Primrose Herd, a family-run pork producer based near Redruth, has scooped two prestigious accolades at the Great Taste Awards – the world’s most coveted blind-tasted food awards. The Cornish brand came away with three stars – the highest ranking – for both their Gloucestershire Old …
Secret Orchard Cider, a craft producer based in the heart of Exmoor, has been awarded a prestigious Silver Medal at The British Cider Championships – the biggest cider competition in Europe – which took place at The Bath and West Show this month. Co-founders Joe Heley and …
A unique sweet wine produced by Knightor Winery near St Austell has been named ‘Critics Choice’ at the Sommelier Wine Awards – the UK’s only wine awards for the hospitality trade. The wine, Mena Hweg (in Cornish, Mena = hill, Hweg = sweet), which also …
The Lugg family, who rear traditional-breed pigs at their smallholding near Redruth, have been recognised as one of the country’s top sausage producers at the 2015 British Sausage Week Awards. Primrose Herd took Silver in the national ‘Traditional Pork Sausage’ category at the awards, which …
Tregassow Farm has been named as the The Carol Trewin South West Producer Of The Year 2015 at the Taste of the West Awards, which took place at Somerset County Cricket Ground recently. The award recognises an outstanding contribution to the regional food and drinks …
The producers of Truro Farmers Market are thrilled to have been selected as finalists in the Cornwall Life Food and Drink Awards 2014 in the ‘Best Farmers’ Market’ category. “The awards are designed to champion the great and the good of our regions food and …
The world’s largest blind-tasted food awards Great Taste, has just released the stars of 2014 and Primrose Herd is amongst the producers celebrating. Three of their products received the prestigious stars, from 10,000 entries nationally. Judged by over 400 of the most demanding palates – …
Cornwall has its fair share of high profile chefs, famous restaurants, foodie awards and culinary PR. However behind this success story are the army of food producers, big and small, whose passion and dedication is just as great, despite working outside the limelight. Pig farmers …
Family nursery Meadowside has triumphed again at The Royal Cornwall Show, winning a large gold award for their stunning display of perennials. Each week Truro Farmers Market is given an injection of colour and a fresh waft of floral scents by the Meadowside Nursery stall. …
The Cornish Duck Company has matured from a fledgling food enterprise to a business in full flight, featuring on BBC’s Countryfile last month and taking home a host of awards at Taste of The West 2014. In 2006, Roger and Tanya Olver began converting the family …