Page 4 - Deliciouslyorkshire: Taste Awards 2019 Winners Souvenir Supplement

Yorkshire Post Saturday November 09 2019
tastE aWaRds 2019
Best Bakery
Toppings Pies – Salmon, Broccoli & Dill Quiche
WINNER
No stranger to winning awards with over 40 to their name, family run Toppings Pies have been producing their range of speciality pies and quiches from their South Yorkshire base for nearly 60 years.
Using a number of family recipes, their hand finished range has gained a loyal following and the team have stuck to their ethos of sourcing quality locally sourced ingredients to produce products of the highest standard.
Our judging panel loved the flavour combinations and the well-made pastry saying: “the filling is full of flavour, with well balanced and distributed ingredients and perfect seasoning. A quiche to be proud of!”
RUNNERS UP
■■Haxby Bakehouse – Pain de Levain Sourdough
■■Lottie Shaw’s – Savoury Oatmeal Biscuits ■■Tipple Tails – Plum Pudding
AWARD SPONSOR
Best Fresh Produce
Herbs Unlimited – Speciality Baby Salad Box
WINNER
Specialising in growing high quality, fresh cut herbs, baby salads and edible flowers, the team at Herbs Unlimited based near Thirsk know a thing or two about fresh produce.
The award-winning company who farm 90 acres and supply some of the top restaurants in the country as well as a host of manufacturers, wholesalers and food service customers nationwide are previous winners of this category having taken home the accolade for their Oxalis in 2017.
Our judges were impressed with the quality of this stand-out product noting its freshness and vibrancy and the combination of flavours. “For something so simple to deliver on so many levels was very impressive.”
RUNNERS UP
■■Bert’s Barrow – Multi-coloured beetroot ■■Class One – Vegetable Box
■■Herbs Unlimited – Yorkshire Wasabi
(Dittanda)
AWARD SPONSOR
Best Fresh Meat
British Premium Sausage Company – Bath Pig Traditional Italian Porchetta
WINNER
Born out of a desire to change the perception of what the British public thought about pork, founder of the British Premium Sausage Company Ian has done just that. Starting out by manufacturing on a small scale in Bradford, their range of products soon gained attention and a number of them are now stocked in national retailers including Waitrose, Ikea and Tesco.
Having acquired specialist chorizo producer The Bath Pig, this West Yorkshire producer’s range has grown and certainly ticked all the boxes for our judges who described it as “memorable and truly delicious. All the components came together giving this product a great depth of flavour. Perfectly moist with impeccable crackling – a superior piece of meat and a joy to eat!”
RUNNERS UP
■■Herb Fed Poultry
– Herb Fed Free Range Chicken
■■Warrendale Wagyu
– 8oz Wagyu Chuck Denver
■■Warrendale Wagyu
– 8oz Wagyu Dry Aged Sirloin
AWARD SPONSOR
Best Prepared Meat
Geo Middlemiss & Son – Yorkshire Biltong
WINNER
Making somewhat of a habit of winning Taste Awards, the team at Geo Middlemiss and Sons return for another successful year, this time with their Yorkshire Biltong.
The traditional, family run butchers shop in the heart of Otley sells only local meats sourced from trusted nearby farms. Their Yorkshire Biltong delighted the judges with its complex and perfectly balanced flavours. “We love the expertly judged heat, sweetness and spice. Teamed with a great meatiness and the prefect amount of chewiness, this is a product to be proud of and we could happily come back for seconds. Bravo!”
RUNNERS UP
■■British Premium Sausage Company – Red Wine & Fennel Salami Coins
■■Lishman’s of Ilkley
– Honey Mustard Glazed Ham
■■Lishman’s of Ilkley
– Oak Smoked Back Bacon
Best Pork Pie
JAMounfield&SonLtd– 1lb Pork Pie
WINNER
Based in Bubwith near Selby, family run Mounfield Butchers have been creating award winning products since 1809.
Preparing and selling gourmet meat and home- made pies and bakery goods, the company source locally to ensure the highest standards.
In arguably one of our most fiercely contested categories this year’s winning pie certainly needed to impress our discerning panel. Giving it an 11/10 for its crisp fresh pastry the judges loved that the pie was “packed with succulent and flavoursome meat with a well-set jelly.” A pie to shout about!
RUNNERS UP
■■Geo Middlemiss & Son – Pork Pie ■■Topping’s Pies – Traditional Pork Pie ■■Vale of Mowbray – Piccalilli Pork Pie
Best Fish & Seafood
Noble’s Shellfish & Curing – Whitby Cold Smoked Scottish Salmon
WINNER
Nobel’s have been curing fish in Whitby for generations since the current owner’s great-grandparents started the business in the 1800’s producing herrings, before opening the first family shop on Sandgate.
Now based in a new modern unit at Sea View Farm, the business still draws on the traditions and skills passed down through the generations.
The judges absolutely loved this year’s winning entry, highlighting the quality of the product with “its sashimi- esque texture, superb fresh taste and skillfully judged balance of smoke and salt. This product has a sublime rich, unctuous smoky, buttery finish... a product to be proud of!”
RUNNERS UP
■■JCS Fish Ltd
– BigFish Traditional Smoked Salmon
■■JCS Fish Ltd
– BigFish Traditional Smoked Sea Trout
■■Noble’s Shellfish & Curing, Whitby – Hot Smoked Salmon