The products have been tasted and the entries whittled down for this year’s much anticipated Taste Awards 2016 shortlist. Over four days at the end of August, the Pavilions of Harrogate played host to a team of expert judges who sipped, slurped and nibbled their way through over 350 entries from the regions finest food and drink producers, hotels, restaurants, butchers and farm shops. The judges for the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards at the Pavilions in Harrogate . Run in association with ASDA, the Taste Awards are now the biggest and most respected awards of their kind in the region and attract entries from new and innovative businesses each year as well as the more well established Yorkshire favourites. Judy Bell, Chairman of Deliciouslyorkshire said: “Yet again the Taste Awards have attracted a record number of entries and we are 10% up on numbers for the second year which is a great testament to the high regard in which these awards are now held throughout the industry. “This year’s team of top notch judges included chefs, bloggers, supermarket buyers as well as Taste Awards stalwart BBC Radio 2’s resident foodie Nigel Barden who loves coming back to his native Yorkshire to take part in the judging and sampling some of the new and innovative entries we receive each year. “The quality throughout has again been a pleasure to judge and with a number of stand-out items in each category, the judges really had their work cut out. We’ve also added in a new Yorkshire Wine category for 2016 which we’ve had a great response to and which reflects the thriving industry and quality of wine now produced in the region.” Nigel Barden from BBC Food and Drink judging the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards at the Pavilions in Harrogate. . The overall winners for each category are to be announced at a glitzy black tie awards ceremony at the Pavilions of Harrogate on Wednesday 2nd November. Helen Miles, Deliciouslyorkshire’s Marketing and Media Manager said: “It’s going to be another fantastic night celebrating the hard work and dedication of all those Yorkshire food and drink businesses who’ve entered this year’s awards. “The evening will start with a drinks reception of Yorkshire cocktails guests sit down to a locally sourced menu, specially designed for the event using a number of the shortlisted products. The Awards ceremony itself will once again be in the capable hands of Nigel Barden who will reveal this year’s category winners as well as our 2016 overall supreme champion. We’ll round off the evening with music and dancing before bringing the evening to a close.” Tickets for the event are priced at £55 per person (including drinks reception and locally sourced three-course meal) are available to buy online at www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk Best Bakery Product Miss Friday – Apple and Blackberry Frangipane Tarte Just Desserts – Salted Caramel Cake Just Desserts – Yorkshire Scallywag Haxby Bakehouse – Pain de Levain Best Fresh Produce Swillington Organic Farm – Autumn Fruit Selection Swillington Organic Farm – Organic Mixed Salad Leaves Herbs Unlimited – Oxalis Herbs Unlimited – Edible Flowers Best Fresh Meat Anna’s Happy Trotters – Yorkshire Pulled Ham Lister’s Farm Shop – Ribeye Steak Herb Fed Poultry – Herb Fed Free Range Chicken The Yorkshire Wagyu Company – Ribeye Steak Best Prepared Meat The British Premium Sausage Company – Mixed Game, Apple and Blueberry Burgers Lister’s Farm Shop – Smoked Back Bacon The British Premium Sausage Company – Harrogate Brat Hot Dog Sausage The Yorkshire Wagyu Company – Yorkshire Wagyu Steak and Ale Pie Best Yorkshire Pork Pie BW & DJ Glaves and Sons Eric Richmond Ltd J A Mounfield and Son Mainsgill Farm Shop Best Fish and Seafood Ramus Seafoods – Salmon en Croute Staal Smokehouse – Cold Smoked Trout Kilnsey Park Estate – Smoked Trout Pate Kilnsey Park Estate – Oak Smoked Trout Best Ready to Eat The Topping Pie Company – Game and Poultry Pie Kosmo Cooks – Vegetarian Bento Box The Topping Pie Company – Queen’s Pie Lishman’s of Ilkley – Beef and Red Wine Chef’s Pie Best Yorkshire Cheese Shepherds Purse – Olde York Yorkshire Halloumi – Spreadable Labneh Yoghurt Shepherds Purse – Yorkshire Blue Yorkshire Halloumi – Halloumi with Chilli Best Ice Cream Ryeburn of Helmsley – Yorkshire Gin and Lavender Yummy Yorkshire – Liquorice and Blackcurrant Ryeburn of Helmsley – Roasted and Toasted Hazelnut Yummy Yorkshire – Raspberry Sorbet Best Beer and Cider York Brewery – Centurian’s Ghost BAD Company Brewery – Dazed and Confused York Brewery – Legion IX Wold Top Brewery – Scarborough Fair Best Yorkshire Wine Ryedale Vineyards – Yorkshire Sunset Rose Laurel Vine Vineyards and Winery – Garnet Rose Ryedale Vineyards – The Dalesman White Sparkling Ryedale Vineyards – Yorkshire Sunset Rose Best Yorkshire Spirit Spirit of Harrogate – Slingsby Rhubarb Gin York Brewery – Elysian Spirit Masons Yorkshire Gin – Original Yorkshire Gin Sloemotion – Bramble Whisky Best Beverage Tea Box – Tummy Rub Craft Team Company – Storm in a Tea Cup Manor Farm Jerseys – Manor Farm Jersey Milk Yummy Yorkshire Ltd – Raw Milk Best Savoury Condiment Bessies Yorkshire Preserves – Fig and Balsamic Chutney Wharfe Valley – Rapeseed and Coconut Oil Peckish Kitchen Company – Roasted Garlic Pickle Henderson’s – Henderson’s Relish Best Sweet Preserve Bracken Hill Fine Foods – Strawberry and Mango Jam Raydale Preserves – Raspberry Jam Peckish Kitchen Company – Pink Grapefruit and Prosecco Marmalade Raisthorpe Manor – Rhubarb Gin Jam Best Confectionery Kacao Chocolaterie – Golden Salted Balls Ye Olde Sun Inn – Gin Infused Chocolates Cocoa Chocolatier – Basil Chocolate Sloemotion – Sloe Gin chocolate Truffles Best ‘Free From’ Product Side Oven Bakery – Organic Honey Toasted Muesli (wheat free) The Hull Pie – Gluten Free Succulent Steak Pie Cedar Barn Farm Shop and Café – Gluten Free Aberdeen Angus Lasagne Tea Time Yorkshire – Gluten and Dairy Free Zesty Orange Cakes Best Yorkshire Breakfast Lockwoods Restaurant, Ripon Cambridge House, Reeth Newton House, Knaresborough Fodder, Harrogate Best Use of Local Produce on a menu (hotel/restaurant) The Coach House at Middleton Lodge, Richmond Asparagus Green Catering, Wakefield Yorbridge House, Bainbridge Silversmiths – The Yorkshire Restaurant, Sheffield Best Afternoon Tea The Peppered Pig, East Cowick Asparagus Green Catering, Wakefield Fodder, Harrogate Jervaulx Abbey Tearoom, near Ripon Best Independent Retailer Lishman’s of Ilkley Keelham Farm Shop, Skipton FINK, Boroughbridge Bert’s Barrow, Hillam Best Wholesaler / Distributer Class One Cryer & Stott A Laverack & Son Best New Business Asparagus Green Tea Time Yorkshire Lister’s Farm Shop Isaac Poad Miss Friday About The AuthorYorkshire Food & Drink Yorkshire's only dedicated food and drink website from Yorkshire Post Newspapers and its sister titles in the region. 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