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With less than 50 days to go industry professionals are being urged to secure their tickets for the upcoming BlasCymru/TasteWales 2023. Taking place at the International Convention Centre (ICC Wales) in Newport on 25-26 October, the two-day flagship event is organised by Welsh Government’s Food Division under the Food and Drink Wales banner. The previous editions of this premier food and drink trade event have proved to be extremely successful in bringing together leading industry...

195 Welsh products have received awards from the world’s leading food and drink accreditation scheme. The Guild of Fine Food proudly announced the exceptional Welsh winners of the Great Taste Awards 2023 this August. These accolades celebrate the remarkable achievements of artisans in the realm of fine food and drink. In a global showcase of culinary excellence, the Great Taste Awards, the world's foremost food and drink accreditation scheme based exclusively on taste, unveiled the...

A new purpose-built, award-winning sheep milk dairy in Bethesda, Gwynedd, has been visited by Rural Affairs and North Wales Minister Lesley Griffiths Llaethdy Gwyn, based at the town’s former Catholic church, is the realisation of a dream for former grassland ecologist turned artisan cheese-maker Dr Carrie Rimes, who began making her sheep milk cheese, Cosyn Cymru, in 2015. Now the owner of a growing dairy enterprise, Carrie plans to make the most of the space...

Anglesey Sea Salt Company Halen Môn has been awarded B Corp status after demonstrating the highest social and environmental standards. The certification means the north Wales business, who creates a range of naturally filtered, award-winning sea salt related products, will join a growing group of 29 companies in Wales already awarded the accreditation. The growing B Corp community are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal...

Menter a Busnes is to expand its portfolio of expert support for food and drink businesses in Wales with the addition of a new Welsh Government skills programme. The ‘Skills for Success’ programme is part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to working with the food and drink industry to develop a skilled and capable workforce. It will help Welsh food and drink companies access training and skills development for their staff, driving up productivity, improving...

Gower Salt Marsh Lamb has joined the ranks of Champagne, Parma Ham and Melton Mowbray Pork Pies by being awarded protected food name status by the European Commission. From 27 July the Gower Salt Marsh Lamb name is further protected by the European Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, which is one of three special European Protected Food Name (PFN) designations. On the 11 August 2021, Gower Salt Marsh Lamb was the first new product...

Welsh Food and Drink exports were worth £797 million in 2022, the highest recorded yearly value, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced. When the RWAS was in full swing and crowds enjoying some of Wales’ best food and drink products, the Minister revealed the industry’s exports increased by £157m between 2021 and 2022, representing a 24.5% rise. This is a larger percentage increase than the UK as a whole, which grew by 21.6%. The...

One of Wales’ most popular spirits, the Single Malt Welsh Whisky, is now officially protected after it secured PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) UK GI status. This is the first new UK spirit to achieve GI status since the UKGI was launched and also becomes Wales’s first GI spirit. Single Malt Welsh Whisky is now the 20th member of the Welsh GI family of products, joining the likes of other great produce such as Anglesey Sea...

Flavours of Wales will be brought to a globe-trotting public audience later this month at a food event aimed at consumers keen to sample world cuisine. Welsh food and drink producers will be exhibiting at the National Geographic Traveller Food Festival ( July 15th & 16th) under the auspices of Welsh Government Food & Drink Wales at stand C2 ( mezzanine level). Taking to the Wales stand will be an array of food and drink...

Culinary Association of Wales president Arwyn Watkins, OBE, has added another award to his growing list of honours. He won the Leader of the Year Award, sponsored by Veteran Trees, at this year’s Welsh Veterans Awards and was runner-up in Entrepreneur of the Year Award, sponsored by Pinnacle Document Solutions Group. The award was in recognition of Arwyn’s role as CAW president in leading the successful Team Wales bid to bring the Worldchefs Congress and...