Firm faces stiff competition from the likes of Aldi for the title
Soanes Poultry’s factory manager, Dmitrijus Solovjovas, with the Yorkshire Christmas Cockerel(Image: supplied image)
The team at an East Yorkshire poultry business are celebrating after reaching the final of a prestigious food industry award. Middleton-on-the-Wolds based poultry business Soanes Poultry has reached the final of the Best Poultry Product category in the annual Food Management Today awards, with its Yorkshire Christmas Cockerel, a different take on a Christmas dinner staple.
Dmitrijus Solovjovas, Soanes Poultry’s factory manager, said: “Our Yorkshire Christmas Cockerel is a delicious alternative to turkey and proved very successful last Christmas. We’re delighted it has been judged worthy of a place in the final against some industry giants.”
Products are judged on taste, packaging, aroma, visual appeal and cooking performance. Soanes Poultry faces competition from Cornfed Chicken Supreme Wrapped in Bacon – Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd; Aldi Specially Selected Sourdough Breaded Wild Garlic & Jersey Butter Chicken Kievs; Red Tractor Chicken – Kings Fine Cooked Meats; Free Range Turkey Bacon – Ambry Foods and Cajun Spiced Chicken Schnitzel – Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd.
The team will learn whether they have been successful at an awards event in London on June 12. The annual Food Management Today Industry Awards are a celebration of the creativity, innovation and excellence of the British food industry.
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Soanes Poultry is a family-owned business that has been rearing and preparing chicken on Yorkshire farms since 1947. It employs over 180 people and sells its chicken to butchers and independent retailers in Yorkshire, and to wholesalers and catering butchers nationwide.
Before last Christmas, Soanes Poultry scooped an award for the sustainability of its chicken at the 21st annual Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards. The firm’s Higher Welfare Chicken won the Best Sustainable Product award, and its Grain Fed whole chicken was awarded Highly Commended in the Best Fresh Meat category in what is regarded as the largest food and drink awards programme in the region.
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