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Best Beef Sausages
2010 SCOTTISH BEEF SAUSAGE CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2010 Scottish Beef Sausage Champion was
crowned on Thursday 29th July when Steve Derrick from competition sponsors, Lucas
Ingredients visited JC
Douglas in St Boswells to present them with a unique double.
It was only in May last year at the Scottish Meat Trade Fair that Steve
presented Craig Douglas with the Scottish Pork Sausage Championship and now the
same business has lifted the title for Beef Sausages.
Steve Derrick of Lucas Ingredients with Harry
Page, Craig Douglas, Kevin Douglas and Neil Andrews
Having started in
the industry with David Palmer in Jedburgh, Craig Douglas bought over a business
in St Boswells in June 2006. Since
then the business has steadily picked up but the major boost came in May 2009
when he won the Pork Sausage title. Craig
says that he will be doing more promotion on local radio after this second
championship award:-
“Customers travel
from all over the Borders; delivery men and others who are travelling up the A68
hear our advert on Radio Borders and detour to buy sausages.
It makes a right big difference. Now
with both titles we hope to be doubly busy.”
This
competition organised by the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders was judged
regionally in May of this year with the Regional winner and runner up both going
through to the Scottish Final that was judged at the
Braehead
Cook
School
.
The ten finalists in
each competition were visited on Thursday 8th July. Their
products were purchased by mystery shoppers and taken to the
Braehead
Cook
School
at
Kilmarnock
on Friday 9th July. Steve Doherty
from the Braehead had the impressive
Cook
School
facilities ready for Kevin MacGillvray from the Scottish Chefs Federation to
organise the final cook off.
The judges for the
final were Kevin MacGillvray (Marine Hotel, Troon), Duncan McKay (Western House
Hotel, Ayr), Andrea Christie (wife of SFMTA President Stuart), Steve Doherty (Braehead
Cook School) and Moira Stalker from Scotland Food and Drink Federation.
Picture
of the judges
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RESULTS
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BUSINESS
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2010
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2010
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The Finalists
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REGION
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WINNER
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RUNNER
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North
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John
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Frasers,
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East
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J
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South
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West
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Robert
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Pauls |
South T John
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