Global judges rate Peter Hannan’s Italian porchetta Northern Ireland’s very best
Food experts in Britain this week named an Italian classic dish from Hannan
Meats in Moira as probably the best food in Northern Ireland.
Final stage judges in the prestigious UK Great Taste Awards, a global
competition to find and celebrate the world’s best food, named a new version of
porchetta, an stuffed pork dish from Rome, as the Regional Fork winner for
Northern Ireland.
The prestigious award was given to Peter Hannan, founder and managing
director of the steak, pork and lamb processing business outside Moira, at the
finals of the influential global awards in London’s Battersea Arts Centre.
Great Taste is the world’s largest food and drink award scheme. The awards
are judged by over 500 experts. More than 300 food and drink specialists and
companies attended the spectacular dinner on Tuesday night at which the
awards were announced.
Peter Hannan, commenting on the latest Great Taste Award, says: “We are
absolutely thrilled to win another major Great Taste Award from some of the
most discerning judges in the global food industry.
“Our unique reworking of porchetta is another successful example of our
approach to creating different and exciting tastes for our customers in Northern
Ireland, Great Britain, the Irish Republic and further afield by revising an old
favourite from Ital,.” he adds.
Peter’s version of porchetta is a boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast
pig that’s most closely association with Rome and is considered a dish for
celebrations.
A Food NI director, Peter has created a host of original food products which
have won acclaim from Great Taste judges. He has won the coveted Supreme
Champion title twice.
Hannan Meats is among the most ‘decorated’ meat processors in the UK Great
Taste Awards, the World Steak Challenge and also the Blas na hEireann Irish
National Awards, the finals of which will be held in Dingle, Co Kerry early next
month.
The company also supplies meats to over 400 of the UK, Ireland and Europe’s
leading restaurants and retailers including the iconic Fortnum and Mason
acclaimed food hall in London.
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Winner: Peter Hannan of Hannan Meats in Moira is the Great Taste
Northern Ireland Fork winner.
Success: Peter Hannan’s porchetta is Northern Ireland’s best food in 2024
