A raft of Yorkshire food and drink producers are celebrating after being recognised in the prestigious Great Taste Awards 2017.
The Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, are acknowledged as the benchmark for fine food and drink across the UK and are described as the ‘Oscars’ of the food world.
Some 12,366 products were entered into this year’s awards, with only 35% gaining one of their coveted ratings of one, two or three stars which allow the business to display a Great Taste logo on their product as a sign of quality and taste.
The coveted awards, which were announced last week, listed a number of familiar Yorkshire producers amongst the role call of winners as well as a selection of new names and faces who achieved the dizzy heights of Great Taste stars including:
- Fruity Tipples
- Yummy Yorkshire
- Lishman’s of Ilkley
- Three Little Pigs
- JCS Fish
- Shepherd’s Purse,
- Yorkshire Dama,
- Peckish Kitchen,
- Brymor Dairy,
- Burtree Puddings
- Hinchliffe’s Farm Shop
- Wharfe Valley
- Charlie & Ivy’s
- Masons yorkshire Gin
- Yorkshire Wagyu
- The Topping Pie Company
- Just Desserts
- Herb Fed Ltd
- Lister Farm Shop
- Kacao Chocolaterie
- The Little Red Berry
- The Chilli Jam Man
- Ampleforth Abbey Trading
- Spirit of Harrogate Limited
- Sloemotion Ltd
- Rosebud Preserves
- Keelham Farm Shop
- Hesper Farm Skyr
- The Rosehip Company
- Blueberry Hill Preserves
- Rhucello
- Gordon Rhodes Limited
- Love Brownies
- The Crusty Pie Company
- Rose Cottage Foods
- St Helen’s Farm Ltd
- Great Newsome Brewery
- Hider Food Imports
- T Soanes & Sons (Poultry)
The Golden Forks, or the top 50 products in this year’s awards will be announced at a celebration dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel on Park Lane, in London on the 4 September.