Producers of pasta, meat, gin, chocolate and cakes in Nottinghamshire are celebrating winning Great Taste Awards, making them some of the best across the globe. More than 5,000 products won awards out of over 14,000 entries.
They were blind tasted by 500 judges in the world's largest food and drink accreditation scheme based entirely on taste. Entries are awarded stars, with one meaning food and drink that delivers fantastic flavour, two for above and beyond delicious and three classing it as extraordinarily tasty.
Of the 45 Nottinghamshire awards, two achieved the prestigious three stars, making them just 1.7% of the total entries. Free range pork shoulder, from Home Farm Produce in Retford, and 'nduja and honey mezzaluna (moon-shaped filled pasta) manufactured by GCL Food Ingredients in Newthorpe, wowed the judges' taste buds.
