Three in line for top Northern Ireland food award at IFEX
Three artisan food companies have been shortlisted for the Product
of the Show Award at this year's IFEX 2016, Northern Ireland's
biggest event in the foodservice calendar.
The award recognises the very best innovation and development
within the industry, with 10 products shortlisted from the 140 plus exhibitors, including food, drinks, packaging, equipment and
technology.
The companies are:
Yummy Bakes, Newtownabbey, county Antrim, a specialist in bake-off
products such as shortbread, flakemeal biscuits and cakes:
Suki Tea, Belfast, a boutique tea blender also providing fruit
infusions; and
Tamnagh Foods, Dungiven, county Derry, a producer of granolas and
handmade speciality cheeses which are sold under the Dart Mountain
Cheese Company label.
IFEX 2016 runs from 8-10 March and is held in the Titanic ExhibitionCentre in Belfast.
All of the finalist products will on display at IFEX and the winner will be officially announced on the first day of the event.
Caroline McCusker, event manager of IFEX says: "IFEX has long been
recognised as being a national platform for thousands of fantastic
products, from the bigger well-known companies and also from small
independent producers, which are creating innovative and niche goods to meet with rising customer expectations.
"IFEX Product of the Show is a great platform to highlight and
reward the hard work behind these products. The standard of entries
that we received this year was phenomenal and this year's
shortlist is filled with some very deserving finalists - it will
be a challenge for our independent panel of judges to settle on a
winner."
of the Show Award at this year's IFEX 2016, Northern Ireland's
biggest event in the foodservice calendar.
The award recognises the very best innovation and development
within the industry, with 10 products shortlisted from the 140 plus exhibitors, including food, drinks, packaging, equipment and
technology.
The companies are:
Yummy Bakes, Newtownabbey, county Antrim, a specialist in bake-off
products such as shortbread, flakemeal biscuits and cakes:
Suki Tea, Belfast, a boutique tea blender also providing fruit
infusions; and
Tamnagh Foods, Dungiven, county Derry, a producer of granolas and
handmade speciality cheeses which are sold under the Dart Mountain
Cheese Company label.
IFEX 2016 runs from 8-10 March and is held in the Titanic ExhibitionCentre in Belfast.
All of the finalist products will on display at IFEX and the winner will be officially announced on the first day of the event.
Caroline McCusker, event manager of IFEX says: "IFEX has long been
recognised as being a national platform for thousands of fantastic
products, from the bigger well-known companies and also from small
independent producers, which are creating innovative and niche goods to meet with rising customer expectations.
"IFEX Product of the Show is a great platform to highlight and
reward the hard work behind these products. The standard of entries
that we received this year was phenomenal and this year's
shortlist is filled with some very deserving finalists - it will
be a challenge for our independent panel of judges to settle on a
winner."