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Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Jonathan Bell has announced the establishment of a ?6.7million Northern Ireland Agri-Food Quest Competence Centre (AFQCC).

Artisan food and drink enterprises in Northern Ireland will benefit from a bridge building initiative by the region’s biggest culinary and hospitality institute.

Hannan Meats has been recognised in the illustrious Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland Business Awards, in association with British Airways. The Moira based company picked up the award for Excellence in Innovation which was sponsored by the Federation of Small Businesses.

Leading Irish ice cream business, Morelli's has chosen its flavours for summer with help from second year undergraduates on the BSc Hons Consumer Management and Food Innovation degree at Ulster University in Coleraine in county Derry.

Abernethy Butter, Northern Ireland’s specialist in handmade and rolled butters, has launched a unique product using native seaweed, Dulse, and sea salt.

A unique Black Truffle and Porcini infusion has been created by Broighter Gold, the leading Northern Irish cold pressed rapeseed oil producer, to meet demands from chefs it works with for different flavours for dishes.

Echlinville Distillery in Northern Ireland is launching a new 10-year Single Malt Irish whiskey. The new malt, to be known as The Echlinville, is the latest development at the distillery, based at Kircubbin in county Down, following the success of its rejuvenated Dunville VR in the recent World Whiskey Awards and new export business in Europe.

A county Down company has beaten thousands of start-ups throughout the UK to place itself in the Top 150 shortlisted for Richard Branson’s #VOOM competition.

Irwin's Bakery in Northern Ireland has secured a &pound1 million contract with Tesco to supply its unique 'Joeys' cakes to 700 stores across the UK.

Northern Ireland’s award winning butcher Pat O’Doherty has created two pork-based pies to mark the achievements of playwright, poet and renowned Oscar Wilde.

The O’Doherty individual pies are a pork with truffles and mushrooms and pork pie with a herb pastry base and were developed to coincide with the new Oscar Wilde Festival in Enniskillen in county Fermanagh, where O’Doherty’s Fine Meats is based.