22 CRAFTBUTCHER l SEPTEMBER 2019


MEMBERS NEWS GREAT TASTE STARS FOR NCB BUTCHER


Owton’s Butchers picked up the ultimate food Oscar – three stars in the 2019 Great Taste Awards for lamb faggots described as “Great presentation, fantastic rich and succulent lamb flavour complemented by perfectly balanced herbs and seasoning, a delight!” Great Taste judges also said: “This delivers for us in spades, from the even texture to the well-balanced seasoning …..a depth and length of flavour that keeps going.”


The accolade is one of the highest that can be achieved in the UK with a food and drink product and is a first for the Hampshire based National Craft Butcher (NCB). And with seven entries Owton’s also achieved two stars for its game faggots and its Mrs Owton's smoked streaky bacon. As well as one


star for its newest recipe, Lamb, Mint and Pea sausages.


first time we have had a three star and it’s phenomenal. They


Having spent years perfecting the quality of the faggots using local lamb with Hampshire venison, pheasant and duck. Billy uses leeks instead of onions and lots of herbs in a ‘tried and tested’ family recipe handed down by his father.


News of the win immediately stimulated local media and customer footfall for the regular Hampshire Fayre and Smithfield ‘Q Guild’ Award winner serving all 200 Fullers pub chain sites.


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Managing Director Billy Owton said “We are chuffed to bits just to get one star, but this is the


are really popular with our Garsons’ customers and are so easy to cook.”


Five hundred Great Taste judges from the across the food world blind-tasted 12,634 products awarding three stars to just 192 of the entries. The four Owton’s products, now available in all four branches will be displayed alongside the coveted black and gold Great Taste accreditation mark at the Garsons’ butchery counter. n


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