Great British Food Awards 2017 - Shortlist Announced!

We’re delighted to announce the shortlist in the Great British Food Awards 2017. We had an unprecedented number of great quality entries this year, so apologies if your product didn’t make it to the final stage this time. Our expert judges are now busy taste testing the shortlist to pick the final winners, which will be announced later this summer.

THE SHORTLIST

BEST SAUSAGES 

The Jolly Hog - Porky Black

The Jolly Hog - Proper Porker

Muscle Food - Sticky Italian Pork Sausage

Archer’s Butchers - Traditional Norfolk Pork Sausage

Lobsterdog Ltd - Sheepdogs Sausages

Wheetons - Weetons Farmhouse Sausage

Ginger Pig – Traditional & Lincolnshire Pork Sausages

Blacker Hall – Traditional Pork Sausages

Debbie & Andrew - Perfect Pork Chipolatas

BEST BACON

Emmett’s Stores - Suffolk Unsmoked Back Bacon

Weetons Foodhall - Weetons Traditional Dry Cured Back Bacon

Ludlow Food Centre - Dry Cured Back Bacon

The Jolly Hog - Black Treacle Smoked Bacon

High Farndale Farm - Rare Breed, Free Range, Dry Cured Streaky Bacon

Charcutier ltd - Streaky Bacon

Ginger Pig – Smoked and Unsmoked bacon

Helen Browning - Unsmoked Streaky

Helen Browning - Smoked Back Bacon

BEST FRESH MEAT PRODUCT

Donald Russell - Ribeye Steak Burger

The Yorkshire Wagyu - Company Sirloin Steak

Highland Game - Fillet Of Scottish Wild Venison

Morton’s Traditional Taste - Salt-Aged Norfolk Bronze Free Range Turkey

Keevil & Keevil - Buffalo Sirloin Steak

Herb Fed Poultry - Herb Fed Free Range Chicken

Lidgate Butchers - Himalayan Salt Aged T Bone Steak

Lidgate Butchers - 40 Day Dry Aged Native Breed Rib Eye

1. Soanes & Son Free Range Chicken

The Thoughtful Producer Game Hung Chicken

BEST SMOKED FISH PRODUCT

Inverawe Smokehouse - Smoked Scottish Organic Salmon

Inverawe Smokehouse - Inverawe Classic Smoked Salmon

The Weald Smokery - Hot Roast Smoked Salmon

The Weald Smokery - Smoked Trout

The Weald Smokery - Smoked Haddock Fillet

The Argyll Smokery - Kiln Roasted Smoked Salmon

Gigha Halibut - Smoked Gigha Halibut

Salar Smokehouse ltd. - Salar Flaky Smoked Salmon

Lambton & Jackson - Maldon Deep Smoked Salmon

BEST CHARCUTERIE/CURED MEAT

Morton’s Traditional Taste - Oak Smoked Gressingham Duck Breast

Trealy Farm Charcuterie - Spiced Air-Dried Beef

Emmett’s Stores - Suffolk Black Ham

Emmett’s Stores - Emmett’s Orange Unsmoked Cooked Ham

Three Little Pigs - British Chorizo With A Tickle Of Habanero Chilli

Mr Trotter Ltd - Mr Trotter’s Great British Pork Sausalami

Woza Biltong & Charcuterie - Wild Venison British Biltong

Weetons Foodhall - Air Dried Ham

Weetons Foodhall - Air Dried Salami With Peppercorns & Fennel

BEST SAVOURY BAKE

Tatchbury Manor Farm - Traditional Pork Pie

GAIL’s Bakery - Sausage Roll

Keelham Farm Shop - Steak, Potato & Tipsy Pig Ale Pie

Mr.C’s Hand-Crafted Pies Ltd. - Piggy Black Pie

Brocklebys - Moo & Blue Pie

The Manchester Tart Company - Cumberland Mutton Pie

Aryzta - Chicken & Wild Mushroom Pie

Aryzta - Beef, Horseradish & Cheddar Pie

Mr T.G Pullin’s Bakery - Olive Stick

Baker Tom - Seeded Sourdough

Fuud Ltd’s - Chicken & Chestnut Pie

Bessie’s Tea Parlour - Leek & Kentish Blue Cheese Tart

BEST SWEET BAKE

Tipple Tails - Cinnamon Pippin

Bessie’s Tea Parlour - Allotment Cake

The Proof Of The Pudding ... - Marmalade Sponge Pudding With Orange Liqueur

Tiptree Patisserie Ltd - Raspberry & White Chocolate Gateau

