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Denhay
Cheddar Wins Many Awards at The Royal Bath and West
Show 2010
16th
June 2010
Denhay’s award-winning Farmhouse Cheddar won
eight awards in the renowned National Cheese Awards
held last week at The Royal Bath & West Show.
The awards included two Golds one for Mature Denhay
Block and a gold export award for the Dorset Drum
as well as the trophy for the Best Export product.
Commenting
on the win, Director George Streatfeild said “We
are delighted to have won so many awards in the
National Cheese Awards and are particularly proud
of the Gold we have won for our Mature Denhay
Block. This is the cheese we supply to Waitrose
for both its deli and own brand section, and we
have been really pleased with the positive customer
comments we have received.”
Denhay also won a Silver award
for its Dorset Drum and for the Dorset Drum’s
packaging and Bronze for the winter-made Traditional
Cheddar, winter-made Block Cheddar, Mature Block
in the Open class and for an identical pair of
Dorset Drum cheeses.
Made
using only milk produced by Denhay’s five
herds which graze the Marshwood Vale, the winning
Mature Farmhouse Cheddar is an example of time
honoured cheese making skills coupled with high
animal welfare.
There were more than 850 cheeses
at this year’s National Cheese Awards, which
is the second largest cheese show in the UK, the
largest number of cheeses shown in the show’s
130 year history. The Royal Bath & West show
started in 1777, but it wasn’t until 1880
that the society became directly involved in butter
and cheese making. The Society established schools
on carefully selected farms during the summer
months and the pupils lived on the farms. The
actual showing of cheese was a 20th century idea.
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Denhay
Wins Taste of Excellence Award at Pig and Poultry
Marketing 2010
6th
May 2010
Denhay’s dry cured smoked streaky bacon has
won the Taste of Excellence Award for outstanding
flavour at the Pig and Poultry Marketing Awards
held today, Thursday 5 May 2010 in London.
Made
from British outdoor reared pork and dry cured
in sea salt, Denhay’s dry cured smoked streaky
bacon is all about taste. The bacon, which is
traditionally made by rubbing salt into the pork
and leaving it to cure and mature, is also available
in unsmoked and smoked back and unsmoked streaky.
Commenting
on the award George Streatfeild, MD of Denhay
Farms says; “We are delighted to have won
the Taste of Excellence Award for outstanding
flavour as this backs up the messages we receive
from our customers who email us with comments
such as ‘I have never tasted bacon like
it – thank you’ and ‘Am I in
a time warp? – Bacon that smells like bacon
used to smell years ago. And the flavour ... sublime!!!’
To have this industry Award is so important as
it just underlines that we are right to stick
to our guns and concentrate on taste backed up
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Introducing
Dorset's Famous Five
Five producers, all based in Dorset, have joined
together in the spirit of friendship to form a
group called the Dorset Famous Five! The first
meeting was held in the warm atmosphere of a Dorset
pub over a supper of local produce, as all the
best meetings are, and the group was formed right
there and then!
In
alphabetical order they are; Clipper Teas, Denhay
Farm, Dorset Cereals, Hall & Woodhouse and
Olives Et Al, and if a hamper of produce was put
together from the Dorset Famous Five it would
represent some of Dorset’s best loved, award–winning
food and drink.
“We
are a small group of food and drink producers
– and we all got together because we like
the way we fit! We all like a really tasty cup
of tea or a great pint of beer. We like flavours
from around the world but prefer them to be connected
with our local area if they possibly can be. We
love Dorset and the fun to be had here. So Dorset
Famous Five was born and here we are.”.
It
is planned that the Dorset Famous Five will be
out and about at food festivals and shows, using
the combined team to introduce and sample; beers
inspired by the countryside, kiln roasted nuts
and hand marinated olives made great at home in
Dorset, cereals and bars filled with fruit, nuts
and crunchy seeds, award-winning farmhouse cheddar
and fair-trade tea by the mug full.
A
new web site has been built www.dorsetfamousfive.co.uk
where friends can sign up to stay in touch and
to find out what the Dorset Famous Five is up
to! To find out more call Joanne Myram on 01935
389497 or email joanne@positivepr.co.uk |
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| Denhay
Farm brings spoiltpig
bacon to Bristol and Bath
21st July 2009
spoiltpig
bacon, produced by Denhay Farms, the multi award-winning
makers of the best tasting Dry-Cured Bacon, is
being introduced to people in Bristol and Bath
at a time when more and more consumers are becoming
aware of animal welfare issues.
Based in the South
West and with a reputation for producing “bacon
like it used to taste”, Denhay has worked
with RSPCA Freedom Food to launch spoiltpig –one
of the first ever Freedom Food labelled bacon.
George Streatfeild
of Denhay Farms explains; “We are incredibly
proud of our new spoiltpig bacon as it is the
first bacon we have produced to carry the RSPCA
Freedom Food mark. The pigs we use come from Freedom
Food assured British farms and are reared outdoors.
We believe that consumers deserve to know that
the food they are buying is of the highest standards,
not just in terms of quality and taste, but also
consistent and humane levels of animal welfare.
