When it comes to taste, the people’s vote gave the golden thumbs up to my Sweet Mature cheddar at the hugely competitive Royal Bath & West National Cheese Awards last week.

The ‘People’s Choice’ category was judged by a panel picked at random from visitors to the show. The panel was asked to give their comments on taste, appearance and overall presentation and the GOLD award was presented to the entry gaining the most points – The Black Farmer.

Fantastic news, The Black Farmer has been awarded three gold medals at the 2010 Taste Awards – one each for whole Organic chicken, Hickory Smoked Back Bacon and Pork & Leek Freedom Food outdoor bred gluten free sausages.

This is great news for the brand and puts the spotlight on some of my products that are absolutely delicious but less well known than my Premium Pork sausages

The judges offered some insight into their decisions to award Gold with the following comments: