A Sticky Toffee Pudding from Northumbria has beaten over 4,500 entries nationwide to be awarded Great Taste Awards 2005 Supreme Champion.
Since May there have been eight full days of blind tasting by over 250 judges of over 4,500 food products. These 500 were judged for a second time and whittled down to a shortlist of the best 25 foods which were then blind tasted for a third time by a team of 12 experts from the food world. Judges included Jean-Christophe Novelli, The Evening Standard‚s Charles Campion, award winning chef, Giorgio Locatelli and buyers from Harrods and Fortnum Mason.
The unanimous winner was Burtree House Farm’s Sticky Toffee Pudding. A product so loved that Giorgio Locatelli commented, “Sticky Toffee Pudding was one of the main reasons I stayed in Britain.” It was considered close to perfection and will now undoubtedly be available to a wider public as a result of winning Supreme Champion.
