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Poultry processor Moy Park is Northern Ireland’s biggest company, according to a new survey of the region’s Top 100 businesses. The company, now owned by Marfrig, Brazil’s leading meat business, recorded a turnover of ?921 million this year.

The best burgers in the UK are made in Northern Ireland from quality Angus beef, according to judges in a national competition. O’Doherty’s Fine Meats in Enniskillen has won two prestigious UK awards for its quality burgers.

‘Mighty Marbled’, a new sirloin developed by award-winning Northern Irish meat supplier Hannan Meats has been voted the best sirloin in the annual European Angus Steak Tasting Competition.

Top London chef and successful restaurateur Mark Hix is developing a taste for Northern Ireland food! And taste is paramount for the award-winning chef when choosing ingredients and in creating the dishes that have earned him a deserved reputation as one of London’s most innovative… and coolest chefs, committed to British products with provenance.

Dairy companies in Northern Ireland are keen to grow business for cheese and butter particularly in Europe and beyond. More than 80 per cent of Northern Ireland dairy products are currently sold outside the region. Although Great Britain and the European Union remain key markets for Northern Ireland dairy products, exports outside the EU are becoming more important.

Local Businesswoman Suzanne Livingstone, from Baked in Belfast, was delighted to meet BBC Dragon Theo Paphitis when he presented her with a certificate for winning his Small Business Sunday competition.

Broighter Gold cold-pressed rapeseed oil is now being used in the kitchens of many of the top hotels and restaurants in Ireland including, most recently, the renowned White Sage Restaurant in Adare, Co Limerick. The White Sage is one of just 14 restaurants in Ireland to merit the BIB Gourmand status, one of just five in Munster rand the only one in Limerick.

McCartney’s, the Northern Ireland butchery business that won the Supreme Champion title in last year’s UK Great Taste Awards for its unique corned beef, is supplying a prestigious new restaurant at The Cadogan Hotel in Sloane Street, London.

Morelli’s vanilla ice cream in Northern Ireland has been voted Champion of Champions by the influential Ice Cream Alliance, the trade body for the UK's ?1 billion ice cream industry.

THE MERCHANT Hotel’s Adrian McLaughlin; Michael McQuillan, the streat; Andy Rea, Mourne Seafood Bar and Nutritional Therapist, Jane McClenaghan, have just been announced as keynote speakers for NI’s biggest trade event for the food, drink, retail and hospitality sectors – IFEX 2012 – taking place at the King’s Hall, Belfast.