Southport Seafoods from Southport is celebrating after winning a prestigious 2011 Great Taste Award.
Southport Seafoods has been presented with a coveted (one-star) Gold Great Taste Award for its genuine southport potted shrimps in butter.
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| Southport Seafoods established for 20 years, specialises in supplying the finest quality potted shrimps. Christian Peet has been shrimping off the coast of Southport since he was just five years old.once the shrimps have been caught and cooked, they are then hand peeled and re cooked in Christian's special award winning recipe including ground mace,nutmeg,cayenne pepper and one or two more secret ingredients.these tasty shrimps are then put into pots and sealed with best butter.southport seafoods also won the Food Northwest Fine Food award in 2010 beating off 350 products to become the overall champion of the northwest. Christian Peet, Managing Director of Southport Seafoods, said: "We are delighted with this award. Winning a Great Taste Award recognizes the hard work and dedication that goes into making superb food and drink.and will help our business grow,so we can put Genuine Southport potted shrimps on tables, for everyone to enjoy for many years to come. |
The Great Taste Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, are now in their 18th year and going from strength to strength. 7481 products were entered from 1600 companies for the 2011 Great Taste Awards. It took 350 experts 34 days to blind taste all the entries and decide which entries would achieve the coveted one, two and three star gold awards. The Great Taste Awards judging standards, devised by the Guild of Fine Food, are the most rigorous in the UK. To achieve the 3-star rating a minimum of 20 - more often 30 - judges need to be in complete agreement that the food delivered that indefinable 'wow' factor. All the judges' comments are made available to producers. If no gold is awarded, they need to know why. Bob Farrand, Chairman for The Great Taste Awards, said: "Winning Gold in the country's largest and most respected independent food accreditation scheme is a massive pat on the back for any producer - independent proof their products are of the highest quality. We provide constructive feedback from our expert judging teams and for many, winning 1, 2 or 3-star Gold is exactly what's needed to help grow their businesses, even during a recession. Every winner should feel very proud that their hard work has been rewarded." The four regional nominated foods for each of the Great Taste trophy winners have been announced by the Guild of Fine Food and the identity of the regional and national winners and the 2011 Supreme Champion remains a closely guarded secret until the night of 5th September when all will be revealed at the invitation only awards presentation dinner at London's Royal Garden Hotel. That is the night we find out who carries away the coveted Golden Fork trophies. |