nd: David's deformed kohl rabi

3rd: Belinda's knobbly potato

Special Achievement Award:

Susan's Balham bananas

Thanks again to to The Little Taperia, The Gorringe Park, The Wheatsheaf and Abel & Cole for donating prizes and to our donating growers as one or too pretty items were put into special prize veg boxes!