UK Sausage Week
Celebrating the great British banger!
Winner Reactions and Testimonials
See what some of the past-winners had to say about receiving an accolade during UK Sausage Week…
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OUR CHIEF JUDGE
Keith Fisher
CEO of the Institute of Meat
“Opening the Sausage Week competition up to feature all meat sausages rather than only pork was an excellent move. Throughout the judging we tasted everything from turkey through to venison and some of the flavour combinations used were truly inspired. The care and attention that’s been put into the products submitted was clear.
“Sausage Week remains as important as ever since Meat Management took over the initiative and the quality of the sausages coming through genuinely increases year on year.”
OUR 2017 AMBASSADOR
Eric Knowles
Antiques expert and TV presenter
Eric said he was delighted to be involved with UK Sausage Week. He explained: “People often say to me: ‘I don’t know much about art but I know what I like!’ The same could be said about me and sausages. I wouldn’t claim to be a sausage expert but I certainly know a good one when I’m eating it.”
OUR 2018 AMBASSADOR
Sophie Grigson
Celebrity chef, author, broadcaster and cookery school businesswoman
Host Sophie Grigson, known for her cookery books and regular television appearances, presented the 27 winners with their certificates at the 2018 UK Sausage Week celebration lunch.
Sophie Grigson’s television debut first came in 1993 with the 16-part series Grow Your Greens, Eat Your Greens on Channel 4, which won her the Caroline Walker Prize in the Media Category. This lead on to other radio and television work including Sophie Grigson in the Orient and Sophie Grigson in the Souk for the Travel Channel.
OUR 2019 AMBASSADOR
Lesley Waters
Celebrity chef, author, and businesswoman
Lesley has worked in television since 1989, appearing on popular series such as Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is for BBC1 and on Food Network’s The Big Eat. An accomplished writer, Lesley has penned many cookery books.
She said of UK Sausage Week: “It’s a great pleasure to have been offered the opportunity to help celebrate the great British sausage, which is one of my favourite foods. Food trends come and food trends go, but you can always rely on sausages to provide a tasty wholesome meal.”
OUR 2018 AMBASSADOR
Sophie Grigson
The UK Sausage Week ambassador for 2018 is celebrity chef, author, broadcaster and cookery school businesswoman Sophie Grigson.
Sophie Grigson’s television debut first came in 1993 with the 16-part series Grow Your Greens, Eat Your Greens on Channel 4, which won her the Caroline Walker Prize in the Media Category. This lead on to other radio and television work including Sophie Grigson in the Orient and Sophie Grigson in the Souk for the Travel Channel.
Publisher of Meat Management Graham Yandell said: “Sophie has always been one of my favourite chefs and several of her books can be found in my home collection. We still use Sophie Grigson’s Meat Course as a bible. You can find everything from how to roast a joint of beef through to pot-roasted guinea fowl with onions and thyme and, of course, sausages cooked in red wine! Try the Sausage and Apple Pie for something really different.”
our venue
Plaisterers’ Hall, London
The venue for UK Sausage Week’s celebration lunch, taking place on 30th October, has been unveiled by organisers YPL Exhibitions & Events.
The event will highlight many of the UK’s best sausages, recognising winners from all around the country as well as an overall UK Supreme Sausage Champion.
Announcing the venue, event organiser Emma Cash commented: “Plaisterers’ Hall is a superb venue and we were very pleased with the setting, food and service when we used the hall for the launch of our FMT Food Industry Awards in 2015.
“I am sure we can look forward to an excellent occasion in one of the city’s most prestigious locations.”
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