Two Food NI Members Win NI Heat of British Street Food Awards
Two meat producers have won prizes in the first ever Northern Ireland heat of the British Street Food Awards which was held at Hillsborough Oyster Festival.
Downpatrick-based Pheasant’s Hill Farm, which specialises in free-range and rare breed meat and game won the People’s Choice Award. It was voted for by the public on the day. They have a weekly stall at St George’s Market and a mobile van for events.
“All the products served by their trailer are butchered and cured at their farm – come and see what a real happy meal tastes like” said Richard Johnson, founder of the British Street Food Awards.
The runners up in the People’s Choice Awards were the Fabulous Food Factory and Linen Hill Kitchen who took Second and Third place respectively.
Broughgammon Farm’s goat meat creations impressed the Celebrity Judge, Paula McIntyre who awarded them a prize for an unusual creation. The Cole family from Ballycastle sell kid kebabs, billy burgers and an award-winning Goat Gammon. They too have a mobile catering unit and sell at farmers markets and events.
“They made a kid offal and chorizo taco. Their burger was good, but it was the taco, with its fresh cheese base, that BBC Radio Ulster chef Paula McIntyre really loved” said Richard Johnson who added that “London traders can only dream of having access to producers like the traders in Northern Ireland. It’s why street food has such a future here”.
“We now have so many street food members in Food NI that we have had to do a separate Guide just for them. Both Broughgammon and Pheasant’s Hill Farm are superb examples of what street food should be” said Food NI CEO, Michele Shirlow.
Both of these winners will be taking part in the finals of the British Street Food Awards in Birmingham on the 17th and of 18th September.
