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WYKE FARMS WIN ‘SUPER GOLD’ AND MAKE IT ONTO ‘THE WORLD’S BEST CHEESE’ LIST
Wyke Farms, the Somerset-based independent cheese producer and milk processor won three awards at this years World Cheese Awards: Super Gold for the Wyke Farms ‘Just Delicious’ Extra Mature Cheddar
Gold for the Wyke Farms Red Leicester Silver for the Wyke Farms ‘Simply Gorgeous’ Vintage Cheddar The Super Gold award means that Wyke Farms have made it onto the ‘The World’s 55
Best Cheeses’ list and was one of only two Super Gold awards to cheddar this year. Richard Clothier, Managing
Director and third generation family member at Wyke Farms, told FOODLOVER “Our family have been perfecting our cheddar
for over 150 years, so to receive recognition in the form of world class status is wonderful for everyone here”. Wyke Farms has been producing its
award-winning cheddar for over 150 years and has grown to become one of the largest family-owned food brands in Britain.
SOUTH WEST FOOD ICONS BATTLE THE
ELEMENTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY Whilst most of us were enjoying the festive period, David Jones, co-owner of Manna from Devon Cooking School, was fighting his way through almost constant wind and rain along the South West Coast Path. David is currently walking the 630 mile long path to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, and is now close to his new target of £5,000. Along the way, David has met up with some of the South West’s leading food aficionados, including Roger and Sally Birt, owners of Red Dog Bakery in Bude and Matt Hall from the Beach House in South Milton. Mitch Tonks, the chef at Observer Food Monthly’s Restaurant of the Year The Seahorse in Dartmouth, even joined David for a days walk. David said: “It really has been challenging. The weather has been atrocious. The fact that the money keeps pouring in for this extremely worthy cause has certainly been a fantastic incentive to keep going.” Both of David’s parents were affected by Motor Neurone Disease. To follow David’s gruelling walk see his blog:
www.mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/.
CPRE CALLS ON SUPERMARKET CHIEFS TO SUPPORT THE
COUNTRYSIDE This year the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has published its Vision for the Future of Farming and a landmark report on local food calling for a step-change by our supermarkets to improve the deal for the countryside, local food producers and farmers. The three key steps CPRE would like to see the suppermarkets take are: Sourcing, stocking, and promoting more foods that contribute towards managing our landscape and its wildlife;
Supporting local food producers by stocking more local food; and
Taking fully into account the cost of production when it comes to paying farmers for the food they produce.
CPRE would like to see at least 10% of food sold in a supermarket supplied from within 30 miles. The local foods report highlighted Devon-based Riverford as a company who do their upmost to keep food miles low and support local farms. To read the CPRE report on local food ‘From Field to Fork; the value of England’s local food webs’, visit
www.cpre.org.uk.
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GOLDEN EGG CHARITY COOK OFF CHAMPION CROWNED
The Devilled Egg Kitchen Academy have announced that after a month of intense cook off heats, the winner of their Golden Egg charity cook off was crowned at the Christmas Love Food festival. Bristol University student Ana Castanheira pipped 10 other students to the post with her composure, skill and powerful flavour combinations. She won over the judges, who included Telegraph food writer Xanthe Clay, with her hearty potato and rosemary gratin and creamy pork with a sweet berry sauce. The cook off ran to raise money for the Bristol Urological Institute
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and support prostate cancer research. Devilled Egg Kitchen Academy director Barbora Stiess said: “Ana stood out because of her daring flavour combinations, outstanding technical ability and composure in the kitchen. A true chef in the making.” The four rounds included the students cooking a dish of their own, an identity test, a technical test (where they had to fillet a mackerel) and an invention test. You can read more information on the blog
www.thedevilledegg-blog.com
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