Yesterday Product Junkie brought you chocolate and high fashion, today it brings you pies and sausages. Not quite so glamorous but still very important we think.
County food group Hampshire Fare is calling on butchers and meat producers to enter the 2009 Great Hampshire Sausage, Pie and Ready Meal Competition.
Sponsored by The British Pig Executive, with the support of Hampshire County Council and Lucas Ingredients, the competition comprises 11 categories including sausages, hot and cold pies, bacon, ready meals and barbecue products.
Producers are encouraged to think local, using added ingredients sourced from Hampshire, such as beer, cider, cheeses and chutneys to produce products that will be judged by a team of professional sausage makers from across the UK.
Last year's competition attracted 244 individual entries from 28 Hampshire butchers and meat producers, with judges awarding 68 gold certificates and 13 tropies.
Butcher Martin Martindale of Greenfield Pork Products scooped the overall Supreme Champion award at last year's award - as well as the Best Hampshire Sausage, Best Speciality Pork Sausage, Best Valentines Sausage and Best Hampshire Farmers' Market Entry - and was praised for his high standards of animal welfare.
This year's competition will take place on March 4th. For more information contact Tim Brock on 07889 069291/01962 845999 or email: tim.brock@hants.gov.uk.
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