Great Taste Awards

Our Marinated Springbok Fillet has been named as one of the Top 50 Foods within the UK as well as being awarded a gold 3-star award alongside our Wagyu Beef Fillet Steak which also won a gold 3-star award.

The Top 50 Foods list was drawn up as part of the Guild of Fine Food’s annual Great Taste accreditation scheme, which saw 8,807 food and drink products blind-tasted and whittled down over the course of 45 days by 350 experts.

The top 50 food and drink products were chosen from the 123 entries that had gained a coveted 3-star gold and each one has now been nominated for a Golden Fork Award, the highest accolade in fine food and drink which will be announced at the Awards’ dinner at London’s Royal Garden Hotel this September.

Judges this year included Masterchef winner and restaurateur Mat Follas, restaurant critic and Masterchef judge Charles Campion, food writers Lucas Hollweg and Xanthe Clay and over 300 food buyers from leading food halls, delicatessens and farm shops, including Harrods, Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason.

Guild of Fine Food Chairman Bob Farrand said that each of the food and drink products entered into Great Taste undergoes the most rigorous scrutiny.

“To achieve a 3-star grading involves at least 25 experts unanimously agreeing that the product tastes divine,” he said. “But to be included in the Top 50 Foods in Britain meant each one had to satisfy the discerning palates of a further 25 dedicated foodies. These products all deliver the most extraordinary taste.”

Walter Murray, managing director of Kezie Foods, said: “We are absolutely delighted with this award. Great Taste recognises the unique taste and quality of products in the UK market and we are proud to be voted within the top 50. Springbok fillet is a very tender and low fat meat which melts in the mouth. We first tried it while on holiday in South Africa and knew we wanted to share the amazing taste with everyone in the UK.”