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Pembrokeshire’s Coedcanlas Organic Welsh Blackcurrant Jam receives top regional title at the Great Taste Golden Fork Awards 2017 Artisan food producer Coedcanlas is celebrating after securing one of the food and drink industry’s most illustrious awards. The Great Taste Awards, referred to as the Oscars of the food world, were held in London last night and the Pembrokeshire company’s Organic Welsh Blackcurrant Jam was crowned the Golden Fork from Wales. From the five Welsh products...

The Food and Drink Wales Export Club is hosting an informal networking event with Coombe Castle International Informal Networking Event - Exporting with Coombe Castle International

Exceptional food and drink producers from across Wales are showcasing in the Great Taste Celebration Event in Cardiff Bay, following gold starred success at the UK’s Great Taste Awards. Food and drink producers from across Wales who have been triumphant in gaining elusive gold stars at the UK-leading Great Taste awards have been invited to exhibit their award winning produce, in celebration of their success at the St David’s Hotel in Cardiff Bay on Tuesday...

This half-day intensive workshop provides a practical, highly interactive forum to help delegates to recognise the benefits of exporting and the potential hurdles and to consider how they will develop theri individual strategic export actiin plans. Click here for further information

The Welsh Government’s Food and Drink Wales has launched a new guide to help retailers promote Welsh food and drink ahead of St David’s Day 2017 celebrations. Entitled ‘This is a Celebration. This is Wales’, the toolkit aims to provide retailers - from major stores such as Waitrose, John Lewis and Partridges in London, all multiple retailers, to smaller enterprises and farm shops - with the resources and ideas to promote Welsh food and drink...

Food and Drink Wales – Supplier Event – New contractors Framework Food and Drink is a priority sector for the Welsh Government. The development of a new framework is essential to ensure the continued development of support programmes, assisting the industry to grow, innovate and move in positive new directions, ensuring Wales takes a prominent position in the market place for food. Click here for further information

This one day workshop provides a practical, highly interactive forum which encourages delegates to reflect on their own businesses and consider how they will develop their individual strategic export action plans. Food and Drink Wales Export Club Food & Drink Export Essentials Masterclass

Some of Wales’ exciting food and drink producers are heading to Milan today in search for new export trading opportunities. As part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to raise Wales’ global profile as a first-class place to do business, it is supporting nine producers to visit Milan from the 24-28 June. This follows Italian interest in some of these products during the recent TasteWales event organised by the Welsh Government, which showcased over 800 Welsh...

Welsh food and drink producers will be turning their sights to the important export market of the USA next month in search of new and competitive export trading opportunities. As part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to raising Wales’s business profile on the global stage, it is supporting fifteen Welsh food and drink companies on a visit to New York and New Jersey from 17-20 September. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley...

Welsh food and drink companies are preparing to attend one of the world’s premier food exhibitions in Paris this month (16 to 20 October 2016). Salon International de l’Alimentation (SIAL) is a biennial fair and has developed into the food industry’s front-line event – the ultimate place to discover today’s food trends and explore tomorrow’s innovations. The Welsh Government’s Food and Drink Wales will play host to 15 Welsh companies from across the sector, all...