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Judging the North West Producer of the Year competition
by Anne-Louise Mazzafiore
Clarissa Hyman
Food writer, Clarissa Hyman gets stuck in

A group of the region's top food experts met up this week to taste their way through a mountain of food and drink to find the North West Producer of the Year. The competition is organised by North West Fine Foods and Booths Supermarkets and gives the region's food producers a chance to showcase their produce and battle it out for the top prize.

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Paul Heathcote
No wonder celebrity chef Paul Heathcote is looking happy, he's surrounded by food to taste!
 
 
two chefs
Stuart and Ian the chefs from Northcote Offsite. They were very busy bees and cooked all the sausages, bacon, beef and black pudding - phew!
 
 
hog casing on nozzle

The team from North West Fine Foods who worked their little socks off getting things organised and bringing all the food products out to the judges.

 
 
beef on plates
Out comes the beef, sirloin, ribeye, kebabs, fillet, topside....
 
 
beef on plates
... and there's more! We produce a lot of beef in the North West!
 
 
pickles and relishes
And then on come the pickles and relishes - there are some hot ones here!
 
eaten desserts
Not so much left on these plates - these desserts obviously needed lots of tasting!
   
 
judges
It's got to the tough decision time for the judges... there are so many good products to choose from... it's a close run thing.... the tension is mounting.... and the winners....
   
  North West Producer of the Year
Best Preserve/Pickle: Blackcurrant Jam
Hutton Roof Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria

Runner Up
Best Meat/Best Lamb
Lamb: Cumbrian Fell Bred, Milnthorpe, Cumbria

Traditional Regional Speciality Award
Cheshire Unpasteurised Cheese
H S Bourne, Malpas, Cheshire

Traditional Regional Speciality and Best Potted Shrimps
Potted Shrimps: Southport Potted Shrimps, Banks, Southport, Merseyside

Best Fish
Smoked Mackerel: Cumberland Cold Storage, Whitehaven, Cumbria

Best Ingredient
Ras-L-Hanout Spice Blend
Seasoned Pioneers, Liverpool, Merseyside

Best Fruit and Veg
Ambo Potato
W & E.F Neale, Burscough, Lancashire

Best Pork
Middle White Pork, Savin Hill, Kendal

Best Bacon/Cured Meat
Bacon: Brough Butchers, Birkdale, Southport

Best Soft Drink
Blackcurrant and Apple Juice: Eddisbury Fruit Farm, Kelsall, Cheshire

Best Cheese and Best Dairy
Ravens Oak Whitehaven Goats Cheese
(made at Ravens Oak Dairy, Nantwich, Cheshire, owned by Butlers Cheeses based in Longridge, Lancashire)

Best Poultry
Ostrich Fillet, Weatheroak Ostrich Farm, Kirkham, Lancashire

Best Cooked Meat Counter Product
Home Cooked Ham, Hartley's Farm Foods, Nelson, Lancashire

Best Alcoholic Drink
Pendle Witch Beer, Moorhouses Brewery, Burnley

Best Ready Meal, Sauce or Soup
Moussaka: Natural Larder, Congleton, Cheshire

Best Sausage
Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork, Tatham, Nr. Carnforth, Lancashire

Best Overall Dessert
Chocolate Tart, The Baker, Gatley, South Manchester

Best Air Dried Meat
Air Dried Mutton: Farmer Sharp, Lyndale in Furness, Cumbria

Best Savoury Pie/Pastry
The Quack Oink Pie: Furness Fish, Poultry and Game Supplies

Best Ice Cream
Cappuchino: English Lakes Ice Cream

Best Black/Offal Pudding
Savoury Dux, Border County Foods

 
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