Quality Food Awards 2008: the winners

Friday, 28 November 2008
Big supermarkets and smaller food producers were successful at last night's Quality Food Awards, held at London's Battersea Evolution.

Here is the full list of winners and those shortlisted at the event:

Gold Q

Winner: Ugo Foods Group for Del'Ugo 6 Handcrafted Crab & Crayfish Raviolo

Highly commended: Conival for Glorious! Marco Pierre White - Chicken, Cougette and Orzo Pasta Broth

Best Supermarket for Quality and Service

Winner: Sainsbury's

Accompaniments

Winner: Morello Cherry Extra Jam Conserve, Lidl UK

Highly commended: Weight Watchers Blackcurrant Fruit Spread, Petty Wood & Co

Bagged Snacks

Winner: Nairn's Cheese Oatbakes, Nairn's Oatcakes

Biscuits

Winner: Morrisons The Best Organic Pumpkin Seed Oatcakes with Herbs, Morrisons

Bread

Winner: Budgens Pain Au Verts Olive Herbs, Musgrave Retail Partners GB

Cakes

Winner: Costa Coffee Raspberry & Almond Bake, Cakehead

Cereals

Winner: Asda Extra Special Sicilian Lemon & Ginger Crunch, Asda

Cheese

Winner: Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, Lidl UK

Confectionery

Winner: Premium Chocolate Squares - 3 varieties, Lidl UK

Highly commended: Specially Selected Luxury Butter Fudge, Aldi

Dairy & Milk Products

Winner: TOTAL 2% Greek Yoghurt, FAGE UK

Delicatessen

Winner: Marks & Spencer British Outdoor Bred Wiltshire Ham Hock Terrine, Adams Pork Products

Highly commended: Original Italian Parma Ham, Lidl UK

Desserts & Puddings

Winner: The Co-operative Truly Irresistible Bread and Butter Brioche Pudding, Greencore Frozen Foods

Highly commended: Specially Selected Continental Apple Tart, Aldi, The Co-operative Truly Irresistible Sticky Toffee Pudding (chilled), Farmhouse

Ethnic Ready Meals

Winner: Morrisons House Special Chicken Makhani, Morrisons - Winner

Highly commended: Asda Extra Special Chicken Jalfrezi, Asda

Fairtrade Products

Winner: Belvas Raphia Collection, Delvas SPRL

Highly commended: Asda Fairtrade Organic Clear Honey, Asda

Winner: Belvas Raphia Collection, Delvas SPRL

Fish

Winner: Del'Ugo 6 Handcrafted Crab & Crayfish Raviolo, Ugo Foods Group

Highly commended: Morrisons The Best Wild Alaskan Smoked Salmon, Morrisons

Food To Go

Winner: Pret a Manger Deluxe Sushi Set, Taiko Foods

Free From Products

Winner: The Co-operative Free From Christmas Pudding, The Co-operative Group

Highly commended: Asda Free From Penne Pasta, Asda

Fresh Meat, Game & Poultry

Winner: Budgens Our Kitchen Pork Sausages, Musgrave Retail Partners GB

Highly commended: The Co-operative Elmwood British Chicken, The Co-operative Group, Peelham Field - Raised Fillet of Veal, Peelham Farm Produce

Click here to see the photos of the event

Fresh Produce

Winner: The Co-operative Truly Irresistible Baby Beetroot in a Sweet Chilli Marinade, Axgro Foods

Frozen Foods

Winner: Budgens Our Kitchen 2 Salmon and Smoked Haddock Tartlets, Musgrave Retail Partners GB

Highly commended: Asda Extra Special Fruity Sorbet Push Ups, Asda, Morrisons The Best Orange Blossom Honey Coated Parsnips, Morrisons

Hot Beverages

Winner: Asda Extra Special Organic Green Tea, Asda

Junior Q
Winner: RDA Organic Kids Squeezy Mango, Apple and Orange Fruit Juice, RDA Organic

Local Food

Winner, Midlands: Brockleby's Organic Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, Brockleby's

Winner, Highlands: The Really Garlicky Company Eazy Garlic, The Really Garlicky Company

Pies, Pasties & Pizzas

Winner: Higgidy Free Range Pork Sausage & Mash Pie, Higgidy

Highly commended: fresh! naturally organic Moroccan Lamb Pie, fresh! naturally organic Ginsters 8 Snack Cornish Pasties, Ginsters

Ready Meals

Winner: Morrisons Fresh Ideas Cajun Chicken, Morrisons

Highly commended: Morrisons The Best Sicilian Tomato Rigatoni, Morrisons

Sauces & Ingredients

Winner: Merchant Gourmet Microwavable Puy Lentils, Merchant Gourmet

Highly commended: The Co-operative Truly Irresistible Karachi Curry Sauce, The Co-operative Group, Pasco Spices & Herbs Curry Express Butter Chicken Makhani, Pasco Spices & Herbs

Soft Drinks

Winner: Cawston Vale Apple & Rhubarb Juice, Cawston Vale

Highly commended: Don Simon Lemonade J.D., J Garcia Carrion SA

Soups

Winner: Glorious! Marco Pierre White - Chicken, Courgette and Orzo Pasta Broth, Conival

Vegetarian

Winner: Higgidy Skinny Moroccan Vegetable & Feta Pie, Higgidy

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