| Following the launch of the 2005
Taste of Kent Awards in Maidstone yesterday (20th April 2005), The Wooden
Spoon Preserving Company has been encouraged to enter the ‘Best
Food Producer’ category.
The competition, sponsored by Produced in Kent, Kent Life and BBC Radio
Kent, is aimed at promoting good local food, and has 14 categories ranging
from Best Farm Shop to Best Young College chef.
‘We have been encouraged to enter this prestigious competition
in this our 30th year’ outlines Managing Director Jeff Higgins. ‘Our
jams and marmalades have earned a wonderful reputation over the years,
and are now sold all over the country in the independent trade. We are
proud of what we produce, and are delighted to act as ambassadors for
the Garden of England!’ he adds.
The closing date for the competition is 20th July, with the Awards being
announced on 15th September at the Hop Farm, Paddock Wood. To nominate
contenders to any category, you can obtain a form from Kent Life (25a
Pudding Lane, Maidstone, kent ME14 1PA), or complete an online entry
on www.bbc.co.uk/kent or www.producedinkent.co.uk.
Wooden Spoon was founded 30 years
ago in Wye, Kent, with the aim of producing preserves using traditional
methods and only natural ingredients. Today the company produces a
range of jams and marmalades which the ‘home made’ connoisseur
would be proud of. We are also a leader in the Fruits in Liqueur market,
and provide a growing range of chutneys, sauces, jellies and mustards.
The company is based in an idyllic setting below the Wye Crown, and
visitors can view production from a gallery situated in our small shop.
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