Vote for Interlude as the Best Sussex Eating Experience of the Year 2020

Sussex is blessed with a wealth of fantastic food and drink producers and over the last 14 years, the Sussex Food & Drink Awards have helped enormously to support and boost local farmers, food and drink producers and the outlets that serve and sell this superb local fare. We are calling for guests to vote for Interlude in support of everything local and lovely. 

Restaurant Interlude offers arguably the best eating experience in Sussex 

Set within the historic Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens estate near Horsham in West Sussex, Interlude is the first vineyard restaurant to win a MICHELIN Star. The restaurant’s ever-changing tasting menus are inspired by the Grade I Listed woodland gardens. With ingredients foraged or grown on the 240-acre Leonardslee Estate and other fantastic produce sourced from selected local farms and suppliers.

Vote for your favourites in each category. You may vote once in each category. The public vote will contribute to the judges decisions when choosing the three Grand Finalists and Winner. Voting closes on 18 January 2020.

You will find Interlude in this section: Sussex Eating Experience of the Year Finalists, sponsored by Lloyds Bank Cardnet

Try out these eating experiences in Sussex and vote for your favourite before 18 January 2020.

• Restaurant Interlude, Lower Beeding, West Sussex

• Crabshack, Worthing, West Sussex

• etch. by Steven Edwards, Brighton & Hove

• Into The Blue, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex

• Semolina, Brighton & Hove

• The Cat Inn, West Hoathly, West Sussex

• The Earl of March Country Pub & Restaurant, Lavant, West Sussex

• The Fig Tree, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex

• The Pink Cabbage Produce Co., Mayfield, East Sussex

• The Seahorse Cafe, East Preston, West Sussex

A whopping 18,000 public votes were received for the awards last year and the expert judging panel, chaired by local dairy farmer and Nuffield Scholar, William Goodwin, is hoping that even more people will vote this year.

“The bar is raised higher each year in these unique awards, making the public vote a vital part of the judging process and who makes it through as a grand finalist. It only takes a minute or two and can really make a difference, so please vote for your favourite to win now.” Goodwin said.