Derbyshire farm shop Croots scored success for its sausages
and meat products by picking up ten awards at the Regional Pork Product
Excellence Awards Roadshow.
Croots Farm Shop struck gold four times with its homemade sausage
roll, Scotch egg, haslet, and pork and apple burger. The farm shop near
Duffield also took two silver awards for its pork, leek and Stilton sausage,
and its smoked bacon sausage, and a bronze for its pork, apple and cider
sausage.
Meanwhile, Croots butcher Richard Bott hit the jackpot in
the Young Sausage Maker Category by winning three bronze awards for his pork and
wild mushroom sausage, his Toulouse sausage and his sweet chilli and coriander
sausage.
Farm shop owner Steve Croot said: “We have won many awards
for our homemade sausages, pies and meat products, and the Croots butchers’
counter is renowned across the area for its quality and range, but we are
chuffed to have won so many accolades at the BPEX awards, which are judged by
industry experts.
“It now means that virtually all of our sausages are
award-winning. One of the keys to our success is the excellent pork that we
use. Another is the innovative way that we develop new products – it’s
something that our customers really embrace. We’re delighted to have won
another great batch of awards to add to the scores that have already been
awarded to Croots products.”
Richard, 25, joined Croots towards the end of 2013 and is one of three butchers at the farm shop, which
is based at Farnah House Farm, Wirksworth Road.
The BPEX awards roadshow, which was held at Newark, attracted
entries from butchers across the region and was judged by industry experts.
Croots Farm Shop, which opened in June 2008, extended its
butchers’ counter as a result of demand and has won many national, local and
regional awards for its sausages, pies and other products, which are made in-store.
All the pork sausages at Croots are made using free range
Packington Pork from Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton-upon-Trent. Croots has
a range of around 65 different flavours of banger, which it sells on a rotating
basis, with between 12 and 14 on sale at any one time.
Croots Farm Shop is open Sundays from 10am to 4pm (Shires Eatery until 3.45pm), and from Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm (Shires Eatery until 4.30pm). It is closed on Mondays.
Croots Farm Shop is open Sundays from 10am to 4pm (Shires Eatery until 3.45pm), and from Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm (Shires Eatery until 4.30pm). It is closed on Mondays.
For more
information visit www.croots.co.uk
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