Probably the best culinary competition in the world!

We are delighted to announce that Carlsberg UK, the Northampton-based brewery company, is to sponsor the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards for the next two years. The Awards celebrate all that is great about the county’s produce and drink and recognise excellence within our dining venues.

The Awards were launched at Holdenby House on Thursday 29th April. Guests, including last year’s winners and runners-up, judges and sponsors, were treated to a cookery demonstration of a Northamptonshire Brunch prepared exclusively of local produce from the meat to the mushrooms, the coffee to the honey. All this whipped up by Jeremy Medley Head Chef from Oundle Mill, the runner-up in the ‘Restaurant of the Year’ competition in 2009, and Adam Tindall, Head Chef at The Saracen’s Head at Little Brington.

Those awards which were hotly-contested last year were:

•    Best Local Product – Download Entry Form
•    Best Local Drink – Download Entry Form
•    Restaurant of the Year – Download Entry Form
•    Pub or Bar Restaurant of the Year – Download Entry Form
Sponsored by South Lincs Foodservice

And the additional categories are:
•    Community Pub of the Year – Download Entry Form
Sponsored by Carlsberg UK in conjunction with Northamptonshire Newspapers Ltd
•    Curry Chef of the Year – Download Entry Form
Sponsored by British Pepper and Spice in conjunction with Northampton College
•    Local Food Hero of the Year – Download Entry Form
Sponsored by CPRE Northants (Council for the Protection of Rural England)

For further information please see the Judging Criteria and full Terms and Conditions or call Rachel, Graham or Anna on 01933 664437 or email rachel@rachelmallows.com