The Great Taste Golden Fork for the best food from Northern Ireland has been presented to Food NI member Baronscourt Estate in Tyrone for its Wild Sika Venison French Rack.

Baronscourt Estate was highly commended for this rich, perfectly gamey and “buttery” venison rack, as the judges were seduced by its “toasty, wild, hay and offal” notes on the palate and the meat’s long lasting “refined” flavour.

Out of 10,000 products entered into Great Taste 2015, the Wild Sika Venison was celebrated as the best tasting product in its region at the Great Taste Golden Forks Dinner held on Monday 7th September at The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, where over 300 guests from the world of fine food gathered to hear the results of many months of rigorous judging.