BBC Radio 4 Food & Farming Awards 2012
29 November 2012
Sheila Dillon and Valentine Warner presented the 13th annual BBC Food
& Farming Awards, featuring Angela Hartnett, Raymond Blanc and
Countryfile's Adam Henson on Tuesday 27 November
Recorded at the BBC Good Food Show, the
chefs, food writers and drinks experts announce the winners in nine
different categories, from Best Street Food or Takeaway to Best Food
Market.
This year, Raymond was involved in helping the awards celebrate food producers and the search for "Big Food Ideas". The eventual winners of these two categories were:
BEST BIG FOOD IDEA
Growing Communities,
UK, Growing Communities has been running a successful community-led
organic box scheme in Hackney for 18 years. The nomination said,
“Growing Communities’ model of community-led trade can help build a food
system that is fairer, more resilient and less dependent on fossil
fuels.” They are now spreading their model by working with six different
communities across the UK.
BEST FOOD PRODUCER
Westcombe Dairy,
Shepton Mallet, Somerset, has been making Cheddar for over 100 years.
It has three herds of Friesian-Holstein cows. Their milk is used to
produce a traditional unpasturised Cheddar. The nomination said: "Small
dairy, local, working to find a foothold in bigger markets, while
holding on to everything that is important about staying true to roots
and the local community."
Pump Street Bakery,
Orford, Suffolk, a small, family-owned bakery and café. All bread and
pasties are made daily in the village. The nomination said: "If sound
ethics are regarded as part and parcel of producing good value delicious
foods made with local ingredients, I think they deserve to win an
award!"
The Awards programme will be broadcast on Radio 4 at 12pm on Friday 30 November. To find out more about the Awards, and to listen to the broadcast of the awards, visit the BBC website by clicking here
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