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FANTASTIC RESULT AT GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2012
Here at Ramsay of Carluke we are delighted by our recent success at this year's prestigious Great Taste Awards. The Great Taste Awards have been described as the 'Oscars' of the food world and the 'epicurean equivalent of the Booker Prize'
We achieved a total of 6 Awards for our products including a magnificent 3 Star Gold for our Black Pudding. This is the highest award that can be given to any product. Out of all the Black Puddings entered it was the only one awarded to a Black Pudding this year and the first award of that level to ever be awarded to a Scottish Black Pudding. Out of 8807 products entered only 123 food achieved a 3 Star Gold.
The Black Pudding was described by the judges as being 'superb, with a perfect texture and beautiful taste' We also won five more Gold Awards for our bacon, bringing the total number of Great Taste Awards we have been awarded to date to 32.
The judges said 'Delicious'
Smoked Streaky Bacon, Smoked Middle Bacon, Ayrshire Middle Bacon, Ayrshire Streaky Bacon
The judges comments 'beautifully tender', 'very good taste', 'smoke taste is perfect', 'a good cure', 'pleasing on the pallet'.
SUCCESS AT SCOTTISH REGION Q GUILD BBQ CHAMPIONSHIPS
At the recent Scottish Region Q Guild BBQ Championships held at the Parklands Hotel in Perth ( surprise, surprise, the sun didn't shine) some of Scotland's top butchers battled it out for the title of Scottish BBQ Champion. In the fiercely contested steak category we achieved a fantastic score of 98% and a Gold Medal for our Rib Eye Steak. In the battle for top prize our Stick Chinese Pork Ribs received a Gold Medal and went forward to a tense cook off with two of the other top products. After much deliberation by a team of experienced judges, Ramsay of Carluke were announced as Scottish BBQ Champions 2012. A great day and a great result.
This is not the first time that Ramsay's have held this title as when the Championships were last held in 2010, we won Best Beef Burger, Best BBQ Burger and Best Overall BBQ Product.
BEST BLACK PUDDINGS ONLINE
In a recent article on Black Pudding in The Times newspaper by Craig Robertson, we were delighted to be featured as one of the Best Black Puddings online.
Andrew Ramsay