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The Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths is in attendance today (Tuesday 6 November) when 153 products from Wales recognised earlier this year in the prestigious Great Taste awards, are showcased at a celebratory event at the St David’s Hotel, Cardiff.

We would like to invite you to participate in a dual-location food and drink trade development visit organised on behalf of the Welsh Government to Belgium and the Netherlands.

With over 150 products from Wales being recognised earlier this year in the prestigious Great Taste awards, the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths AM will be hosting a celebration at the St David’s Hotel, Cardiff on Tuesday 6 November 2018.

Recruitment is now underway to exhibit with the Welsh Government under the Wales banner at the World Food and Drink Trade Exhibition SIAL, Paris 21 – 25 October 2018. Deadline for receiving your application form is the 18th May 2018.

A host of Welsh food and drink companies are set to attend one of the world’s largest food innovation exhibitions in Paris later this month (21-25 October 2018). The biennal Salon International de l’Alimentation (SIAL) is the world’s largest exhibition of food innovation and will feature over 7,000 companies from 109 countries. Aiming to raise the international profile of the industry will be a Food & Drink Wales delegation of thirteen leading companies from across...

Princes to be headline sponsor as they unveil plans to transform their Cardiff manufacturing site into a ‘Soft Drinks Centre of Excellence’ New figures show the inaugural BlasCymru / TasteWales resulted in an additional £14million in sales for Welsh food and drink businesses

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.