Fab Fairies & Wicked Tarts - Dark Chocolate & Raspberry Cake

Ludlow Food Centre - Handmade Mince Pies

Croots - Lemon Tart

Burtree Puddings - Orange Marmalade Pudding

Lillypuds Limited - Fine Christmas Pudding

Farmhouse Fare Ltd Mary Berry - My Mother’s Bread And Butter Pudding

BEST CONFECTIONERY

Walkers Nonsuch – Liquorice Toffees

Love Cocoa – Maldon Sea Salt Dark Chocolate

Naked & Raw – Raw Cacao Artisan Truffles

Booja Booja – Almond & Sea Salt Caramel Organic Chocolate Truffles

Lauden Chocolate – First Class Chocolate Collection

Popcorn Shed Ltd – Popcorn Shed’s Salted Caramel Gourmet Popcorn

Fudge Kitchen – Mixology Confection

Eat My Flowers – British wild honey floral lollipops

Spare Fruit – Spare Fruit Air-Dried Apple Crisps

Joe & Seph’s – Joe & Seph’s Double Salted Caramel Popcorn Artizan Fudge – Coffee Fudge

BEST SAVOURY SNACK

Made for Drink – Duck Fritons

RayGray Snacks Ltd – Crackling with Apple Sauce Dip

RayGray Snacks Ltd – Crispy Fried Pork Waves

Innate Food LTD – Beetroot Squares

Caracoli Ltd – Sweet & Spicy Nuts

SAVOURSMITHS – Parmesan & Port Potato Crisps

GAIL’S Bakery – Seeded Crackers

Fairfields Farm Crisps – Fairfields Farm Adnams Ghostship Pale Ale handcooked Crisps

The Yorkshire Crisp Company Limited – Sweet Chilli and Lime

Peter’s Yard – Peter’s Yard Sourdough Crispbread Bites - Sea Salt

The Yorkshire Wagyu Company – Yorkshire Wagyu Paleo Sliced Original Biltong

BEST GLUTEN FREE PRODUCT

Evexia Thrive – Gluten Free Chickpea Fusilli

Mr T.G Pullin’s Bakery – Balboa

Mr T.G Pullin’s Bakery – Trillionaire

Love Brownies – Individually Hand Made Double Chocolate Brownie

Pollen + Grace  – The Mojo Bar

Flower & White – Muffinz - Lemon Curd Muffin

Easy Bean – Chickpea Crispbread Cheddar Crunch

Mash Direct – Crispy Vegetable Bake

Brightwater Brewery – Lipsmacker

Doves Farm – FREEE by Doves Farm Gluten Free Self Raising White Flour 1kg

Gordon Rhodes Ltd – Drop Bread Gorgeous Gluten Free Bread Sauce

Oast to Host – Leek & Bacon Quongo

The Sussex Gingerbread & Biscuit Company Ltd – Spicy Sussex Alberts

Nine Meals From Anarchy – Uncorrupted Veg Stock

BEST DAIRY PRODUCT

West Country Water Buffalo Ltd. – “IN THE BUFF” Buffalicious Plain Buffalo Ice Cream

Simply Ice Cream – Homemade luxury Honeycomb icecream

Beckleberry’s – Blackcurrant & Liquorice Ice Cream

Cotteswold Dairy – Clotted Cream

Cotteswold Dairy – Greek Style Yogurt

Handmade by Hadley’s – Honey Ice Cream

Mere Park Creamery – Mere Park Creamery Ewes Milk

BEST CHEESE

Dewlay Cheesemakers – Nicky Nook Blue Cheese

Shepherds Purse Cheeses Ltd – Yorkshire Blue

Cropwell Bishop – Blue Stilton

Cropwell Bishop – Beauvale

Village Maid Cheese – Wigmore

Lynher Dairies – Cornish Kern

King Stone Dairy – Rollright

Fen Farm Dairy – Baron Bigod

Ram Hall Farm – Berkswell

Holker Farm Dairy - St James’

BEST COOKING OIL

Farrington Oils - Mellow Yellow Rapeseed Oil

Broighter Gold - Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil

Hillfarm - Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil

Wharfe Valley - Cold Pressed Coconut & Rapeseed Oil

Ocado Gold - Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil

Borderfields - Borderfields Gold

D & J Wignall Farms Ltd - Wignalls YALLO Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil

Croots - Lemon Rapeseed Oil

Supernature - Original Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil

BEST GIN

Salcombe Distilling Company Ltd – Salcombe Gin ‘Start Point’

