Joe Mann from Queen’s College in Taunton was recognised as the Champion of Champions at this year’s Eat Game Awards, making him one of the notable winners.
Joe Mann, a dedicated employee at Queen’s College in Taunton since 2021, is a fervent proponent of game meat and diligently imparts his enthusiasm and expertise to his students. His exceptional dedication to educating the upcoming generation about game meat resulted in him being awarded the highly sought-after Champion of Champions award for 2024.
Joe praised the school’s students and teaching team, saying: “I’m tremendously thankful for all the pupils and staff that have been involved in us championing game. A huge thank you to Eat Game and BASC for such a prestigious award, we’ve all worked so hard to be part of this.”
The Michelin-starred Mark Kempson, the head chef of Kitchen W8 in Kensington, received the accolade for Best Chef/Cook. The judges were impressed by Mark, who has been a member of Kitchen W8 since its establishment in 2009. A judge’s testimonial on a visit to the restaurant read: “The venison was fallow haunch, from the Bathurst estate in Cirencester, where Mark had taken his entire team to the estate to witness the process of harvesting the deer, the teal was from a recent wildfowling trip and the hare was shot that week on a shoot he beats on.”
Last year’s Champion of Champions winner The Clarendon Inn was victorious again, taking home the title of Best Game Restaurant/Pub thanks to its “creative use of cuts” and the ”passion for game which oozed out of chef patron Lionel Strub”.
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