British Bacon Week News

2008 Campaign Programme

 

Celebrity foodie spokesperson, Janet Street-Porter to front the week.

 

Radio Interviews 15th Feb

Listen out for Janet being interviewed about the winners and the week on regional radio stations.

 

Product Competition - A Cure for Modern Times

The search for a new, modern tasting bacon or perahps an old traditional cure brought back to life.

 

The overall winners are;

Independent Category

A F Huddleston's Butchers Ltd, Windermere with

Sweet Dry Cured Treacle Back Bacon

 

 

 

 

Foodservice category

The Country Butcher, Huntley, Glos with

Tewkesbury Bacon

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Category

Daleheads Foods, Cambs with Waitrose Sweet Cured with

Black Treacle Smoked Back Bacon

 

 

 

1st round results are as follows by region:

East Anglia

Yorkshire

West Midlands

South West

Southampton

East Midlands

North East

North West

 

Butchers

All independent butchers will receive promotional posters and recipe leaflets please email us if you have not received yours yet, or wish receive a set.

 

Supermarkets

Many stores will be carrying instore tastings or promotions on premium packs of bacon so look out for packs with stickers on or on-shelf advertising along with recipe ideas.

 

Run your own shop why don't you run an instore event?

Download a guide on how to run an event, use the press release for your local media and let us know about your event so that we can post it on the website.

 

 

Bacon Recipes

 

Breakfast in Bed
Online Comptn

NAME ONE OF THE CURES USED IN OUR RECIPES.

Winner is

Peter Sayburn,
Surrey
with Wiltshire

Cure