Great Taste record for Northern Ireland's innovative food
Fourteen products from seven Northern Irish companies were awarded the highest accolade of three gold stars in the prestigious annual event organised by the influential UK Guild of Fine Food. Around 70 local companies secured almost 320 gold stars.
Another measure of the achievements this year is that over 10 per cent of the total 125 products achieving three stars from the UK and Ireland were supplied by Northern Ireland companies.
Hannan Meats of Moira, last year's Supreme Champion, is continuing to break all previous records, becoming the first company ever in the awards to win seven separate three stars, significantly all for meat, and to secure a remarkable haul of 44 gold stars in total.
Winners of three gold stars
Hannan Meats, Moira - three gold stars each for seven meat products
En Place Foods, Cookstown - three gold stars each for two products
Ewing's Seafood, Belfast - three gold stars for one product
Kettyle Irish Foods, Lisnaskea - three gold stars for one product
Lidl Northern Ireland - Duck Breast with Garlic and Pepper
McCartney's Butchers, Moira - three gold stars for one product
Yellow Door, Portadown - three gold stars for one product
Overall Northern Ireland Winners in UK Great Taste Awards
Abernethy Butter, Dromara - Butter Fudge - one star
Ann's Pantry, Larne Oatmeal Biscuits - one star
All Butter Shortbread - one star
Speltmeal Soda - one star
Boiled Cake - one star
Spelt Christmas Pudding - one star
Armagh Cider Company, Armagh- AJ Pure Apple Juice - one star
Carson's Premium Cider - one star
Madden's Mellow Orchard Berry Cider - one star
ART, Bangor - Picallili - two stars
Coconut Sambai - one star
Chilli and Ginger Kick - one star
Curry Ketchup - one star
Avondale Foods, Lurgan - Dunne's Stores Sweet Chilli Noodle Salad with Edama - one star
Country Kitchen Vegetable Broth - one star
Bailie's Coffee, Belfast - Silvio Espresso - two stars
Puccini Espresso - two stars
100% Fairtrade Espresso - two stars
Decaf Espresso- one star
Kenyan Loose Leaf tea - one star
Assam Loose Leaf Tea - one star
Blackthorn Foods, Belfast - Handmade Cranberry and White Chocolate Fudge - one star
Broighter Gold, Limavady - Rapeseed oil - one star
Bruce's Hill Cattle Company, Antrim -Traditional Shorthorn Chump Steak - one star
Beef, Carmelised Onion and Cracked Black Pepper Sausage - one star
Traditional Shorthorn Steak Burger - one star
Classic Aberdeen Angus Beef Sausage - one star
Buchanan's Turkeys, Kilrea - Free Range Bronze Turkey - two stars
CoCouture, Belfast - Sea Salted Caramel and Pecan Brownie - two stars
Temptation Bite Cake - one star
Chapman's, Armagh Chicken, Ham and Mushroom Pie - two stars
Deluxe Rhubarb Tart with Butter Pastry - two stars
Wheaten Bread - one star
Almond Flake Biscuit - one star
White Chocolate Caramel Slice with Cranberries and Pistaccio - one star
Orange Marmalade - one star
Raspberry Jam - one star
Chapman's Apple and Clove Jelly - one star
Christmas Pudding - one star
Deluxe Fresh Bramley Apple Tart with Butter Pastry - one star
Deluxe Fresh Bramley Apple and Raspberry Tart with Butter Pastry - one star
Steak and Onion Pie - one star
Savoury Mince Pie - one star
Carrot and Parsnip Mash - one star
Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup - one star
Crossgar Meats, Downpatrick - Inch Abbey Hip Hung Dry-Aged Sirloin Steak - two stars
Gloucester Old Spot Pork Belly - one star
Square Cut Rump of Dry-Aged Spring Dorset Lamb - one star
Crossgar Dry-Aged Tomahawk Steak - one star
Roulade of Gloucester Old Spot Pork Belly - one star
Gloucester Old Spot Porchetta - one star
Hereford Dry-Aged Ribeye Cling Wrapped - one star
Noisette of Dorset Lamb - one star
Crossgar Poultry Chicken Fillet Skin On - one star
Crust and Crumb Bakery, Derrylin - Red Onion, Rosemary and Lemon Stuffing - one star
Dairi Fresh Ice Cream, Ballymena - Ulstermaid Ice Cream - one star
Sticky Toffee Fudge Ice Cream - one star
Dale Farm, Belfast - Loseley Summer Meadow Butter - two stars
Loseley Summer Meadow Butter3 - one star
Loseley Summer Meadow Butter2 - one star
Dromona Extra Mature Cheddar - one star
Lighter Mature Cheddar - one star
Supervalu Strawberry Active Yoghurt - one star
Dromona Mature Cheddar - one star
Dromona Vintage Cheddar - one star
Dromona Pure Butter1 - one star
Donegal Rapeseed Oil, Castlederg - two stars
Donegal Rapeseed Oil with tarragon - one star
Donegal Rapeseed with Porcini - one star
Donegal Rapeseed Oil with Fennel - one star
Donegal Rapeseed Oil with Chilli - one star
Donegal Rapeseed Honey and Mustard Dressing - one star
En Place, Cookstown - Seabuckthorn Berry and Lime Jam - three stars
Sea Salted Caramel with Fennel Pollen - three stars
Sea Salted Caramel - two stars
Savoury Onion Marmalade Loves Steak - one star
Walnut Chutney - Nuts for Cheese - one star
Chipotle Chilli Salsa - one star
Hot and Sweet Chilli Thai Sauce - one star
Bitter Chocolate Salted Caramel - one star
East Coast Seafoods, Downpatrick - Oak Smoked Cod - one star
Erin Grove Preserves, Enniskillen - Raspberry Preserve - two stars
Indian Spiced Pineapple Chutney - one star
Mango Chutney with Chilli and Lime - one star
Glastry Farm, Kircubbin Glastry Farm Raspberry Sorbet - two stars
Lavender and Honey Ice Cream - one star
Raspberry and Lavender - one star
White Chocolate and Blackberry - one star
Ewing's Seafood, Belfast
Traditionally Pale Smoked Cod - three stars
Superior Scottish Smoked Salmon - two stars
Glenarm Organic Smoked Salmon - one star
Fivemiletown Creamery, Tyrone - Boilie Goat's Cheese Handrolled in Mustard - two stars
Boilie Goat's Cheese - one star - one star
Boilie Goat's Cheese Pearls filled with Tomatoes - one star
Supervalu Goat's Cheese with Mustard - one star
Boilie Goat's Cheese Pearls filled with Basil Pesto - one star
Causeway Cheese with Dulse - one star
Strawberry and Balsamic Ripple Ice Cream - one star
Valrhona Chocolate Ice Cream - one star
Forthill Farm, Tandragee - Roast Shoulder of Pork - two stars
Fillet Steak - one star
Pork Sausage - one star
Gracehill Fine Foods, Ballymena - Black and White Pudding - one star
Good Food Company, Coleraine - Pure Apple Juice - one star
Pure Apple Juice infused with Cinnamon - one star
Marmalade with Irish Whiskey and 23 Carat Gold - one star
Grace's Irish Foods, Bangor - Oatmeal Biscuit - two stars
Irish fudge - one star
Heatherlea Bakery, Bangor - Fine Irish Butter Shortbread - one star
Hillstown Farm Shop, Randalstown - Sticky Toffee Pudding - two stars
