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Great Taste 2015 Top 50 announced: A rich vein of nostalgia meets a wave of innovative indulgence in the Great Taste 2015 Top 50 Foods
Want to see more about the great taste awarded produce?
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This gentleman is a food critic for
Masterchef UK
Charles Campion
Quoted on saying
“Great Taste is the only food award worth
having”.
Here is the BBC low down on the show
Then two the lovely if not very adorable presenters
Gregg Wallace and John Torode.
If you had never heard of the show and would like to catch from episode 1
Back to The great taste
The Great taste awards are huge in the UK I myself have worked in a deli where we sold and sampled great tastes awarded produce.
It is like a medal of success to artisan produce lovingly made.
It is quite nice to see such an abundance of produce being made by so many people.
Anyone can pick a jar up in a supermarket but to pick up a selected great taste award winning product means there is love and hard work given to it.
Every foodista knows the sticker means value,high end and what's most it has been tasted my a refined palete to bring you something worth your time.
Here is one of many produce chosen
Lemon Curd
By Hillside Foods
Hillside Foods has come up trumps with its take on the classic lemon, with plenty of citrus zing and an appealing golden yellow colour. “Thick, sharp and sweet from to start and finish,” said the judges, who decreed that the Devon-based producer had “nailed it”
Love this glorious product and want to know more from Hillside Foods
If you have never used Lemon Curd and would like some direction on cooking with it
In the last 21 years, Great Taste judges have blind-tasted over 100,000 different products and as this year’s awards reach a nerve-racking finale, judges have now chosen the Great Taste 2015 Top 50 Foods, from which the Supreme Champion will be selected. This year’s Top 50 is a melting pot of humble staples, rich and voluptuous treats and dynamic flavour marriages, all shining through with one thing in common – Great Taste. Shirgar Welsh Salted Butter by Gower View Foods Ltd and Beef Dripping by James Whelan Butchers wave the flag for the pure and simply delicious classics, while inventive flavour combinations were taken to a whole new level by producers such as Beckleberry’s, with its Passionfruit and Tarragon Sorbet
Dairy free?
No problem
Here is a Sicilian Pistachio sorbet
This “innovative” dairy-free sorbet, which is suitable for vegans, is made with pure Bronte pistachios and Maldon sea salt flakes. Its “rich and creamy texture” seduced the judging panel as they tasted both toasted pistachio flakes and the salt loud and clear.
See more from the link below
The Top 50 Foods list, which has been whittled down from 10,000 entries by the most experienced and professional food judges who have blind-tasted each and every product before declaring it truly worthy of its position, is now available for all to see onwww.greattasteawards.co.uk and most importantly – to taste. From a “juicy and succulent” Gloucester Old Spot spare rib pork joint and a “clean and fresh” Organic Double Cream to a “distinctive and complex” Sparkling Beer Brut and a “nutty and buttery” Macadamia Nut Oil, the Top 50 Foods is a culinary journey of the most exquisite, delicious and WOW foods in the UK and beyond.
Rock Rose Gin.... Yes Darling it's Gin O'clock
By Dunnet Bay Distillers
The judges certainly enjoyed this hand-crafted gin, produced in mainland Britain’s most northerly distillery in Caithness. Described as “clean, crisp and zesty” with a “wonderful scent of citrus”, the gin is made with local botanicals that vary with changes in the climate.
See more on Rock Rose Gin on the link below
John Farrand, managing director of the Guild of Fine Food, explains; “This year’s Top 50 says so much about the evolution of taste in the UK today. On the one hand food and drink producers are refining the very best ingredients and celebrating the beauty of simplicity, while others push the boundaries to create bold and unusual products. What they have in common of course is respect for the finest produce and ingredients, letting the best flavours sing. The Great Taste Top 50 Foods logo is a badge of honour that should be displayed proudly by producers. Our judges urge everyone to go out and find the foods that are on the Great Taste Top 50 Foods list. In every deli, farm shop, restaurant, cafe and pub, there should be plenty of Great Taste stars to choose from.”
Close to home for me
Staal and their amazing smoked produce
Want to buy some for yourself?
While these producers revel in their tremendous success and begin displaying the unmistakable gold and black Great Taste Top 50 Foods logo on their award-winning products, they will wait with much anticipation to see if they also scoop the top awards for their region and who will be crowned the Supreme Champion for 2015. These awards will be announced at the Great Taste Golden Fork Dinner in London on Monday 7 September.
More about this award wining product and
brand
Smoked Rapeseed Oil
Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil is a Great Taste Award winner produced by our friends Jennie and Adam Palmer at their farm near Malton, North Yorkshire.
We have taken their natural rapeseed oil and smoked it over a blend of oak and apple wood.
Perfect for cooking with, using as a dressing or for simply adding a new dimension to mashed potato.
Recognised as a stamp of excellence among consumers and retailers alike, Great Taste values taste above all else, with branding and packaging ignored. Whether it is cheese, ale, steak or chutney being judged, all products are removed from their wrapper, jar or bottle before being tasted. The judges then savour, confer and re-taste to decide which products are worthy of a 1-, 2- or 3-star award.
This video from 2014 and
The Artisan Kitchen - Blaisdon's Red Plum Jam
The Artisan Kitchen - Blaisdon's Red Plum Jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34VHeZbRJ8o
Judged by over 400 of the most demanding palates, belonging to food critics, chefs, restaurateurs, cooks, producers and a host of food writers and journalists, Great Taste is widely acknowledged as the most respected food accreditation scheme for artisan and speciality food producers. In the words of highly regarded restaurant and food critic Charles Campion, “Great Taste is the only food award worth having”.
The panel of judges, including; Masterchef judge and restaurant critic Charles Campion, TV presenter & cook, Aggie Mackenzie, Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn, Masterchef the Professionals finalist, Adam Handling, food buyers from Harrods, Selfridges, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer, and chefs including James Golding, Chef Director of The Pig hotel group, have together re-judged the 3-star winners to agree on the Top 50 Foods, the Golden Fork Trophy winners and the Great Taste Supreme Champion for 2015.
Facts and figures about Great Taste 2015:
10,000 different products entered in 2015.
Judging in Dorset at Guild HQ in Gillingham and several other Dorset venues, as well as St David’s Hotel in Cardiff.
2,382 awarded 1-star
597 awarded 2-star
130 awarded 3-star
The final announcement of the winner of Great Taste Supreme Champion 2015, sponsored by Harrods, and the regional Golden Fork Awards will be made in London on Monday 7 September.
This blog was brought to you in conjunction with Freshly Ground PR and Sydell Faith The Early Bird Eater
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