PRESS RELEASE
14th
November 2007 – Immediate Release
Wiltshire
Chocolatier Best in the West!
The best of the South West products
were named this week
at the ceremony for the Taste of the West Awards
2007. Renowned
chef and regional food ambassador Michael Caines MBE
presented a total of 19 awards including eleven Best of
Category product awards.
Chippenham
based chocolatier Lick the Spoon
secured the prestigious Best of Bakery and
Confectionery title as the
winners of the final round of judging were named at the
ceremony held at Forde Abbey in Somerset.
This year’s Awards had a
record-breaking number of entries from South West based
businesses- over 1,600 across all categories. In the
highly competitive combined confectionery and Bakery
category Lick
the Spoon won the Best of
title for their “One for me - One for you” handmade chocolate selection.
John
Sheaves, Chief Executive Taste of the West, said:
"The South West is renowned for its exceptional food
and drink produce. The awards aim to provide an important
quality benchmark, giving well deserved recognition and
reward to those creating the very best produce and places
to eat and drink in the region.”
Chocolatier Diana Short is delighted and attributes the success to the
“classic combination of quality ingredients and original
recipes”. In a quiet moment awards presenter
Michael Caines asked the secret of the jewel like
finish of the Aztec Gold and Mulled Blackberry chocolates.
Diana described the care taken to hand polish each mould
with cocoa butter and ensure that the chocolate is
perfectly hand tempered, something that is not achieved
with mass production techniques.
The small family business has only been going for 11 months, their
chocolates can be bought from their website or from a few
select retail outlets, amongst them, The Allington Farm
shop who supply them with the cream and local honey for
their creations.
“These awards have made all the hard work worthwhile ” says
Diana…and here’s to many more!
www.lickthespoon.co.uk
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