9th August 2024
Produced in Kent Businesses Shine at Great Taste Awards 2024
Kent producers shone at this year's Great Taste Awards.
Produced in Kent members had a fantastic result in this year’s Great Taste Awards, announced this week, with 20 products winning awards, including a good handful of previous Taste of Kent Award winning products.
Great Taste is the largest and most trusted food & drink accreditation scheme. It supports and promotes food & drink producers, large and small, giving buyers and food lovers in the UK and overseas reliable recommendations for great tasting food.
The judges look for truly great taste, regardless of branding or packaging. They take into account texture, appearance and of course the quality of the ingredients; they will note a good aroma, a decent bite, or a particularly smooth or crunchy texture. But above all else, the question remains – does the product taste truly great?
Winners are awarded one, two or three stars if the judges agree they deserve it based on taste. Those who are not nominated will receive constructive feedback to help them for future entries.
This years’ Produced in Kent members who won are:
A Little Bit Food - Fresh Thyme and Roasted Red Pepper Ketchup *
Bean Smitten - Classic Blend*
Gilda Bakery - Viennese mince pie* & Olive sourdough*
Kentish Oils & Condiments - Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil Blended with Jalapeño Chilli *
Kentish Pip - Skylark*
Kingcott Dairy - Kingcott Blue Cheese **
Madre - Seeded Sourdough Crackers*
Miam Jars - The Umami One: Pickled Mushrooms*
Nicholls Nectar - Natural Kent Wildflower Runny Honey*
Owlet Fruit Juices - Kent Apple Juice * & Cox & Bramley *
Plurenden Manor Farm - Plurenden Gold * & Plurenden Raspberry Greek Style Yoghurt **
Speciality Bread - Crumpet Loaf*
The Finest Cake Company - Apple Crumble Pudding* & Spiced Sticky Toffee Apple Pudding*
The Maidstone Distillery - George Bishop London Dry Gin * & Kipsi Rosé Gin *
The Wooden Spoon Preserving Company Ltd - Bitter Sweet' Lemon Curd **
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A Little Bit
We have a love for all things food, and have always been inspired by the incredible versatility of fresh herbs and their ability to transform a simple sauce or dressing into something else a little more extraordinary.
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Bean Smitten Coffee Roasters
Using only the highest quality Arabica beans, our coffee is fully traceable from farm to cup.
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Gilda Bakery Ltd
Gilda is an artisan bakery in a beautiful, rural Kent location, producing quality, handmade bread and pastries.
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Kentish Oils & Condiments
Our oils are extremely versatile and may be used for frying, roasting, drizzling and even baking.
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Kentish Pip
In 2016 the small team set out to break the traditional and mainstream mould and produce the next generation of British cider.
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Kingcott Dairy
Two award winning blue cheeses made on our dairy farm, Kentish Blue & Kingcott Blue, with milk from our gorgeous girls.
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Miam Jars
Marinade, dip, drizzle and dress. Chef-led sauces, pickles and preserves to elevate your pantry.
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Nicholls Nectar Ltd
Nicholls Nectar has been created with a mission to promote the conservation of bees and to create healthy and happy honeybee colonies in the UK.
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Owlet Fruit Juice
Award-winning juices from the heart of Kent - 8 single variety apple juices, a pear juice and 6 fruit blends complete the range.
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Plurenden Manor Dairy Farm
Though we have generations of farmers before us- We have been at Plurenden for over 12 years now & our girls are happy to be offering their delicious milk for delivery direct to your doorstep.
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Speciality Breads
Established in 1996, Speciality Breads provides an ever-growing, premium selection of over 100 freshly-frozen breads, which are hand-made by our company’s master bakers using Red Tractor certified British flour.
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The Finest Cake Company
At the Finest Cake Company we only bake with the best – from our handpicked team, to the quality of our ingredients.
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The Maidstone Distillery
We are reinstating the tradition of Maidstone pioneer and Master Distiller, George Bishop, who created quality and world-renowned spirits from our county town back in 1785.
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