There was justification for Craig Douglas
postponing the holiday arranged by his wife to celebrate his 40th birthday on
Thursday 11th May. The reigning Scottish Pork Sausage and Scottish Beef Sausage
Champion wanted to attend the Scottish Meat Trade Fair on Sunday prior to his
major milestone and when his Beefburger was named the best in Scotland, not only
was he relieved to have cancelled his wife, Kelly's plans, but he had something
more to celebrate.
After the selection of the top five in the
recent evaluation held in Dunfermline, the best five beefburgers were mystery
shopped and then submitted before three expert judges at the St Andrews Links
Trust.
The judges were:_
Scott Dougal from Strathtyrum Catering, (former Scottish Chef of the year
2000),
Ewen Bowman operations director for St Andrews Links Trust, and
Ian Macdonald, Executive head chef for St Andrews Links Trust and vice
president of the Federation of Chefs Scotland.
The Links Trust serves hundreds of burgers to
golfers every year and although the three judges were very impressed with all
the finalists, they proclaimed the St Boswells burger as their favourite.
| DIAMOND AWARD |
| J C Douglas Quality Butcher, St Boswells |
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| GOLD AWARDS |
| Boghall Butchers, Bathgate |
| Forbes Raeburn, Huntly |
| Forbes Raeburn, Huntly |
| Scott Brothers, Dundee |
| A D Paton, Largs |
| Auchengree Farm Shop |
| Christies the Butchers, Glasgow and Hardgate |
| J B Houston, Dumfries |
| J C Dawson, Elgin |
| James Chapman (Butchers) Ltd. Wishaw |
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| SILVER AWARDS |
| A & I Quality Butchers, Culloden |
| A & I Quality Butchers, Inverness |
| A Davidson Butchers, Scone |
| Bertram's Quality Butchers, Kirriemuir |
| D G Lindsay & Son, Perth |
| David Faulds & Sons, Kilmarnock |
| David Faulds & Sons, Kilmarnock |
| Hillfoots Country Butchers, Tullibody |
| James Rae & Son, Polmont & Kincardine |
| John Lawson, Uphall |
| MacDougall & Hastie, Inverness |
| R George, Lhanbryde |
| Shaws Fine Meats, Lauder |
| T Baillie & Son, Saltcoats |
| Thornhill Stores, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway |
| W F Stark, Buckhaven |
| We Hae Meat, Girvan |