“Bacon
lovers in Bath and Bristol are invited to come
along and meet the spoiltpig team between 10am
and 6.30pm on:
Thursday
23 July 2009 at Morrisons, London Road, Bath,
BA1 6AE
Friday 24 July 2009 at Morrisons, Cepen Park North,
Chippenham, SN14 6UZ
Thursday 30 July 2009 at Morrisons, Station Road,
Yate, BS37 5PW
Friday 31 July 2009 at Morrisons, Cribbs Causeway,
Lysander Road, Bristol, BS10 7UD
and try some
of our RSPCA Freedom Food approved bacon,”
said George.
spoiltpig
is made to traditional methods and is dry cured
by hand using sea salt. Denhay’s knowledge
and skill in producing bacon has resulted in the
Company winning awards each year – a total
of over 38 medals since 2000 of which 22 were
Gold - from the Country’s top food award
schemes.
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spoiltpig
bacon and spoiltcow cheese goes
down a storm despite the weather
15th July 2009
Denhay
Farms took a stand at the Bristol Food and Wine
fair which ran from 10th - 12th July and gave people
the chance to taste their award-winning spoiltpig
bacon.
"The reaction to the spoiltpig bacon was
incredible - people loved the bacon and love the
bags!" commented Ellen Streatfeild, Sales
Development Manager at Denhay Farm. "We
sold over 300 spoiltpig bags, 1100 packs of bacon
and 144 spoiltcow cheeses, which
was amazing." Ellen continued.
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Denhay
Bacon Receives Prestigious Award
13th July 2009
Denhay bacon has once again been recognised for
its high quality and superior taste. Denhay Smoked
Back bacon has been awarded Gold ** and Denhay Smoked
Streaky Gold * at The Great Taste Awards from the
Guild of Fine Food.
This is the acknowledged benchmark for speciality
food and drink. A three-star gold is the highest
level of award any producer can aspire to and is
recognised as the definitive independent accreditation
of quality.
The Great Taste awards judging standards have long
been the most rigorous in the UK. For 2009, they
become even more so. Every entry was blind tasted
by two teams of experts working separately but simultaneously.
Both teams commented on each entry and either team
could recommend foods to go forward to the second
stage.
Throughout every judging session, at least one supreme
jury also sits and tastes. Comprising leading chefs,
food writers and buyers, this jury blind tastes
every entry the first two panels believed worthy
of gold and confirm the star rating each deserves.
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Forthcoming
Events to Sample spoiltpig and
Denhay Bacon
15th May
2009
May 22 - 24: Waitrose Spring Food
Festival at Longford Park - product sampling and
opportunities to buy the range of Denhay bacon.
A great day out for all the family - find out more
or book your tickets by clicking
here. May
27 - 30: The Royal Bath and West Show at Shepton
Mallet. Denhay Farms will be offering customers
the chance to sample and buy spoiltpig
bacon and spoiltcow cheese. For
more information and to book tickets, please click
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Denhay
Natural Cure Bacon- BUY OF THE DAY!!
15th April
2009
Denhay Natural Cure Bacon has been nominated Buy
of the Day on the Woman and Home website. Please
click
here to see more. |
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Exeter
Festival of South West Food and Drink
29th March 2009
Enjoy a feast of fun at the Exeter
Festival of South West Food and Drink on the 17th,
18th and 19th April at Northernhay Gardens and Exeter
Castle. Denhay Farms will be exhibiting their award
winning products.
For further information, please
click here. |
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A
First for Bacon - NFU Countryside Magazine
25th
March
2009
Denhay
Farms recently launched spoiltpig
bacon which is its first bacon to carry the RSPCA
Freedom Food mark of approval.
Its launch coincided with a new IGD (Institute of
Grocery Distribution) report showing British shoppers
are becoming 'increasingly engaged' with animal
welfare standards when buying food.
Quizzed on concerns relating to food production,
46 per cent of respondents mentioned animal living
conditions compared with 38 per cent in similar
research last year.
George Streatfeild, of Dorset-based Denhay Farms
(www.denhay.co.uk) said the company was 'immensly
proud' to launch the RSPCA Freedom Food-approved
spoiltpig bacon, which is made
to traditional methods and dry cured by hand using
sea salt.
Mr Streatfeild said: "We believe that consumers
deserve to know that the food they are buying is
of the highest standards, not just in terms of quality
and taste, but also consistent and humane levels
of animal welfare."
John Akhurst, Freedom Food's marketing controller
said consumer demand for higher welfare products
such as bacon and ree-range eggs is at an 'all time
high'. |
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13th November
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15th September 2008
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15th September 2008
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Sept 2008
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Satan?
3rd August 2008
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caring for the environment, saving money and using
its resources well
16th July 2008
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Don't
Miss the Broadoak Country Fair
21st July 2008
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Triumph
for Simon and Brian
16th July 2008
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Denhay
at the Bridport Food Festival
12th June 2008
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Denhay
at Waitrose Spring Festival
9th June 2008
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Bacon Now Available In Harrods
3rd June 2008
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Wins Spoilt Cow Award
3rd June 2008
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2nd June 2008
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Farms Supply Organic Cheddar Cheese to Waitrose
16th May 2008
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