Success for Monmouthshire producers at the Great Taste Awards 2011-2012
Three Monmouthshire businesses are celebrating after scooping prizes at the 2011 Great Taste Awards
Three Monmouthshire businesses are celebrating after scooping prizes at the 2011 Great Taste Awards. Trealy Farm Charcuterie, based in Mitchel Troy near Monmouth and Clams Hand Made Cakes, based near Abergavenny, were among only four food and drink producers in Wales to take home the Three-star Gold Award for their outstanding quality of food and drink products. Usk River, based in Abergavenny, was awarded one-star Gold Award.
Cake maker Jane Phillips, of Clam’s Hand Made Cakes impressed judges with her delicious Belgian chocolate brownie. Judges described it as having a ‘good chewy and sticky consistency with a very pleasing aroma.’ Ms Phillips, who runs the business with her son Lewis, produces around 3,000 cakes a week. The company has supplied cakes to top stores Selfridges, Fortnum and Mason and Harvey Nichols and also runs For The Love of Cakes coffee shop, Frogmore Street, Abergavenny. Ms Phillips said: "We are delighted to have won the award."
Trealy Farm Charcuterie, which uses local free-range meat to produce all types of continental-style hams and sausages, won its award for its Beech Smoked Air Dried Ham. The company's co-founder, James Swift, said: We're thrilled to win a Gold Award and to also take home a One-star for our dried Welsh mountain lamb."
Both are nominated for the coveted Great Taste Golden Forks Award which will be announced at a ceremony in London on September 5.
Usk River received One-star Gold Award for their Pear-Lilli Chutney. Rhian Short owner said: “I am delighted of course as it's my first award, and still quite early days for the business. Pear-Lilli was already one of my best-sellers so it's good to have endorsement from a non-partial panel of experts at the Guild of Fine Food”.
For more information on the businesses please visit their pages on the MIM website.
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Three Monmouthshire businesses are celebrating after scooping prizes at the 2011 Great Taste Awards.
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