Butchers pass the taste test at awards bash.A NORTH East butcher has the recipe for success after cleaning up in an awards programme. R Turnbull & Sons, of Alnwick, Northumberland, has won a host of silverware in the Q Guild's 2009 Smithfield Awards. Father-and-son butchers John and Mark Turnbull's prizes included two gold and three silver awards, a diamond award, the British Pork Executive (BPEX BPEX Battle Planning Experiment ) Award and the overall supreme prize. The Market Street shop's diamond award-winning product was in the bacon and cured product category, where the business came out on top with its garlic and chilli dry-cured bacon, which then went on to win the top BPEX Award, before securing the overall supreme accolade. The judges said it was an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. product and awarded it top marks of 100. The awards are among the most highly coveted in the meat industry. More than 500 products from Q members throughout the UK were assessed by an independent panel of experts. At a ceremony in Butchers Hall, London, on Tuesday, TV chef and restaurateur res·tau·ra·teur also res·tau·ran·teur n. The manager or owner of a restaurant. [French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant. Brian Turner presented the awards to John and Mark. Mark said: "It's just fantastic for our business, as the Smithfield Awards are envied throughout the trade." |
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