Holmes Deli, Craigavon - Flakemeal Biscuits - two stars
Honest Gluten-Free Bread and Cakes, Downpatrick - Date and Pecan Cake - one star
Hannan Meats, Moira, Glenarm Shorthorn Fiorentina T-Bone Steak, Salt Aged - three stars
Seasoned Fiorentina T Bone Steak - three stars
Euro Angus Fiorentina T-Bone Steak, salt aged - three stars
Salt Aged Sirloin - three stars
Euro Angus Sirloin, Salt Aged - three stars
Salt Aged Rack of Glenarm Shorthorn Beef - three stars
Euro Angus Cote de Boeuf, Salt-Aged - three stars
Euro Angus Ribeye Delmonico, Salt Aged - two stars
Salt-Aged Ribeye - two stars
Glenarm Shorthorn Fillet, salt aged - two stars
Salt Aged Lamb Rack - two stars
Salt Aged Lamb Rump - one star
Euro Angus Fillet, Salt-Aged - one star
Glenarm Shorthorn Ribeye Delmonico - one star
Beef Florentine Cote de Boeuf Coppi Style - one star
Moyallon Dry-Cured Bacon Rack - one star
Moyallon Dry-Cured Middle Bacon - one star
Moyallon Cheeky Bacon - one star
Moyallon Dry-Cured Bacon Chop - one star
Moyallon Dry-Cured Bacon - one star
Moyallon Sweet Cured Rashers - one star
Moyallon 3 Sugar Dry-Cured Bacon Chop - one star
Hot Smoked Duck Fillet - one star
Hot Smoked Rockvale Chicken Fillet - one star
Moyallon Rustic Pork sausage - one star
Heatherlea Bakery, Bangor - Irish Brown Spelt Soda - one star
Hilton Foods, Carrickfergus - Finest Smoked Dry-Cure Rashers - one star
Finest Hickory Smoked Rashers - one star
Finest Canadian Maple Rashers - one star
Finest Striploin Steak - one star
Finest Dry-Aged Ribeye steak - one star
Finest T-bone Steak - one star
Finest Lamb Loin Chops - one star
Finest Pork and Apple Sausages - one star
Finest 10s Traditional Sausages - one star
Finest Black Pudding - one star
Irwin's Bakery, Craigavon - Rankin Selection Cinnamon and Raisin Loaf - two stars
Rankin Selection Irish Potato Farl - one star
Nutty Crust - one star
Johnson's Coffee, Lisburn - Kenyan Blend - two stars
Costa Rica Blend - two stars
Kestrel Foods, Craigavon - Forest Feast Jumbo Agen Prunes - one star
Cavendish Banana - one star
Malatya Apricots - one star
Medjool Dates - one star
Kettyle Irish Foods, Lisnaskea - Dry-Aged Boneless Lamb Rack with Marrow Melt - three stars
28-Day Dry- Aged Tomahawk Steak with Truffle Infuse - two stars
Dry-Cured Bacon - two stars
Guinness Stincotta Osso Bucco - one star
Kookykook Fresh Pasta, Portrush - Fresh Sweet Basil Pesto - one star
Kool Food, Annalong - Gravadlax - one star
Lidl Northern Ireland - Irish Cream Liqueur - one star
Square Wheaten - one star
Lissara Farm, Saintfield - Lissara Farm Free Range Dry-Aged Duck - two stars
Linden Foods, Dungannon - 2 Hereford Sirloin Steaks - one star
British Rose Veal served with Marsala Sauce - one star
Dry-Aged 3 Bone Wing Rib of Beef - one star
Chicken Souvlaki - one star
Lamb Shish - one star
M&W Farm Meats, Portadown - 28-Day Ribeye Steak - two stars
Mackle Snacks, Dungannon - All Yours with Cranberries - one star
Mac Ivor's Cider, Craigavon - Traditional Dry Cider - one star
Mash Direct, Comber - Mash Pot Creamy Bubble and Squeak - one star
Mashed Potato - one star
McCartney's Butchers, Moira - Mushroom, Leek and Smoked Garlic Tart - three stars
Merguez Sausage - two stars
Chowder - two stars
Breakfast Port Sausage - two stars
