With British Sausage Week in full swing (2-8 November) the best bangers have been revealed! The pork sausage elite, which sit across menus from breakfast to dinner, have been declared the nation’s ‘sausages of distinction’.
Taking gold in the nationwide competition, which drew hundreds of entries, were Frank Parker Butchers, Broad Oak Farm Sausage Company and Fairfax Meadow. They were awarded at a special ceremony in London hosted by British Sausage Week ambassador and renowned chef, Michel Roux Jr.
Gold, silver and bronze awards were given across categories for both traditional and innovative pork sausages, as well as reflecting standard and premium tiers.
A ‘Handmade Thin Breakfast Sausage’ from Warwickshire-based Frank Parker Butchers topped the traditional standard category, with Broad Oak Farm Sausage Company from Essex taking gold in the traditional premium category with ‘Cumberland Sausage’. Using inspiration and flavours from abroad, leading catering butcher Fairfax Meadow triumphed in the speciality premium category with a ‘Sicilian Fennel Traditional Style Sausage’.
Keith Fisher, butchery development manager for AHDB Pork and head judge, said:
“Sausages remain a mainstay on menus, with quality, consistency and originality all key ingredients. Record levels of entry and innovation this year prove the sausage market is in no danger of standing still. It remains imaginative and forward-thinking, delivering a fantastic array of quality pork sausages to satisfy the country’s entire legion of sausage fans.”
BRITISH SAUSAGE WEEK 2015
FOODSERVICE ROLL OF HONOUR
| Traditional Standard Pork Sausage | ||
| GOLD | Frank Parker Butchers | Handmade Thin Breakfast Sausage |
| SILVER | Primrose Herd | Traditional Pork Sausage |
| BRONZE | York House Foods | Pepper Pinch Pork Breakfast Sausage |
| Traditional Premium Pork Sausage | ||
| GOLD | Broad Oak Farm Sausage Company | Cumberland Sausage |
| SILVER | York House Foods | Smokey Poacher Lincolnshire Sausage |
| BRONZE | Frank Parker Butchers | Handmade Free Range Pork Sausage |
| Speciality Premium Pork Sausage | ||
| GOLD | Fairfax Meadow | Sicilian Fennel Traditional Style Sausage |
| SILVER | Westaways Sausages Ltd | Piri Piri Pork Sausage |
| BRONZE | C&K Meats Ltd | Suffolk Pig Country Style Pork Sausage |
British Sausage Week is a promotional platform run by AHDB Pork for the benefit of the industry. Now in its eighteenth year, British Sausage Week runs from 2-8 November 2015 and celebrates quality pork sausages. For activity updates and recipe ideas, visit lovepork.co.uk and pork.ahdb.org.uk/porkforbutchers/