Best Tastes Winners 2004
Burts Hotel, Melrose - Highly Commended
Best Light Lunch or Snack – 1745 Cottage Restaurant, Traquair – Winner
Caddy Mann, Near Jedburgh - Highly Commended
Best Restaurant Meal - Gary Moore's Restaurant, Kelso - WinnerChapters Bistro, Gattonside - Highly CommendedChurches Hotel & Restaurant, Eyemouth - Highly Commended
Best Local Produce Champion - Mansfield House Hotel, Hawick – Winner
Oscars Wine Bar, kelso - Highly Commended
Best Hospitality - Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, St Boswells - Winner
Lazels Restaurant, Peebles - Highly Commended
Restricted Opening Times - Allanton Inn, Allanton – Winner
Hoebridge Inn, Gattonside - Highly Commended
Healthy Options - Corner House Hotel, Innerleithen - WinnerSimply Scottish, Jedburgh -Highly Commended
Best Catering Business - The Townhouse Hotel, Melrose – Winner
Halcyon Restaurant, Peebles - Highly Commended
Best Food Service - Jedforest Hotel, Jedburgh – Winner
Nightjar Restaurant, Jedburgh - Highly Commended
Best Takeaway Food - Bantry Restaurant, Eyemouth - WinnerTaste of Spice, Selkirk - Highly Commended
Best Training Candidate - Richard Toward, Red Lion Pub & restaurant, Reston and
Matthew budge - Roxburghe Hotel & Golf Course, Heiton - Joint Winners
Best Local Supplier - Burnside Farm Foods - WinnerMillars of Jedburgh - Highly Commended
Best Tastes Awards 2005
Best New Catering Business or Concept
Winner: Caddy Mann, Jedburgh
Best Local Produce Champion
Winner: Queen‘s Hotel, Kelso
Highly Commended: Mansfield House, Hawick
Best Formal Meal
Winner: Halcyon, Peebles
Highly Commended:Allanton Inn, By Duns
Highly Commended: Cringletie House Hotel, Peebles
Highly Commended: Townhouse Hotel, Melrose
Best Informal Meal
Winner: Marmions, Melrose
Highly Commended: The Roxburghe Hotel, Kelso
Highly Commended: The Nightjar, Jedburgh
Best Borders Touch Hospitality
Winner: Wheatsheaf, Swinton
Highly Commended: Black Bull, Duns
Best Food to Go
Winner: Taste of Spice, Selkirk
Highly Commended: Jaggy Thistle,Selkirk
Restricted Opening Times
Winner: Hoebridge Inn,Gattonside
Hihgly Commended: Windlestraw Lodge, Walkerburn
Best Family Friendly Establishment
Winner: Black Bull, Lauder
Highly Commended: Teviot Smokery, Kelso
Best Trades Local Supplier
Winner: Millers of Jedburgh
Highly Commended: Forsyth's Butchers, Peebles
Highyl Commended: D R Collin, Fish Merchants, Eyemouth
Consistant Service Award: Burnside Farm Foods
Healthy Menu Options
Winner:Harestanes Tearoom, Ancrum
Highly Commended: Border Baguettes, Duns
Best Tastes in the Scottish Borders 2006
Sponsor: Business Gateway
Glentress Hotel & Country Inn, by Peebles WINNER
Horseshoe Inn, Eddleston HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Informal Meal at Lunch
Sponsor: Scottish Borders Council
Burts Hotel, Melrose WINNER
Caddy Mann, Mounthooly HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Local Produce Champion - Farm to Fork
Sponsor: National Farmers Union Scotland
Windlestraw Lodge, Walkerburn WINNER
Teviot Game Fare Smokery Restaurant, Eckford HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Coffee Shop or Tea Room
Sponsor: Scottish Borders Council
Le Jardin, Kelso Winner
Mellerstain House Tea Room, Gordon HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Informal Evening Meal
Sponsor: EatScotland
Black Bull Hotel, Lauder WINNER
The Nightjar, Jedburgh HIGHLY COMMENDED
Chapters Bistro, Gattonside HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Formal Meal
Sponsor: Scottish Borders Council
Wheatsheaf Restaurant with Rooms, Swinton WINNER
Allanton Inn, Allanton HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Borders Touch Hospitality
Sponsor: VisitScotland Borders
Cringletie House Hotel, by Peebles WINNER
Townhouse Hotel, Melrose HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Eating Place in a Regeneration Area
Sponsor: Scottish Borders Council
Damascus Drum Café, Hawick WINNER
Oblo Bar Bistro, Eyemouth HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Promotion of Healthy Choices
Sponsor: NHS Borders Health Promotion Department
Mansfield House Hotel, Hawick WINNER
Taste of Spice, Selkirk HIGHLY COMMENDED
Lodge at Carfraemill, Oxton HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Trades Local Produce Supplier
Sponsor: Scottish Borders Council
D R Collin, Eyemouth WINNER
Burnside Farm Foods, Maxton HIGHLY COMMENDED
Millers of Jedburgh HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Training Candidate
Sponsor: Borders Chefs School
Tomasz Milkowski WINNER