Chocolate Brownie - one star
White Pudding - one star
Chicken Liver Pate -one star
Corned Silverside - one star
Chinese Style Pork ribs - one star
McErlain's Bakery, Magherafelt SuperValu Brown Soda Bread - one star
Genesis Crafty Sliced Wheaten Loaf - one star
Genesis Crafty Honey and Yoghurt Wheaten - one star
Musgrave Traditional Wheaten Soda Bannock - one star
Genesis Crafty Sliced Wheaten Loaf - one star
Waitrose Lemon and Raisin Pancakes - one star
Tesco Finest Plain Scone - one star
Tesco Finest Cherry Scone - one star
Tesco Finest Wheaten Scone - one star
Genesis Crafty Madeira Cake - one star
Tesco Finest Plain Scone - one star
McKees, Holywood - Taste of the Sea Ciabatta Crumbled Fish Cakes with Home Grown Herbs - one star
McKee's of Maghera - Honey Roast Ham - one star
Fillet Steak - one star
Sirloin Steak - one star
Mashed Carrot and Parsnip - one star
Millar Meats, Irvinestown - Fermanagh Fillet Steak - one star
Morelli's, Coleraine - Rhubarb and Custard Ice Cream - two stars
Toffee Flavoured Rippled with Dulce de Leche - one star
Moy Park/Tesco, Craigavon Tesco Whole Bird in a Tray - one star
Our Daily Bread, Belfast - Brown Bread - one star
Primacy Meats, Bangor - Beef Sausage - one star
Chicken and Ham Pie - one star
Quaill's Fine Foods, Banbridge - 28 Day Dry-Aged Ribeye Steak - two stars
Beef and Caramelised Onion Sausage - two stars
Homemade Ham and Gruyere Quiche - two stars
Quince Grove, Belfast - Quince Fruit Cheese - one star
Red Dog Artisan Foods, Kilkeel Dragon's Breath Chilli Jelly - one star
Fresh Mint Chilli Jelly - one star
Rich Sauces, Newtownards - Sweet Chilll Sauce - two stars
Chipotle Sauce - two stars
Stewart's Meats, Enniskillen - Spanish Style Sausage - one star
Suki Teahouse, Belfast - Ayurvedic Stress-Free Tea - two stars
Triple Certified Green Lupunde Tea Single Roll - one star
Wellness Green Tea - one star
Organic Rooibos - one star
Tayto Northern Ireland, Tandragee - Tesco Handcooked Cheese and Onion - one star
Sour Cream and Chives Crisps - one star
Thompson's Family Teas, Belfast - Signature Blend Punjana - two stars
Thompson's Turkish Apple - two stars
Thompson's Passion Fruit and Orange - two stars
Tesco Finest Punjana - one star
Thompson's Titanic Tea - one star
Organic Green Tea Ginger and Pineapple - one star
Thompson's Lemon Smoothie - one star
White's Speedicook, Tandragee - Organic Quick Cook Oats - two stars
Toasted Oats Apple and Cinnamon Crunch- two stars
Toat'ly Oaty Original - one star
Toasted Oats Strawberry and Banana Crunch - one star
Irish Oatmeal Old Fashioned Oats - one star
Oat Bran Extra Fine - one star
Organic Jumbo Oars - one star
White's Speedicook Porridge Oats - one star
Toat'ly Oaty Original - one star
Toat'ly Oaty Multi Seed - one star
White's Irish Oatmeal Steel Cut Oats - one star
Toasted Oats Strawberry and Banana Crunch - one star
Unimush Ireland, Armagh - Stuffed Chestnut Mushroom with Sundried Tomato and Kalamata olives - one star
William Sprott, Portadown Traditionally Dried Middle Bacon - one star
Yellow Door Deli, Portadown Deli and Farmshop Signature Dish - Braised Irish Beef Cheek and Smoked Potato Pie - three stars
Cumin and Coriander Soup - one star
Yummy Bakes, Newtownabbey - Golden Moment - one star