Bramley & Gage Ltd – 6 O’clock Gin

Gordon Castle Scotland – Gordon Castle Raspberry Gin Liqueur

Dyfi Distillery – Pollination Gin

Drinks of Manchester Limited – Manchester Gin

ATOM Group t/a Ableforth’s – Bathtub Gin

Darnley’s Gin – Darnley’s Spiced Gin

London & Scottish International Ltd – Juniper Green Trophy Organic London Dry Gin

GOOD HARBOUR TRADING – Portobello Road Gin

Sloemotion – Hedgerow Gin

Pinkster Gin – Pinkster

BEST CRAFT BEER

Magic Rock – Salty Kiss

Wold Top Brewery – Scarborough Fair IPA

Fierce Beer – Peanut Riot

St Austell Brewery – Korev

Brightwater Brewery – Liquorice & Blackcurrant Fruit Stout

Wild Beer Company – Millionaire

The Five Points Brewing Co. – Five Points Pale Ale

Siren – Bourbon Milkshake

Tiny Rebel – CWTCH & Stay Puft

Moor Beer Company -  Nor’Hop

BEST CIDER

Hallets Cider – Hallets Real Cider

Dunkertons Cider Co. Ltd – Black Fox

Dunkertons Cider Co. Ltd – Dunkertons Perry

Lyme Bay Winery – Jack Ratt Sparkling Cider

Perry’s Cider – Somerset Redstreak Cider

Apple County Cider Co – Dabinett Medium Cider

Worleys Cider – Special Reserve - Medium

BEST ENGLISH WINE

Bolney Wine Estate – Blanc de Blancs 2015

Bolney Wine Estate – Cuvée Rosé 2014

Giffords Hall Vineyard Ltd – Giffords Hall Bacchus

Gusbourne – Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2013

Gusbourne – Gusbourne Brut Rosé 2013

Denbies Wine Estate Limited – Greenfields

Lyme Bay Winery – Sandbar

Lyme Bay Winery – Lyme Bay Sparkling Rose

BEST SAVOURY PRESERVE/SAUCE

Stokes Sauces Ltd – Bloody Mary Ketchup

Stokes Sauces Ltd – Real Mayonnaise

Aspall – Raw Organic Cyder Vinegar

Tigg’s – Subtle Pepper & Mustard

Wild at Heart – Wild Garlic Mayonnaise

Mr Todiwala’s – Minted Mango & Ginger Relish

Mr Todiwala’s – Wild Boar Vindaloo Pickle

Cheeky Boy Sauces – Berlin49, German Hot Sauce.

Essence &Montys Foods – Montys Traditional Piccalilli

Old Rectory Preserves Ltd – Mint and Apple Jelly

Mon Stir Sauce – Bad Boy

Heidi Jane Preserves – Spicy Apple Chutney

Allan’s Chilli Products – Devil Hot Chilli Sauce

Hawkshead Relish Company Ltd – Black Garlic Ketchup

Mrs Darlington’s – Spicy Tomato & Sticky Onion Chutney

Mostyn Kitchen Garden – Runner Bean Chutney

PaPa Spice – Mild Chilli Sauce

A Little Bit Food Co. – Fresh Rosemary and Tomato Ketchup

BEST SWEET PRESERVE/SAUCE

Old Rectory Preserves Ltd – Red Gooseberry & Elderflower Preserve

Joe & Seph’s – Toffee Apple & Cinnamon Caramel Sauce

Heidi Jane preserves – Rhubarb Jam

Stokes Sauces Ltd – Blackcurrant Extra Jam

Ludlow Food Centre – Blood Orange & Gin Marmalade

Gower Cottage Brownies Ltd – Orange Brownie Butter

Gower Cottage Brownies Ltd – The Original Brownie Butter

The Artisan Kitchen – Blaisdon Red Plum Jam

First Ascot Luxury Preserves – Raspberry and Elderflower Preserve

Season’s Bounty – Strawberry Jam with Norfolk Lavender

Seren’s kitchen – Welsh Strawberry Jam with Honeysuckle Wine

Hawkshead Relish Company Ltd – Salted Chocolate MUDD

BEST CEREAL

Qnola – mixed varieties 

Rude Health – Ultimate Granola

Two Birds Cereal – Berry Bliss Super Seed Cereal

Sharpham Park – Morning Multi Flakes

Spoon Cereals – Apple + Peanut Granola

Hodmedod – Naked Barley Flakes

Husk & Honey Granola – Oat & Nut Granola

Lizi’s Granola – Passion Fruit & Pistachio Granola