Great Taste Awards

Fine Food World runs the annual Great Taste Awards. The winners are announced in July, with an awards ceremony in September.

Until 2009, awards were bronze, silver and gold – gold award winners from 2005 to 2008 are listed below. From 2009, winners are awarded one, two or three gold stars.

For more details of award-winning food and drink around the region, contact Hilary Knight from ‘A Taste of Sussex' on 01444 259265.

2011

Awarded three gold stars:

• Cowdray Farm Shop Ltd – Cowdray Estate Venison Fillet
• Higgidy – Spinach, Feta and Pine Nut Pie
• Kelly Bronze Turkey – KellyBronze Turkey
• Stratta – Sweet Raspberry Vinegar
• Terre à Terre – Sussex Crab Apple and Calvados Jelly
• The Weald Smokery – Hot Roast Smoked Salmon

Awarded two gold stars:

• Boathouse Organic Farm Shop – Boathouse Thru Cut Bacon
• Deerview Products Ltd – Raspberry Preserve
• Goodwood Farm Shop – Organic Shorthorn Fillet of Beef
• Imbhams Farm Granary – Gorgeous Grains Granola; Soda Bread Mix
• Kent & Fraser Ltd – Ginger and Cinnamon Spice Cookie
• Terre à Terre – Chilly chelly
• The Spanish Food Co – Salchichon Extra; Zamorano chesse
• The Hungry Guest – Gooseberry and Blackberry Jam

Awarded one gold star:

• Azienda Agricola Sara Lucy Adams – Angeli Single Estate Extra Virgin Oil, organic
• Boathouse Organic Farm Shop – Boathouse Specials Pork Sausages
• Bookham Harrison Farms Ltd – South Downs Butter; Sussex Charmer Cheese
• Cowdray Farm Shop Ltd – Cowdray Estate Shoulder of Lamb; Cowdray Estate Rib of Beef
• Devilish Desserts – Steak and Kidney Pie
• Diet Freedom Ltd – Sweet Freedom Natural Sweetener
• Ginger's Kitchen – Goan Spiced Lentil, Coconut and Coriander Soup; Goan Spiced Chicken with Red Lentil Daal and Fragrant Rice; Butternut Squash, Goats Cheese and Rosemary Risotto
• Goodwood Farm Shop – Organic Cured Back Bacon
• Higgidy – British Beef, Stilton and Mash Pie; Free Range Pork Sausage and Mash Pie
• Honey Garden Sauces Ltd – Mint Raita
• Huckleberry's Produce Store – Strawberry and Balsamic Jam
• Judges Bakery – Buckwheat and Raisin Cookie
• Kent & Fraser Ltd – Ginger and Cinnamon Spice Cookie, gluten-free; Double Chocolate and Hazelnut Cookie; Mature Cheddar and Roasted Shallots Savoury Cheese Bites
• Kikkoman – Kikkoman Less Salt Soy Sauce
• Lebanese Fine Foods – Mymouné Fig Jam with Walnuts; Mymouné Rose Syrup
• Montezuma's Chocolates Ltd – Butter Me Up; Lordy Lord
• Ouse Valley Foods – Lime and Bergamot Curd; Cheese Please Chutney
• Over The Farm Gate Farm Shop & Butchery – Pork and Leek Sausage
• Owlet Fruit Juice – Owlet Cox and Bramley Apple Juice; Owlet Apple, Cherry and Damson Juice
• Southover Food Co Ltd – Free Range Southover Smoked Gammon
• Stratta – Smoked Garlic Infused Extra Virgin Oilive Oil; Sweet Blackcurrant Vinegar
• The Hungry Guest – Sprouted Sussex Wheat Loaf
• The Spanish Food Co – Gordac Picante Saski
• Vallecoppa – Zizzi Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Wobblegate – Wobblegate Cox and Bramley Pure Apple Juice; Wobblegate Bramley Pure Apple Juice

2010

Awarded three gold stars:

• Alsop and Walker – Mayfield Semi-hard Cheese

Awarded two gold stars:

• Alsop and Walker – Sussex Camembert
• Owlet Fruit Juice – Owlet Pear Juice
• The Weald Smokery – Smoked Scottish Salmon
• Stratta – Sweet Morello Cherry Vinegar, Sweet Bullace Vinegar, Smoky Moroccan Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Ouse Valley Foods – Blackcurrant and Vanilla Curd

Awarded one gold star:

• Boathouse Organic Farm Shop – Smoked Back Bacon, Organic Pork Sausage
• Downsview Farmhouse Sussex Ice Cream – Honeycomb with Honeycomb Pieces Ice Cream
• DeliSante Ltd – Summer Vegetable Quiche
• The Good Salt Co – Oak-smoked Himalayan Crystal Salt
• Terre à Terre – Ginger Chilli Chelley, Cheeky Cippolini Onions
• Blessed Tea – Digest – Spearmint, Peppermint, Marshmallow and Liquorice Tea
• Stratta – Sweet Medlar Vinegar, Lemon Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2009

Awarded three gold stars:

• Gran Stead's Ginger – Non-alcoholic Ginger Wine
  Overall South East speciality winner
• Ouse Valley Foods – Cardamom and Ginger Jelly
• Kent & Frazer – Double Chocolate Chunk Cake

Awarded two gold stars:

• Kent & Frazer – Stilton and Walnut Biscuits
• Boathouse Organic Farm – Plain Organic Pork Sausage
• Southover Food Company – New York Style Pastrami

Awarded one gold star:

• Jethro's Marinades – Lemon, Bay and Rosemary Marinade
• Kent & Frazer – Rich Chocolate Brownie
• Downsview Farmhouse – Bramley Apple Sorbet
• Bookham Fine Foods – Southdowns Butter
• Judges Bakery – Organic Muesli; Rye and Sultana Loaf
• Carr Taylor Wines – Ginger Wine

2008

• Ouse Valley Foods – Greengage Conserve; Lemon, Honey and Cardamon Curd
• Boathouse Organic Farm – Boned and Rolled Loin of Pork
• Chillipepperpete – Chipotle Chilli Salt
• The Weald Smokery – Hot-roast Smoked Salmon; Smoked free-range Lamb
• Jethro's Marinades – Lemon Chilli Coriander Marinade
• Judges Bakery – Organic Country Sour Dough; Organic Stollen
• Bookham Fine Foods – Southdowns Slightly Salted Bacon
• Southover Food Company – Free-range Ham on the Bone; Free-range Cooked Back Bacon
• Fallen Angel Brewery – Sussex Boar Hunter Fortified Mead
• Stratta – Sweet Black Mulberry Vinegar; Sweet Damson Vinegar
• Thrilli Foods – Apple Chilli Drizzle

2007

• Stratta – Sweet Redcurrant Vinegar
• Ouse Valley Foods – Pineapple, Lime and Lemon Marmalade
• Boathouse Organic Farm – Organic Pork Sausage
• Battle Bake House – Vanilla Almond Biscuit
• Camillas Good Food Company – Asparagus, Spinach and Stilton pie
• Davenport's – Raspberry Roulade
• The Weald Smokery – Farmed Smoked Salmon
• The Weald Smokery – Smoked Trout Fillets

2006

• Stratta – Raspberry Vinegar; Sweet Lavender Vinegar
• The Condiment Co. – Raspberry and Basil Dressing; Blue Cheese Mayonnaise; Classic Mayonnaise
• Ouse Valley Foods – Red Chilli Jelly
• Eureka Foods – Asia's Finest Specialist Chilli Sauce
• The Old Granary – Mocha Fudge
• Boathouse Organic Farm – Organic Pork and Apple Sausages; Organic Salami
• Bairds Farm Shop – Chicken and Ham Cold Pie
• Carr Taylor Wines – Ginger Wine

2005

• Battle Bake House – Chocolate Brownie
• Stonelink Farm – Organic Sloe Gin
• Stratta – Sweetened Blackcurrant Flavoured Vinegar
• Italian Olive Oil Co – Tomarecchio Extra Virgin Oil Single Estate
• The Weald Smokery – Farmed Smoked Salmon; Green Back Bacon