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Northern Ireland Food & Drink 2015 Celebrating Outstanding Success Food and Drink Is Northern Ireland’S Biggest and Most Successful Industry Celebrating Northern Ireland Food & Drink 2015 Celebrating Outstanding Success Food and drink is Northern Ireland’s biggest and most successful industry. It’s an industry which is projected to generate around £5 billion for the local economy this year. It is a major exporter of premium quality and innovative products to over 80 countries worldwide. Indeed over 60% of Northern Ireland food and drink is currently exported. Food and drink in Northern Ireland has won international acclaim for outstanding food and drink over many years. Northern Ireland is now among the biggest suppliers of food and drink to all retail sectors in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland as well as most foodservice organisations in both markets. Award Winning Flavours The quality and innovation that has long underpinned Northern Ireland food and drink has led to many international awards especially, for outstanding taste. These include the prestigious Great Taste Awards organised annually by the UK Guild of Fine Food, the Blas na hÉireann (Irish Food Awards), the Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards and the Quality Food and Drink Awards. Great Taste Awards 2015 Blas na hÉireann - Irish Food Northern Ireland companies have been among the most successful Awards 2015 in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the Great Taste Awards over the Northern Ireland also has a track record of achievement in the Blas past five years. In 2015, for instance, 70 Northern Ireland companies na hÉireann, Irish Food Awards. A record number of gold medals secured almost 200 gold stars. were won by Northern Ireland companies in this year’s awards. NI Supreme Champions The awards covered most categories including speciality cheese, one McCartney’s Butchers 2011: Silverside Corned Beef provided a new of the most intensely contested sectors. In addition, Northern Ireland dimension to a traditional favourite. producers dominated the cider categories. Hannan Meats 2012: Moyallon Guanciale offered a delicious The 2015 gold winners from Northern Ireland: un-smoked pig’s jowl that was dry-cured with fennel, thyme, peppers, spices, garlic and red wine. • Broighter Gold Rapeseed for Thai Inspired Rapeseed Oil • Corn Dolly Foods for Large Floury Bap Great Taste Awards 2015 ree star winners • Tempted Cider Co. Ltd for Tempted Sweet Cider Baronscourt Estate Wild Sika Venison French Rack • Dart Mountain Cheese Company for Sperrin Blue Cheese Dale Farm/Fivemiletown Ballyoak Smoked Brie Cheese • Free’ist for Sugar-Free Caramel Crunch Popcorn Genesis Bakery Brown Soda Loaf • Glastry Farmhouse Ice Cream for Blackcurrant Sorbet • Hannan Meats for Smoked Chicken Breast Top 50 Foods: Baronscourt Estate Wild Sika Venison French Rack • Heatherlea Bakery for Rich Fruit Loaf • Hovis for Connell Bakery Pancakes Golden Fork Regional Winner for Northern Ireland: • Linden Foods for Inishvale Irish Hereford Fillet Steak Baronscourt Estate Wild Sika Venison French Rack • Maud’s Ice Cream for Salted Caramel Ice Cream • White’s Oats for Porridge Pots with Golden Syrup • Willowbrook Foods for Mediterranean Salad Bowl Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards 2015 Spirited Successes More than 30 products from 25 Northern Ireland companies, both large and small and across most sectors, were successful at the recent Irish Craft distilleries in Northern Ireland have won a series of Quality Food and Drink Awards 2015 in Dublin. international awards. The prestigious awards involving major retailers and discounters from Shortcross Gin, produced by Rademon Estate Craft Distillery, won a silver across the island of Ireland saw clean sweeps for Northern Ireland in key medal in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2015, RubyBlue categories. The Northern Irish winners included: Irish Potato Vodka, produced by Hughes Craft Distillery, was awarded a Gold medal at the prestigious Global Vodka Master 2015 competition Cereals/Porridge - White’s Oats and a silver medal at the prestigious New York World Wine and Spirits Breads /Wheaten and Soda - McErlain’s Bakery and competition at the first entry. Linwood’s Bakery Dairy/Yoghurts - Clandeboye Estate Bushmills Distillery, the world’s oldest licensed distillery, has also won Cold Beverages/ Soft Drinks - CocoMojo a series of international awards over the years for its range of Irish Cheese - Dale Farm Whiskey products. Eggs - Cavanagh Free Range Eggs Ciders - Tempted Cider Co. Ltd, Kilmegan and Mac Ivors Poultry - Moy Park Meat, Burgers and Meatballs - Linden Foods Salads - Willowbrook Foods Prepared Side Dishes - TS Foods Vegetables Unprepared - Glens of Antrim Potatoes Small Bakes and Traybakes - New Found Joy Spirits - Niche Drinks. Year of Food and Drink 2016 Northern Ireland’s