The winners of the FreeFrom Food Awards 2011 were announced at a reception in London yesterday evening (April 6).
Organised by www.foodmatters.com, the awards, now in their fourth year, have grown from small beginnings to become a major fixture in the freefrom year.
Commenting on the Awards, Antony Worrall Thompson, said: “I have been involved with the FreeFrom Food Awards from the start and am really delighted at the way they have grown. FreeFrom is becoming such an important part of food-thinking for all of us these days that it is important to have a reliable, independent guide to freefrom excellence – and the awards provide just that.”
The biggest award of the evening — the FAIR Trophy for the Best Free-From Food 2011 — went to Doves Farm for its Gluten and Wheat Free White Self-raising Flour Blend. Dobes Farm’s Claire Marriage collected the award from Antony Worrall Thompson (pictured).
This year’s winners:
FAIR Trophy for the best free-from food 2011
Winner: Doves Farm Gluten and wheat-free white self-raising flour bend
Innovation Award
Winner: Mamma Cucina gluten-, wheat-, dairy- and egg-free vegetable quiche
Category Awards
1. Dairy and/or lactose free animal milk, butter and yogurt
Winner: Delamere Dairy — Goat’s Butter
2. Plant (soya, rice,oat, nut, potato) ‘milk’, spread and ‘cheese’
Joint Winners: Hain Celestial – Rice Dream; Le Sojami — Fresh soya paté with olives
3. Breakfast cereals
Winner: Nature’s Path — Organic Mesa Sunrise
4. Breads and bread mixes
Winner: Dietary Specials — Brown Ciabatta rolls
5. Pasta and pizza bases/mixes
Winner: Hale & Hearty — Quinoa and rice penne
6. Foods manufactured for food service
Joint Winners: Doves Farm — Batter Mix; Doves Farm Fairtrade biscuit crumb
7. Ingredients: flour, stock, pastry, sauces
Winner: Doves Farm — Gluten and wheat free white self-raising flour blend
8. Savoury pies, flans, pizzas and ready meals
Joint Winners: Look What We Found — Spiced lamb meatballs; The Black Farmer – Premium pork sausages
9. Savoury biscuits and snacks
Joint Winners: Clearspring – Organic rice cakes – Sea vegetable and tamari and Tamari and black sesame
10. Scones, sweet tarts and brownies
Winner: Go Free Foods — Chocolate and almond brownies
11. Sweet biscuits and cookies
Winner: Pourtoi — Raisin chocolate chip cookies
12. Cakes and cake mixes
Winner: Marks & Spencer — Almond frangipane traybake
13. Puddings, sweet pies, desserts and cheesecakes
Winner: Booja Booja — Stuff in a Tub Hunky punky chocolate
14. Chocolate and sweet snacks
Joint Winners: Go*Do — Chocolate bar (milk, gluten & wheat free); Conscious Food – Ginger crunch
15. Christmas products
Winner: Sainsbury’s — FreeFrom Christmas pudding
16. Gluten-free beer
Winner: Green’s — Bottle Refermented Blonde Ale
