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Welsh food and drink producers will aim to strengthen and build ties with prospective partners and investors as they visit Qatar this week. As part of the Welsh Government’s Food and Drink Wales Trade Development Visit to Doha from 29 September - 3 October, ten food and drink companies from Wales will be given the opportunity to showcase their products to a host of distributors and retail buyers, all looking to secure new business. Qatar...

Ceredigion cheese company Caws Teifi Cheese is celebrating after winning one of the food and drink’s most recognised awards. The Great Taste awards, referred to as the ‘Oscars’ of the food world, were held in London last night and the company’s Celtic Promise cheese was crowned Golden Fork from Wales.

Food and drink companies across Wales are celebrating after securing success in this year’s UK Great Taste awards, proving once again that food and drink from Wales has a deserved reputation for quality and taste.

Wales stand numbers - 1916/2016 & 1920/2020 Welsh artisan food and drink companies are set to unveil a host of exciting new products at this year’s Speciality & Fine Food Fair.

1 August sees the official start of PGI Welsh Lamb season with Lamb Day Renowned Welsh chef Bryn Williams launches the ‘Lamb. It’s got to be Welsh’ campaign highlighting the quality and versatility of the meat Borough Market is taken over by Welsh producers as they showcase their produce, along with holding a range of cooking demonstrations and tasters Celebrated on 1 August each year, Lamb Day kick starts the Welsh Lamb season and marks...

The voice of Wales’ food and drink sector (The Food and Drink Wales Industry Board) says business is booming thanks to Wales’ reputation for producing fresh and natural produce and consumers across the UK are calling for an increase in the amount of Welsh stock on supermarket shelves. That’s according to research revealed in the ‘Value of Welshness’ report which displays the strong shopper support for Welsh produce across the UK which also highlights that...

Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths has today confirmed that work is already underway with the Food and Drink Wales Industry Board to develop a successor Food and Drink Action plan. Speaking at the National Assembly’s Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee, the Cabinet Secretary confirmed that the new plan will build on the success of ‘Towards Sustainable Growth’, which ends in December 2019. The Cabinet Secretary urged everyone with...

Over 170 trade buyers representing some of the largest retail outlets in Europe are set to do business with scores of producers at the Food & Drink Wales Business Lounge above the Food Hall at this year’s Royal Welsh Show, Builth Wells. This is the fifth year that the Welsh Government has managed the Business Lounge bringing together producers and buyers at the Royal Welsh Show which runs from Monday 23 to Thursday 26 July...

Passengers at Paddington are on track to sample and purchase some of the best Welsh food and drink produce on show at the station on Thursday 14 June. First Minister Carwyn Jones will call in to visit the eight Welsh food and drink companies who are showcasing their products at the station and offering passengers the opportunity to sample and buy a range of high quality Welsh produce. Passengers will be able to savour the...

Some of Wales’ finest food and drink companies will attend the UK’s largest trade exhibition in Birmingham later this month. Over 1,500 exhibitors will attend the three day event, Food & Drink Expo at the NEC from Monday 16 April until Wednesday 18 April. Twenty nine companies will be part of the Cymru / Wales stand, a number of which will be unveiling new and innovative products. These include Princes Gate, Mario’s Ice Cream, The...