Year of Food and Drink 2016 will celebrate everything Each month is set to have its own theme from January to December that makes the produce from Northern Ireland so good. The picturesque celebrating Northern Ireland food and drink. These will be: landscapes, time-honoured traditions, people and dedicated producers that make our food heritage wonderfully unique will be showcased in a January: Breakfast Month comprehensive programme of activities in Northern Ireland and abroad. February: Love Local March: Heritage and Traditions They will demonstrate that Northern Ireland is producing some of the April: Brewing and Distilling world’s finest and freshest ingredients - from iconic breads to seafood, May: Landscape and Places spirits and meat. June: Love Dairy July: Seas, Rivers and Loughs The key objectives for Year of Food 2016 are to: August: Love Northern Ireland Meat September: Bread and Baking • Enhance the reputation of Northern Ireland’s food offering October: Harvest • Celebrate Northern Ireland’s food culture November: Legacy and Learn • Dial up existing events and revive tired events December: Christmas and Premium Foods • Tell our stories (produce, places and people) • Provide new opportunities for food linked experiences The focus on the industry will inspire trade growth and visitor spend as • Develop the quality of our food offering well as boosting Northern Ireland’s destination reputation for tourists by • Increase visitor satisfaction (with food and drink amongst putting food and drink at the heart of the tourism experience. visitors to Northern Ireland) Part of the vision for the year is to celebrate the quality, innovation, Among targets of the year-long campaign is an increase in export sales creativity and entrepreneurship to be found across the globally to around £30 million. competitive Food and Drink industry. Great Taste Award Winners What Great Taste Gold Stars mean: Wow, you must taste this! Faultless Close to perfect Alfie Murray Baronscourt Estate Dale Farm Prime Grass Fed Spring Leg of Lamb Wild Sika Venison French Rack Boilíe Goats Cheese Barrel 70g on the Bone Wild, Northern Irish, Sika Venison 100% With its creamy, lemony tang, Boilíe Goat’s 3 Cross Street, Killyleagh, traceable & processed in EU approved game Cheese is perfect for fresh salads, hot pasta or Co. Down, BT30 9QG handling facility. even for stuffing inside a chicken breast. It can c: Alfie Murray add a distinctive touch to a toasted ciabatta 55 Baronscourt Road, Newtownstewart, t: +44 (0) 28 4482 8189 and is wonderful when melted into an omelette. Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT78 4EZ e: [email protected] c: Ellie Stuart Spelga 0% Fat Greek Frozen Yogurt Mixed w: www.alfiemurrayfamilybutchers.co.uk Berries t: +44 (0) 28 8166 2570 f: alfiemurrayfamilybutchers m: +44 (0) 77 7215 8564 A beautifully creamy Greek style frozen yogurt e: [email protected] infused with mixed berries. All the taste and w: www.barons-court.com no fat! f: Baronscourt Estate 15 Dargan Road, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT3 9LS t: @AbercornEstate c: Jason Hempton t: +44 (0) 28 9034 2200 e: [email protected] Ann’s Pantry of Larne w: www.dalefarm.co.uk Guinness Oven Wheaten f: Dalefarmni Traditional Irish oven brown soda with mydromona Guinness & buttermilk, all ingredients locally myspelga Dale Farm sourced. Fivemiletown Ballyoak 64 Main Street, Larne, Hand made with care, each individual Co. Antrim, BT40 1SP truckle is slowly smoked in our kiln using c: John Agnew sustainably foraged oakwood from the local t: +44 (0) 28 2826 0474 and enchanting Forest of Caledon. Plumes of m: +44 (0) 75 0395 4795 e: [email protected] aromatic smoke circulate around the cheese East Coast Seafoods and impart a wonderfully smoky flavour to the f: ann’spantryoflarne silky, butter–like texture of the soft cheese. This t: @ann’spantrylarne Cooked Brown Crab also gives a rich rustic crust that looks beautiful Handpicked brown crab meat. on any cheeseboard. Hot Smoked Salmon 15 Dargan Road, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT3 9LS Oak & beech hot smoked salmon. c: Jason Hempton 7/11 Killard Drive, Ballyhornan, t: +44 (0) 28 9034 2200 Co. Down, BT30 7PN e: [email protected] Cookie Jar c: Eileen Johnston w: www.dalefarm.co.uk t: +44 (0) 28 4484 1196 Wheaten Bannock f: Dalefarmni m: +44 (0) 77 7332 2476 mydromona Our award winning traditional wheaten e: [email protected] myspelga bannock, the recipe a family heirloom, is a great w: www.eastcoastseafoods.com accompaniment to sweet and savoury dishes. Made with premium ingredients and baked with experience and passion. 121 Main Street, Newcastle, Co. Down, BT33 0AE Genesis Crafty c: James Herron t: +44 (0) 28 4372 2427 SuperValu Brown Soda Loaf En Place Foods (UK) Ltd m: +44 (0) 78 6022 0180 Handcrafted traditional Irish brown soda loaf, Black Garlic Mostarda rich in buttermilk with distinctive
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