Tasty awards at World Steak Challenge for Food NI members
Two Food NI members have won major awards at the annual World Steak Challenge
- The successful producers were Hannan Meats, Moira and ABP Kettyle Irish
Foods from Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh.
Both winners are renowned for innovative techniques for curing and ageing meats.
Kettyle Irish Foods, a business formed by Maurice Kettyle in 2004 and now part of
the ABP Group, gained the prestigious Innovation Award for its unique technique
ageing meat in a salt moss chamber. Kettyle also gained a silver medal for its ribeye
steak.
Hannan Meats, formed by entrepreneur Peter Hannan in 1991, gained gold for its
ribeye aged in the world’s largest complex of Himalayan salt chambers.
Launched in 2015 to deliver a recognised stamp of quality to support world-class
steak production on a global platform, the coveted awards give steak producers from
across the world a unique opportunity to benchmark product quality, breed
credentials and processing standards on the international stage.
Other local winners in the various categories were Foyle Food Group of Campsie
and ABP Linden Foods of Dungannon
