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The winners of the UK Sausage Week Awards have been announced. Antiques expert, TV presenter and UK Sausage Ambassador Eric Knowles presented butchers, supermarkets and manufacturers with their winning trophies.
UK Sausage Week (30th October - 5th November) is an annual week-long celebration, showcasing the best of British sausages.The UK Supreme Sausage Champion title went to Kent butchers JC Rook & Sons Ltd for its Battle of Britain Memorial Sausage. Co-op won the Retailer:Traditional category with its Butcher's Choice Cumberland Sausage and Waitrose was a clear winner in the Retailer:Innovative section.
UK Sausage Week Award Winners by category:
Foodservice: Traditional Traditional Breakfast Sausage - Campbells Prime Meat Ltd
Foodservice: Innovative Mediterranean Pork Sausage - Solent Butchers Ltd
Retailer: Traditional Co-op Butcher's Choice Cumberland Sausage 454g - Tulip
Retailer: Innovative Waitrose 6 British Pork Sausages with Bramley Apple - Walkers Sausage Co
Best Manufacturer/Own Brand: Traditional The Black Farmer Premium Pork Sausages - The Black Farmer
Best Manufacturer/Own Brand: Innovative Porky Lights Lower Fat sausage - Graham White & Co Ltd
Wales:
Traditional Traditional thick pork sausage - Martin Player High Class Butcher
Wales: Innovative Pork with Gin and Ginger Sausage - Vaughans Family Butcher
Scotland: Traditional Special Pork Sausage - Crombies of Edinburgh
Scotland: Innovative Bennachie Bangers - A & G Collie Butchers
Northern Ireland: Traditional Traditional Pork sausage - McCartney's of Moira Ltd
Northern Ireland: Innovative Booker Blackgate British Pork & Kentish Cider Apple Sausages - Finnebrogue
Best Independent Butcher: South West: Traditional Traditional Pork Sausage - Tim Potter Son & Daughter Ltd
Best Independent Butcher: South West: Innovative Squire Trelawney - James Kittow - Butcher & Grazier
Best Independent Butcher: South East: Traditional Traditional Pork Sausage - Owtons Butchers
Best Independent Butcher: South East: Innovative Mrs Christmas' Festive Sausage - J C Rook & Sons Ltd
Best Independent Butcher: West Midlands: Traditional Maynard's Farmhouse Cracked Black Pepper Sausage - Maynard's Farm
Best Independent Butcher: West Midlands: Innovative Pork, Beetroot and Apple Sausage - Ludlow Food Centre
Best Independent Butcher: East Midlands: Traditional Taylors Country Special - Owen Taylor & Son
Best Independent Butcher: East Midlands: Innovative Grasmere Farm Caramelised Red Onion Sausages - Grasmere Farm
Best Independent Butcher: North: Traditional Traditional Pork Sausage - Dales Traditional Butchers Ltd
Best Independent Butcher: North: Innovative Black and White Sausage - George Payne Butchers Ltd
Best Independent Butcher: North East: Traditional Prime Yorkshire Pork Sausage - Elite Meat Ltd
Best Independent Butcher: North East: Innovative Simonside Sizzler - Rothbury Family Butchers
Best Independent Butcher: North West: Traditional Sprout & Stilton Pork Sausage - J W Mettrick & Son Ltd
Best Independent Butcher: North West: Innovative Hickory and Chipotle Sausage - H Clewlow Butchers
UK Supreme Sausage Champion: Battle of Britain Memorial Sausage - J C Rook & Sons Ltd